The Price of Speaking Up: Giving you the tools to make it cheap and easy
by: Gareth LockPublished on: 10/10/2026Why don’t divers speak up? Human factors research shows it often depends on the dive leader. Learn the four kinds of leader, five ways divers raise concerns, and simple brief and debrief steps that make speaking up easier and diving safer.
Situation Awareness is a tactical skill: It can be learned and practiced.
by: Cedric 'Vic' VerdierPublished on: 09/10/2026Vic Verdier applies Boyd’s OODA loop to technical diving, arguing situation awareness is an automatic skill built through varied experience. Spotting deviations from a known baseline early preserves options and time to act before problems escalate.
Keeping one eye in the dark: As a team, making sure you don’t miss the bigger picture
by: Guy ShockeyPublished on: 01/10/2026Why do technical dive teams lose the bigger picture in emergencies? Guy Shockey explores attentional tunnelling, distributed team awareness and the vital role of the third diver who looks wide while others solve the problem. Keep one eye in the dark.
What the Last Incident Can't Tell You About the Next One: Examine Conditions. Build Capacity.
by: Gareth LockPublished on: 28/09/2026Specific fixes only close the gaps the last diving incident revealed. Drawing on Mike Mason's lost diver review and research into recurring failure conditions, learn how divers can spot weak signals and build team capacity before things go wrong.
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