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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.

• Knowing where you’re going: underwater navigation

  By Strike on May 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A diver’s ability to know precisely where they are in relation to the shore or boat is fundamental to every good dive plan. The greater the diver’s proficiency in the techniques of underwater navigation the easier it becomes to know… Read More ›

• The Mollusc Fu-2 Dive Computer

  By Strike on May 10, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  At the close of the first Tec-Asia Diving Conference – held in Singapore in 1996 – several of the speakers repaired to the Billiard Room bar of Raffles Hotel to enjoy a quiet drink. Inevitably, the conversation drifted towards technical… Read More ›

• Sharks in the Soup

  By Strike on May 6, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I may not have had much practice in self-denial, but I’ve found it remarkably easy to follow the suggestions of concerned lobbyists by saying, ‘NO!’ to shark fin soup. At a personal level it hasn’t been much of a sacrifice,… Read More ›

• Clement Lee – Diving ambassador and conservationist

  By Strike on May 3, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Few people command the same measure of respect from their peers as that reserved by the Asian diving community for Clement Lee. A staunch conservationist with unrelenting views on the importance of protecting and conserving the region’s unique marine attractions,… Read More ›

• The Diver’s Prayer

  By Strike on April 27, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  For all of his faults – and he has lots of them – my former dive buddy, Krabbmann, always tries to maintain a grasp on what’s important in diving and what’s not. Sadly, however, he usually fails to apply the… Read More ›

• Dive ‘talk’ 2 – acoustically speaking

  By Strike on April 23, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  To state the obvious: water, being a denser medium than air, is a good conductor of sound. This property has both advantages and disadvantages to the diver. On the plus side, sound is magnified and can be heard over vast… Read More ›