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 ›
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The Mollusc Fu-2 Dive Computer
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 ›
Clement Lee – Diving ambassador and conservationist
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
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
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 ›
Dive ‘talk’ – manual signals
Although never, ‘The Silent World’, the physical limitations of a water environment continue to pose problems for divers intent on communicating effectively with their companions, or with the surface. While advances in surface-to-diver, diver-to-diver voice communications systems have had an… Read More ›
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