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Counterlung Configurations and their Impact on Diver Safety & Performance - InDEPTH Military and tech CCR veteran Paul Haynes takes us for a deep dive into the workings of various counterlung designs.

USS Atlanta Wreck Dive at 132m USS Atlanta wreck dive at 132m. A CCR expedition reaches one of the Pacific’s least visited WWII war wrecks in the Solomon Islands.

How to Take Stunning Fish Photos Underwater Fish portraits sit between the two extremes of wide angle and macro photography, and capturing this middle ground can be challenging. Let’s break down the gear, settings and techniques to capture fish portraits worthy of mounting on a wall.

Deco Dilemmas: The Push for Personalized Decompression Modeling - InDEPTH By Reilly Fogarty. Photo credits as noted. Limited technology, an absolute dearth of reproducible data, and the need for a repeatable and modifiable algorithm are all that stand between you and a personalized decompression model for your next dive. If it sounds like a lot—it is. The stark realit....

Remembering Sealab I - InDEPTH Sixty years ago next month, four U.S. Navy divers—the first American aquanauts—swam into a seafloor shelter dubbed Sealab I, stationed 59m/193 ft deep.

17 Cognitive Biases which Contribute to Diving Accidents Humans are subject to a variety of cognitive biases and heuristics (mental shortcuts). Sometimes they are positive when it comes to efficiency, sometimes they create unsafe situations. This article covers 17 of them and their potential contribution to accidents and near-misses

Simplicity Is Safety: When Engineering Meets Consequences - InDEPTH The Florida cave diving community needs your help to save Mill Creek Sink, Alachua, FL from development.

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Gas Planning With a Chest-Mounted Rebreather - InDEPTH Conducting a deep dive with a chest or sidemount rebreather using "Dilout" ( a combination of off-board diluent and bailout) has become more common with the advent of compact rebreather platforms. But there are issues to be considered. Here shipwreck enthusiast Justin Judd, details his and team mate...

Eight Hours at 1.3: How Science Caught Up with the Way We Actually Dive - InDEPTH Dr. Simon Mitchell on how every breath underwater is a negotiation between trust and physics.