Alert Diver Issue: Q4 2023

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 […]

Michael Lombardi, Portable underwater habitats, treat diving as a science, Atmospheric diving suit technology, Antikythera wreck site in Greece, atmospheric suit with no water pressure on the operator, Derilissus lombardii, deep reef diving for science , The Great Hammerhead Stakeout, Ocean Space Habitat, portable inflatable underwater habitat, techniques for deep-diving work to more than 400 feet, Win Burleson, Nuytco’s Exosuit ADS, commercial diving, Ocean Space Habitat, Alert Diver magazine Q4 2023

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 […]

consequences of freediving, Rehearse underwater and surface rescue techniques , breath-hold limits, in-water briefing, freediving-specific first aid course, Juan Valdivia, freediving certification, EAP for freediving, certified freedivers, emergency action plan (EAP), respiratory barotrauma when freediving, freediving safety practices, Shallow-water blackout when freediving, Alert Diver magazine 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

BEFORE THE INTERNET WAS AVAILABLE, people read print magazines to learn about scuba diving — how to do it, what gear to buy, and where to go. For 51 years, […]

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