Alert Diver Category: Features

View this bonus gallery that accompanies the Q3/Q4 2020 article “Solomons Sojourn.”

Blessed by geographic synergy with the sea and the coral reef, Bonaire is a special municipality of the Netherlands. Bonaire National Marine Park features 86 dive sites marked with their names emblazoned on yellow-painted stones, all with easy access from the shore.

The Solomon Islands is a diverse expanse of islands that is jam packed with marine critters, plant life, history and more. The conditions are hot and humid all year round, but there is a rainy season. Learn more about the Solomon Islands.

Research has described the effects on human health of elevated partial pressures of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) while diving, but only occupational health and safety studies have covered solids such as oil mist and particulate matter suspended in air and only in terms of breathing at the surface.