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Innovations in Adaptive Diving

Kenneth J. Hoser

Q3/Q4 2020

Participation in diving as an adaptive recreational sport has increased significantly along with innovations of viable options for people who want to explore adaptive diving. One of the biggest concerns is how to provide these individuals with safe access to diving. As the dive industry welcomes new programs developed for adaptive diving, more dive businesses should get training in adaptive diving and create conditions to accommodate these divers. Certified dive instructors and medical professionals should evaluate individuals for their ability to function safely, given their condition and current medications.

A Predator’s Dream

Ned and Anna DeLoach

Q3/Q4 2020

For both predators and prey, survival on the reef depends on innovation. Both populations must continually acquire advantages over the other by evolving new and improved physical adaptations that must be countered by the opposition. Prey species tend to hold the upper hand — they are a little too fast, well-camouflaged or spiky to be caught under normal circumstances. To even the odds, predatory reef fishes devise novel hunting strategies. Joining forces with third-party species equipped with specialized hunting skills has become the gold standard.

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Dive Principles for Coping with COVID-19

Justin Osterman

Q3/Q4 2020

Millions of people have lost their jobs due to the pandemic, many fear losing their homes, and their fears of financial and food insecurity are real, immediate and pressing. Health-care workers face the direct threat of COVID-19 infection every day. People are confronting real fears, and they need our support. We can’t spend the next few months underwater to hide from the coronavirus. We can, however, practice a few basic principles of safe, skillful diving that have immediate application in our everyday lives during these times.

The Importance of a Predive Safety Check

Chloe Strauss

Q3/Q4 2020

Certified divers learned to do predive safety checks during training, but do they perform one every time they dive? It is one of the easiest ways to prevent oversights, gear malfunctions and forgotten pieces of equipment. But predive safety checks often aren’t as thorough as they should be. Complacency and skipping your predive safety check or buddy check are entirely preventable factors in dive accidents. Complete all your checks before every dive.

Maintaining Safety in the Era of COVID-19

Chloe Strauss and Francois Burman, Pr.Eng., M.Sc.

Q3/Q4 2020

COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in the travel and dive industry, and dive operators and professionals want to ensure their divers are protected when they get back in the water. Taking steps to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in scuba shops, on boats and through shared equipment will continue to be important for the foreseeable future. Using a disinfectant that is approved for use against the virus that causes COVID-19 is one of the most crucial steps a dive operation can take, especially if providing rental equipment.

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