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IMAGING: SHOOTER Gutsy Tuason: Blackwater Magic Photos and captions by Gutsy Tuason; text by Stephen Frink I FIRST MET SCOTT “GUTSY” TUASON at a Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) trade show in 2016. “You need to see his blackwater work. You’ll be blown away,” Marc Bauman of Sam’s Tours said before introducing us. Tuason […]
FEATURES Cayman Brac: the shy sister Text and Photos by Stephen Frink The Cayman Islands consist of three islands — two of which divers know quite well. Grand Cayman’s reputation is built on fun in the sun, the vast Seven Mile Beach, cruise ships, snorkel excursions to Stingray City, and diving. Little Cayman is much smaller, […]
FEATURE A Photo Diary of the Spiegel Grove The 20th Anniversary of an Ambitious Achievement Text and Photos by Stephen Frink The long, strange trip of the Spiegel Grove began in 2001 over beers at Sharkey’s Bar in Key Largo, Florida. Several Bibb and Duane shipwrecks project organizers were musing about what they would do […]
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Destination Antartica Text and photos by Becky Kagan Schott When I started diving, I fell in love with colorful coral reefs and marine life. If you had told me that Antarctica would someday become a favorite destination, I might have laughed and said I’d never dive in water that cold or that far away. Decades […]
DIVE FITNESS Fitness for Scuba: Exercises for All Ages Text by Jessica B. Adams, Ph.D., and Matthew T. Del Tufo, DPT; photos by Stephen Frink SARCOPENIA IS A NATURAL MUSCLE LOSS (atrophy) due to aging. Periods of inactivity due to injury, illness, or a busy life can accelerate this process. Individuals over the age of 65 […]
DAN WAS THERE FOR ME MISTAKES AND BAD DECISIONS I WAS ON A TRIP TO TULAMBEN to dive the Liberty wreck for three days. The first day was recreational dives followed by two days of technical diving. I had a cold and sinusitis leading up to the trip, but the conditions had cleared up four […]
ADVANCED DIVING Rebreather Myths Text by Richard Kruzel; photos by Jill Heinerth CLOSED-CIRCUIT REBREATHERS (CCRs) have significantly grown in popularity over the past few years. They are becoming more of a norm in the technical diving community, and recreational and scientific divers are also discovering their benefits. You probably know at least one CCR diver, […]
FROM THE MEDICAL LINE Bell’s Palsy and Surgery DAN® medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions. I have developed Bell’s palsy. Due to its internal effects, are there any reasons I should not dive? I understand the risks of its external effects — such as not being able to blink in a […]
RESEARCHER PROFILE Peter Buzzacott’s Research Journey Interview by Frauke Tillmans, Ph.D. When did you start diving? I got certified in 1992 on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. For the next five years I dived in Turkey, Thailand, and on the shipwrecks of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Scotland — all over the […]
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