St. Eustatius

WHEN I THINK OF PARADISE, it’s warm blue water, friendly people, and pristine, uncrowded dive sites. Such places are rare these days and are usually expensive to visit — or that’s what I thought until I learned about St. Eustatius, a tiny island in the Caribbean that is also known as Statia.

caves and niches at Vis Island create environments rich in sponges, gorgonians, bryozoans, tunicates, encrusting algae, yellow polyps, and various soft corals, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023, Vis Island, Croatia, Two dive spots off the bay of Komiža — Sika 3 and Sika 6, , The wreck of the steamship Vassilios T., Conger eels inhabit the shallow wreck ofthe steamship Teti , B-24 Liberator nicknamed “Tulsamerican, B-17 Flying Fortress, The Adriatic Sea is a crossroads of old trade and more modern military routes, scorpionfish, lobsters, and dogfish , Red sea fans, caves and niches at Vis Island create environments rich in sponges, gorgonians, bryozoans, tunicates, encrusting algae, yellow polyps, and various soft corals, jewel anemones, hydroids, and crinoids

Vis Island, Croatia

THE CRYSTAL-CLEAR EASTERN ADRIATIC SEA is promising and seductive. The tiny islands, with their rocky beaches, upright cliffs, and hidden lakes, offer a variety of environments and ecosystems that are […]

caves and niches at Vis Island create environments rich in sponges, gorgonians, bryozoans, tunicates, encrusting algae, yellow polyps, and various soft corals, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023, Vis Island, Croatia, Two dive spots off the bay of Komiža — Sika 3 and Sika 6, , The wreck of the steamship Vassilios T., Conger eels inhabit the shallow wreck ofthe steamship Teti , B-24 Liberator nicknamed “Tulsamerican, B-17 Flying Fortress, The Adriatic Sea is a crossroads of old trade and more modern military routes, scorpionfish, lobsters, and dogfish , Red sea fans, caves and niches at Vis Island create environments rich in sponges, gorgonians, bryozoans, tunicates, encrusting algae, yellow polyps, and various soft corals, jewel anemones, hydroids, and crinoids

The Two Faces of Tobago

DIVING IN TOBAGO is defined by the abundance and diversity of marine life in its surrounding waters. Tobago, one of the two islands comprising the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, […]

DIVING IN TOBAGO, diversity of marine life , Mount Irvine Wall, Flying Reef, Parlatuvier Bay, Englishman’s Bay, and Castara Bay, Kelleston Drain ,Bookends, a site just south of Tyrrel’s Bay near Speyside, Japanese Gardens for a relatively slow drift dive, London Bridge is an advanced dive site, Tyrrel’s Bay, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago’s marine environment., Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023, Diving in Tobago

Outdoor Fitness Training

PLAYGROUNDS ARE GREAT PLACES for an outdoor workout while traveling. Most local parks have equipment that can facilitate the exercises in this article. Adult fitness playgrounds are ideal but less […]

Adult fitness playgrounds, Pushups, dips, Pull-Ups, Knee Raises, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023, Dive Fitness

Larry Brown

A READER RECENTLY BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION that over the years multiple Alert Diver contributors have credited a particular dive instructor with providing training that saved their lives. Upon researching […]

TOKITAE the killer whale, the beloved 57-year-old orca died Aug. 18 2023, One Ocean One Health Center, The Lummi Nation’s ancestorial connection to Tokitae, torcas were captured in Penn Cove Washington, Miami Seaquarium in Florida, conservation of wild populations, Stephen McCulloch, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023

Wildfires and Breathing-Gas Contamination

WITH WILDFIRES RAGING IN CANADA, ITALY, GREECE, THE U.S., and elsewhere, divers and dive operators have called DAN Medical Services and DAN Safety Services with concerns about whether the smoke […]

wildfire smoke and diving air cylinders, Alert Diver Q4 2023

DAN Emergency Hotline

WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST, DAN will be here to help. We coordinate emergency evacuations and cover the costs for our members up to US$500,000 per person. Every DAN member […]

DAN Emergency Hotline, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023

SCUBAnauts

FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS the nonprofit marine science education program known as SCUBAnauts International (SNI) has introduced young people ages 12 to 18 to informal science education through underwater […]

science education through underwater exploration, SCUBAnauts International (SNI) , Many Nauts plan to study marine sciences or dive research, the full DAN Diving First Aid for Professional Divers course, focus on marine research and undersea conservation projects, Nauts master the dive skills necessary to be safe in the water, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023

Connecticut: From the Shoreline

BETWEEN NEW YORK AND BOSTON LIES HARTFORD, the heartbeat of Connecticut. Visitors there can tour the Mark Twain House, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. […]

dive sites in Connecticut an hour’s drive of Hartford, Connecticut’s shores are easy to access , Brownstone Quarry, Bigelow Hollow State Park, Diving Bigelow Pond, Brownstone Quarry, Stonington Point, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023

Wolf-Eels

ASK DIVERS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST what makes for a great dive, and most will agree that a wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) is involved. There is something about the face of […]

Alert Diver a wolf-eel enjoys a green sea urchin, Wolf-eels have a slimy coating, Salish Sea’s cold waters, Puget Sound and Hood Canal, wolf-eels are not endangered, Sund Rock in Hood Canal, wolfies are not related to eels, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023magazine Q4 2023