Q4 2023 Archives

Connecticut: From the Shoreline

November 20, 2023 Text and photos by Jennifer Idol

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. […]

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Wolf-Eels

November 20, 2023 Text and photos by Thom Robbins

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 […]

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Healing Without Worry

November 20, 2023 By Rod Allen

AFTER I SPENT ALMOST 20 HOURS in a hyperbaric chamber over five days, life there had grown tedious. The last 15 minutes, however, were not only exciting but highly instructive. […]

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Commercial Diving Safety

November 20, 2023 By Jim Elliott

FOUR SCUBA DIVERS BECAME TRAPPED and died while working in an offshore pipeline in 2022. This incident was a harsh reminder that commercial diving is a “hazardous occupation that presents […]

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Michael Lombardi: Immersed in Science

November 20, 2023 By Madeline Coombs and Frauke Tillmans, PhD

FISHING AND BEING ON THE WATER with family while growing up influenced Michael Lombardi to study marine biology. He and a friend got certified to dive during his junior year […]

Freediving Risk Assessments

November 20, 2023 By Jim Chimiak, MD, and Juan Valdivia-Valdivia, MD

THE RAPID GROWTH OF FREEDIVING in the U.S. brings a positive light to a sport that is mentally healthy and physically inspiring but has little tolerance for error. Shallow-water blackout […]

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Best Practices for Disinfecting Dive Equipment

November 20, 2023 By Francois Burman, Pr.Eng, MSc

AFTER THE INITAL SCARE AND LOCKDOWNS FROM COVID-19, divers soon started to explore ways to safely get back into the water. Disinfection has always been a consideration in diving, but […]

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Geri Murphy

November 20, 2023 Text by Stephen Frink | photos and captions by Geri Murphy

Explore the legacy of underwater photojournalist Gery Murphy, known for her iconic cover photos and contributions to scuba diving.

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St. Eustatius

November 20, 2023 Text and photos by Mike Bartick

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.

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Recovering Color in Underwater Photography

November 20, 2023 By Logan Wood

IMAGINE SCROLLING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA posts or flipping through your favorite dive magazine. Your eye catches a photo of the most pristine waters you have seen. The sun is peeking […]