Diving Georgia’s Jewel
Gray’s Reef lies in the tropical-temperate transition zone, which makes for a colorful community
of marine life not often found coexisting.
Alert Diver Issue: Q3 2016
Parrotfish: Grazers of the Reef
Colorful parrotfish may be vital to a coral reef’s survival. Because of their specific feeding habits — and what they eat — they keep algae down.
Wrecked in Nova Scotia
A DAN member and several family members were involved in a horrible motorcycle accident in Nova Scotia. Read the story and learn who DAN helped them during a difficult time.
Marijuana & Diving
As marijuana legalization increases throughout the United States, it is important to see how marijuana use could potentially impact a diver’s abilities.
I’m Taking This Medication…Can I Dive?
Certain medications can impact your health and/or ability to dive. There are important considerations that need to be made before heading into the water.
Facial Baroparesis
DAN medics and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.
A Unique Solution
In an effort to improve the facility’s diver rescue capabilities, Dutch Springs recently upgraded its rescue vessel to a custom-built pontoon boat with a platform for transporting an injured diver.
Thirteen-Foot Dive
A young diver performed a shallow dive and later ascended very rapidly. Symptoms were severe but were not decompression sickness. Learn more about the incident.
Shooter: Kurt Amsler
Kurt Amsler has been shooting underwater for nearly 60 starts — first using a converted soccer ball to house a camera. Learn more about his inspiration for photos and how he got into scuba diving.
The Big Little
Old macro photography techniques made it hard to go beyond 1:1 ratios. New tools have made supermacro photography readily accessible. This makes it incredibly easy to capture tiny ocean critters in bigger-than-life images.