No more bad dives because of your ears! Together with DAN Southern Africa & DAN Europe we have created this extensive graphic about your ears and diving: Grab this graphic totally free to show on you own site – just copy this code and insert it on you site:   <img src="https://www.divein.com/wp-content/uploads/ears-and-diving.jpg" alt="How ocean pollution affects humans " border="0" />Don't let your ears ruin your dives – Graphic by the team at <a href="https://www.divein.com/articles/diving-ears/">DIVE.in</a> Don’t let your ears ruin your dives You’ve just started your first dive of the day. Everything is going great! You pinch your nose and blow to...

Don't let Sea Sickness ruin your dives anymore Nothing ruins a dive trip like sea sickness. Thus, most divers will go along way to avoid spilling your breakfast overboard. But what can you do to avoid getting motion sickness? What really works? >> Grab this infographic for free Grab this graphic totally free to show on you own site – just copy this code and insert it on you site: <img src="https://www.divein.com/wp-content/uploads/travel-sickness.jpg" alt="How to Avoid Motion Sickness " border="0" />How to Avoid Motion Sickness  – Graphic by the team at <a href="https://www.divein.com/articles/sea-sickness/">DIVE.in</a>  Motion Sickness and Travel Sickness When going on a dive, you are told to...

There are plentiful web pages listing the world’s best dive locations, but these pages rarely, if ever, tell you which dive sites to avoid. As divers will understand, we’re not talking about the threat of sharks here; rather, we’re talking about countries where divers could be exposed to serious health risks. Most of these places are also ill prepared to deal with any medical issues arising from a diving-related accident. International SOS, a company that deals with medical and travel-security assistance, recently compiled a Health Risk index of the world. This data takes several factors into account such as:...

When we go diving especially on an out-of-the-country vacation, we are usually occupied in packing our dive equipment and personal stuff. We sometimes do a checklist review just to make sure nothing is left behind. Here's our Dive Packing Guide – What to bring on a Scuba Holiday? But is a diving insurance a part of your checklist? The Importance of Dive Insurance Diving has evolved to become a relatively safe sport. In fact, there are more accidents on the road compared to diving. Nevertheless, diving has its own inherent dangers and you will never know when an accident will...

Are you starting diving and using glasses? Or maybe contact lenses? You will be happy to know that you can still dive! You might be afraid that without your glasses, you want be able to see underwater. And you’ve heard that diving with contact lenses is not an option. That is not true! There are two ways of diving when you have visual impairment(aka use glasses or contacts): one is simply to use your contact lenses underwater on your dive, the other is using prescription masks. Here's Survive A Silt-Out!: Diving In Low Visibility This article will only focus on diving with...