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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.

• M-24: On Eternal Patrol

  By Strike on May 13, 2023

  The 31st May – as well as being the anniversary of the WWI Battle of Jutland – also marks the anniversary of the 1942 WWII attack on Sydney Harbour by three Japanese Midget Submarines. A little over 23-metres in length… Read More ›

• The Safety-Catch

  By Strike on May 6, 2023

  

  A concept that seldom receives the depth of thought that it deserves, ‘diving safety’ has, for some, become an almost meaningless term. For many people, of course, safety is never an issue.  Taught to believe that diving is, “safe, fun… Read More ›

• ‘Technically Speaking’ – by Simon Pridmore

  By Strike on February 14, 2023

  

  Offering an engaging, beautifully written, and meticulously researched insight into the phenomenon of Technical Diving, and its impact on a single decade of diving’s evolving history, Simon Pridmore’s new book, ‘Technically Speaking’ is an outstanding tour de force from one… Read More ›

• “Fins ain’t wot they used to be.”

  By Strike on November 30, 2022

  

  Although a seemingly simple device, fins are a comparatively modern invention made possible by the introduction of vulcanised rubber. In 1929 the inventor, a Frenchman by the name of Louis de Corlieu, produced a prototype fin made from this material… Read More ›

• The Submersible Decompression Chamber

  By Strike on November 27, 2022

  

  Designed by Robert Davis – the M.D. of Siebe, Gorman & Co. who was later knighted for his services to diving – and submitted for testing by the British Admiralty in 1929, the Submersible Decompression Chamber (SDC) provided welcome relief… Read More ›

• Imagination:  A Diver’s Worst Enemy?

  By Strike on October 20, 2022

  

  A section of Sir Robert H Davis’ classic work, ‘Deep Diving and Submarine Operations’ is devoted to Divers’ Yarns. Highlighting the fact that an active imagination can often prove to be a diver’s worst enemy, one of the stories tells… Read More ›