Pool Exercises

You can do so much more at a pool than simply swim laps! Designed to improve your muscular endurance and increasing your dive stamina. this pool workout will provide a great challenge. Read more about these pool exercises.

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San Diego, California

San Diego, Calif. is not just home to great beaches and beach towns — it also offers diverse dive opportunities from shipwrecks to animal encounters. Read more about diving in San Diego.

Diver distantly looks at a sponge-encrusted shipwreck

Biking to Disaster

A DAN member incurred a serious cycling injury during a five-day bike expedition. Thanks to DAN insurance, they were able to access emergency evacuation and medical procedures. Read more of the incident.

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The Depth of the Matter

Deep diving can be hazardous, but the risks can be mitigated through training and the proper use of procedures, planning and equipment. When you plan a deep dive, ask yourself what “deep” means.

Diver peers through a metal structure on a sponge-encrusted shipwreck

In-Water Recompression

In-water recompression (IWR) is being used to great success with fishing divers and pearl divers, but could apply to recreational divers, too, as a way to quickly treat decompression sickness. Learn more about this course of treatment.

Torso of a male diver holding a mooring line

Situational Awareness

Situational awareness — the understanding of what is happening around you — can help prevent many dive injuries and accidents. When you mind your surroundings, you increase safety. Get in the zone, and learn more about how to achieve situational awareness.

Two male divers, fully submerged, check each other's BCDs

Bipolar: The High Arctic and Antarctica

Diving in the arctic is not an unreachable goal. Whether you travel to the north or south pole — or both! — know what to expect and what you’re up against.

Lone diver underneath massive sheet of ice

Triage

Triage prioritizes the most ill or injured and who would benefit most from the most prompt treatment — without sacrificing the safety of others. Read more of a dive incident that required triage practices.

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66 Years Down

The Island of Chuuk played a pivotal role in World War II, and the lagoon surrounding the islands guard the remains of that history. Read more about the Island of Chuuk.

Diver shines a torch on a coral formation