Alert Diver Issue: Q4 2023

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 […]

Disinfection of dive gear, cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting dive gear, cleaning dive gear, pathogens in dive gear, surface contaminants, infectious germs, fungus, mold, bacteria, communal rinse buckets, sanitizing solutions, rental dive gear, immerse dive gear for two minutes in a 2 percent solution of bleach and water, precautions to achieve infection control, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023

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.

underwater photojournalist Gery Murphy, underwater photography, underwater script supervisor The Deep, visual continuity in The Deep, Great White Shark photos, Paul Tzimoulis, the publisher of Skin Diver, Skin Diver magazine photographer, New Jersey Wreck Diver, Stingray City, Women Divers Hall of Fame, International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, th queen of cover photography for Skin Diver is Geri Murphy Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023

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.

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

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 […]

underwater photography, white balance, color loss or underwater photos, Green and blue are the only colors left past 60 feet (18 meters), green and blue tones overpower the reds, yellows, and purples, white balance, color temperature, color depth chart, white light spectrum as depth increases, color shift at depth, shoot in a RAW photo format, setting white balance, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023