Brent WebbAre you fit to dive? Brent Webb of Scuba Adventures explores medical honesty, fitness, currency and competence in diving — and why the consequences of hiding a health condition extend to your buddy, your instructor and the people waiting at home.
Gareth LockMiscommunication is normal. Assumptions are normal. What happens when they converge? A 500th-dive incident report: a first-time DPV, discounted warnings and an automatic 'OK' — a human factors look at why the decisions made sense at the time.
Gareth LockYou can't teach what you can't name. Why 'common sense' fails dive instruction, how flawed situation awareness models blind students to what matters, and why precise shared language is the link between communication and decision-making underwater.
Gareth LockBrian Bugge, Linnea Mills and a twelve-year-old in Texas. After each death the industry asked whose fault it was. The research shows why that question fails everyone involved, and why punishment fills the space where learning should be.
Gareth LockTrust in diving comes in two forms: system trust from cards and paperwork, and personal trust built through honest, task-level teamwork. Strong safety depends on both, because real risk is managed when divers speak up and validate competency
Andy LeonardA 5-day cross-country road trip showed how quickly good planning fades once it starts working. Gas planning is the same life skill: set limits before pressure exists, protect the margin, brief every dive, and build the capacity to notice drift.
Human factors, non-technical skills and learning from emergent outcomes for the divers who refuse the bad-apple story.
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