Dive Guides

Everything we've written down so it doesn't have to be repeated poolside: why the water behaves the way it does, how to stay out of trouble, what to buy and what you're looking at. Newest first. Pick a guide to narrow it down.

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Learning to Dive in Joburg

What It Costs
Diving Hungover

What Alcohol Leaves Behind
Sharks and Periods

What the Bite Files Show

Learn to Dive

All Learn to Dive

Learning to dive starts in a pool, with an instructor and no assumption you've done this before.

Fit Enough to Dive

What It Asks of You
Too Old to Dive

What the Numbers Say
Panic Underwater

What Stops It
Depth Limits

18, 30 or 40 Metres

Dive Science

All Dive Science

Water bends light, swallows colour and carries sound too fast to place.

Peeing in a Wetsuit

The Reflex You Can't Train
Wrecked After Two Dives

Where Tiredness Starts
Air Gone First

Why You Surface Before Everyone
How Long a Tank Lasts

Work Out Your Number

Medical & Safety

All Medical & Safety

Diving's rules exist because somebody learned them the hard way.

Seasick on the Boat

What to Do Before and Below
Blocked Ears After a Dive

When to Worry
High Blood Pressure and Diving

What Gets Asked
Diving With a Cold

When a Blocked Nose Says No

Gear Guides

All Gear Guides

Marketing sheets say what a piece of kit does.

Mask Fog

Why Toothpaste Beats a Lighter
Too Much Lead

Why You Float Off the Safety Stop
Diving in Glasses or Contacts

Three Options
Cylinder Testing in SA

Visual, Hydro and SANS
Gear Builder

Computer Builder
Pick a computer, then the transmitter or strap that fits it.

Marine Life

All Marine Life

You'll spend most of your dives looking at animals that don't care you're there.

Bioluminescence

Why the Ocean Glows at Night
Deep-Diving Whales

Inside a 222-Minute Dive
Shark Bites on Divers

What the Records Show
Octopus Camouflage

Colour Without Colour Vision