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Diving, mental health, and trust underwater Mental health issues are no exception today—they are part of the human experience. According to data from the World Health Organization, up to 25% of adults experience anxiety, depression, or other emotional difficulties at some point in their lives. P...
Today is the last day of 2025, and a lot has happened in the world of Human Factors in Diving. This blog is a summary of what The Human Diver team has achieved, and what we are looking to achieve next year. Before we start with the details, I’m going to share a favourite short passage which bri...
Introduction This blog re-examines a cave diving double fatality from a Human Factors perspective. The event took place in System Sac Actun near Tulum, Mexico in December 2004, and is familiar to many cave divers. It was well documented at the time, and generated some spirited and controversial ...
This blog follows on from the blog yesterday (26 Nov 25) about the practical steps you can put in place, so that Non-Technical Skills (NTS)/Human Factors in Diving (HFiD) become core elements of your diving, be that at an individual/team level or at a dive centre/club or organisational level. Th...
Divers love gear. They love the shiny stuff. You only have to read the social media posts about the latest computer, DPV, CCR, or BCD/wing that you need to have (or someone has just bought). We love the comfort of “how we’ve always done it.” or “My instructor told me to do it that way.” However, ...
In our world of technical and cave diving, we rightly place considerable faith in planning and preparation to reduce the likelihood of adverse outcomes. We map out every minute of bottom time, calculate gas with deeper and longer scenarios, and build in layers of redundant equipment and gas volum...
We often hear that 'experience is the best teacher.' In diving, much like in aviation, it’s common to equate years under the water, or the number of logged dives, with competence. We assume a diver with hundreds of dives is automatically more capable than someone fresh out of training. But what i...
The Hidden Depths of Small Talk You’re sitting on the bench at the dive site, chatting with your buddy before the first dive of the weekend. “Morning mate, sleep well?”“Yeah, not bad. You?” This small talk doesn’t seem like much, a handshake, a nod, a few polite words, but that small talk is d...
Technical diving has a reputation for precision, discipline, and control. This manifests in rigorous gas planning, detailed equipment setup, thorough protocols. It’s easy to believe that once you’ve trained hard enough or bought the right kit, you can engineer risk out of the dive. However, bene...
Are all technical divers leaders? Leadership is one of the topics that we explore in the Human Factors in Diving: Applied Skills class, and the statement that “all instructors are leaders” often generates spirited discussion. The fact that as a diving instructor you are also a leader seems to be ...
