Concerns of the Aging Diver

The average age of a scuba diver in the U.S. is 42, with a median age of about 36 to 40.

Danny Ebersole, the author’s father, was scuba diving at age 80 with mermaid Shannon Tooker at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida.

To Protect and Preserve

Our objective was to reconnoiter the riverbank for clues that might help us locate the remains of two schooners reported to have been burned and sunk on June 13, 1862, during Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s famous cavalry ride around Union Gen. George McClellan’s army.

This Mathew Brady image shows White House Landing, which served as the Union headquarters in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign of the Civil War. Note the diverse array of watercraft.

Before an Incident Happens

For more than 30 years DAN members have shared how DAN was there for them.

DAN Research studies dive physiology, injuries, fatalities, and factors that affect diver health and safety.

Puget Sound

Spectral light dances on the water from across Puget Sound as the Seattle skyline glitters on the horizon.

Nirupam Nigam hovers above a rock hosting a pair of fish-eating anemones in the luxurious kelp forest at Sekiu Rocks.

Someone Looking Back

At first she is almost nothing: a slight distortion in the reef, a suggestion of movement where the reef should be still.

A female greater blue-ringed octopus carries a clutch of eggs beneath her arms.

Exiting the Water

Diving requires proper planning and equipment maintenance, including your body. In the final minutes of a dive, a tired diver must swim to the boat, climb a ladder, and haul gear onto the deck.

Prone Flutter-Kick Holds