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Diving since 1961 – with a background in military, commercial, recreational and technical diving – David Strike has dived extensively throughout the Asia Pacific region, has authored several hundred articles about diving, is the recipient of the ADEX ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for contributions to Technical Diving, a Fellow of the Explorers Club of New York, and the former owner and organiser of the biennial OZTeK Technical Diving Conference and a regular speaker and presenter at regional and international diving events. He is presently engaged in producing a series of diving-related books.

• “I’m for never blowing bubbles.”

  By Strike on January 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  A story of doubtful authenticity concerns the then Head of the U.S. Patent Office who, in 1899, is reputed to have sent his resignation to President McKinley and urged the closing of the Office on the grounds that, “everything that… Read More ›

• A Swan Song

  By Strike on December 6, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  The 14th December marks the 19th anniversary of the first scuttling of a former RN Warship as an artificial reef: —————- Final preparations for the sinking of the former Royal Australian Navy Destroyer Escort, HMAS Swan, were completed a few… Read More ›

• A Chat with Neil Vincent – Image Maker

  By Strike on October 13, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  The interview that follows was first published in the on-line ‘Nekton Magazine’ in March 2004. ———————— A true diving adventurer and accomplished underwater photographer whose work is admired and respected around the world, Neil Vincent grew up in the tough,… Read More ›

• Diving & The Media 10 – Managing Post-Incident Stress

  By Strike on August 25, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  The following is an additional extract – an appendix – taken from the manual, ‘Diving & The Media: A Survival Guide’, that I completed in 1999 and whose purpose was to help dive industry professionals deal more effectively with negative… Read More ›

• “For Safety’s Sake …Oh!”

  By Strike on August 23, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Back in the not-too-distant past, a good dive watch was much more than just a functional piece of bling.  It was also a status symbol that marked the wearer as a serious – and experienced? – diver. On occasions, it… Read More ›

• The Deep Scattering Layer

  By Strike on August 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  First noticed during the latter stages of the Second World War when hydro-graphic survey ships equipped with echo sounders showed a ‘phantom seabed’ appearing on the graphs, the Deep Scattering Layer (DSL) often appeared many hundreds of fathoms above that… Read More ›