The advent of mixed gas usage by sport divers—the so-called “Technical Diving Revolution”in the early to mid-1990s—greatly expanded our underwater envelope, while arguably improving diving safety....
InDepth’s editor-in-chief Michael Menduno reached out to PADI veteran Karl Shreeves to explore the trending global phenomena of mermaiding....
Condom caths and p-valves are arguably the best way to go during tech dives, until they’re NOT. Here InDepth editor-in-chief Michael Menduno goes old school to...
Date of Dive: 3.28.89Location: Nacimiento Del Rio Mante in the Sierra de Cucharas mountains, MexicoDepth: 867 ffw/265 mfwBottom Time: 24 minutesRun Time: 13 hours 52 minBottom...
In 1997, British composer and cave diver Steve Thomas created what was the first album of “cave diving music” in celebration of he and his diving...
It’s difficult to objectively compare and contrast technical courses from different training agencies, and many agencies are less than enthused about the prospect. So when I...
We’ve lost one of the true giants and pioneers of commercial mixed gas oilfield diving, Lad Handelman, co-founder and former CEO of Cal-Dive Ltd and Oceaneering...
by Michael Menduno See Part 1: Fact or Fiction? Revisiting Guinness World Record Deepest Scuba Dive The day before this issue of InDepth was to go...
Newly released information calls into question the validity of former Egyptian Army Colonel and instructor trainer Ahmed Gabr’s 2014 world record scuba dive to 332 m/1,090...
With local diving slowly opening in the wake of the pandemic, InDepth caught up with British cave explorer and educator Phil Short to see how he...