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My name is Kelly… DAN was there for me?
October 26th, 2024
It is always a source of great joy for the DAN team to hear testimonials from our members. Therefore I want to share another DAN member story with you!Lesser-known forms of decompression sickness (DCS... Read More
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My name is Julika… DAN was there for me?
October 26th, 2024
It is always a source of great joy for the DAN team to hear testimonials from our members. Therefore I want to share another DAN member story with you!I had a major diving crisis. It was on a remote i... Read More
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My name is James Lewis… DAN was there for me?
October 26th, 2024
It is always a source of great joy for the DAN team to hear testimonials from our members. Therefore I want to share another DAN member story with you!The best backup you could wish for!I have been a ... Read More
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My name is Jack… DAN was there for me?
October 26th, 2024
It is always a source of great joy for the DAN team to hear testimonials from our members. Therefore I want to share another DAN member story with you!As a divemaster for the past four decades, my tra... Read More
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My name is Mrs. Du Toit… DAN was there for me?
October 26th, 2024
It is always a source of great joy for the DAN team to hear testimonials from our members. Therefore I want to share another DAN member story with you!My husband and I were diving in Paindane Bay, Moz... Read More
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My name is Clayton… DAN was there for me?
October 26th, 2024
It is always a source of great joy for the DAN team to hear testimonials from our members. Therefore I want to share another DAN member story with you!In August 2016 I led a group of 12 divers on a re... Read More
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My name is Claire… DAN was there for me?
October 26th, 2024
It is always a source of great joy for the DAN team to hear testimonials from our members. Therefore I want to share another DAN member story with you!In today’s world, members of an organisation are ... Read More
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My name is Amos… DAN was there for me?
October 26th, 2024
It is always a source of great joy for the DAN team to hear testimonials from our members. Therefore I want to share another DAN member story with you!There we were, hanging over the bow of the boat, ... Read More
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DUC Hosts Durban’s First Pool Freedive Competition
July 1st, 2024
“Establishing this inaugural event in our region is no easy feat, but there is an increasing level of interest and backing from the community,” adds Van der Hoogen. “Competitors and spectators are bot... Read More
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Freediving Risk Assessment
May 21st, 2024
Serious consequences have been linked to freedives that lacked the basic one-up-one-down rule, bypassed the buddy system, and pushed limits without proper safety measures.... Read More
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Underwater Photographer: Hilmar Lückhoff
May 21st, 2024
My latest thrill was blackwater diving in Anilao, the nudibranch capital, which was challenging and intoxicating. I enjoy visualising the scenes again during editing, and the knowledge gained in ident... Read More
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Zanzibar Dive Spots
May 21st, 2024
Zanzibar offers many diving spots accessible to divers of all levels of experience. The best dive sites are in the north, around Nungwi, and in the northeast, near Mnemba Atoll, a protected area and t... Read More
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Southern African Sea slugs
May 21st, 2024
This approach to making a field guide makes its contents much more wide-ranging and considerably more accurate, particularly in terms of distribution, than a guide produced by the observations of only... Read More
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The BOSS Of Wreck Diving
May 21st, 2024
Although intrepid hikers often explore the visible wreckage by hiking the trails from Llandudno or Hout Bay, divers who wish to explore the wrecks underwater should and can only access it by boat.... Read More
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Disinfecting Dive Equipment
May 21st, 2024
We don’t have significant evidence of mass infections on dive boats, around dive sites, or in classrooms or retail shops, so it’s likely that the processes we followed played a major role in ensuring ... Read More
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Barry Skinstad: Award-winning Documentary Cinematographer and shark specialist
May 21st, 2024
One of the shots I got was of these big white sharks of about four, maybe 4.2 meters, swimming right over our heads. Being underwater and holding your breath while it comes overhead was mind-boggling.... Read More
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Crafting Underwater Perfection
May 21st, 2024
Get low, get close (and then closer) and look upwards while at the same time being really aware of where you are in relation to fragile reef fauna. There are some days that I see great subjects or pot... Read More
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Which ear drops?
April 7th, 2024
Vinegar, it is worth remembering, is one of the most revered ingredients by sailors and divers. It removes encrustations, neutralises jellyfish nematocysts, and, although the mechanism of action is un... Read More
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DAN was there for Me..... Close encounters of the shark kind
March 23rd, 2024
During 2009 Mark Barker a DAN member that had a very close encounter with a shark in Mozambique. Mark enjoys spearfishing and planned a trip to Vilanculos in Mozambique with a group of experienced spe... Read More
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New Dive Center On Pemba Island
March 23rd, 2024
Fun Divers Zanzibar has announced the construction of a brand new facility on Pemba Island, designed to be your haven for exploring Pemba’s underwater paradise.... Read More
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DAN to the Rescue: Out of Antarctica
March 20th, 2024
Getting out of Antarctica quickly was very tricky. For the next two days the boat steamed full speed ahead, north from the polar circle to King George Island, where the Chilean base has the only airst... Read More
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An Unconscious Ascent .... DAN was There for Me
March 20th, 2024
I was eventually medically cleared to dive again and have logged 120 more dives since this experience.... Read More
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Dive Medical Services Around the World
February 21st, 2024
The display of posters, tank decals or certificates with DAN logos should not be interpreted as endorsement or certification by DAN. These materials are readily available to anyone. DAN does not certi... Read More
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Octopus Intelligence
February 8th, 2024
The Social Intelligence hypothesis suggests that higher intelligence evolved to navigate social group dynamics. This hypothesis holds true for dolphins, chimps, and humans, but for the octopus, the mo... Read More
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Mismatched Scuba Valves to Cylinder OutletsUnderwater Crime Scene InvestigatorsDive Boat Etiquette – From Yachts to rubber ducksTravel Smarter: Personal Safety While TravelingLiability in ContextLearning from Success. Learning from MistakeDive in the Fast Lane with DPVsKwaZulu Natal shipwrecks: The ProduceAvoid Diving With EarplugsThe Parting Shot