Top Tips for Technical/Cave Divers: Situation Awareness. Risk Perception is a critical skill - Experience Doesn’t Equal Judgement
by: Gareth LockPublished on: 11/11/2025Experience doesn’t equal judgement. Research shows it’s perception, not hours, that shapes safer choices. For divers, reflection, dialogue, and awareness build true competence—helping you see risk clearly and be better than yesterday.
Top Tips for Diving Instructors: Situation Awareness
by: Jenny LordPublished on: 24/09/2025Scuba students often struggle not with skills but with situational awareness. Learn how to spot overload, build awareness, and teach safer diving.
Top Tips for Beginner Divers: Situation Awareness
by: Mike MasonPublished on: 05/08/2025Top tips to improve situation awareness for beginner divers—learn how to stay safe, stay in control, and enjoy your dives with confidence.
Reframing The Dirty Dozen - Part 3
Errors and violations don't just happen in isolation. Explore the third part of this series in human factors in diving: Pressure, lack of awareness and lack of knowledge. They and others make up the 'Dirty Dozen'.
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