Dive Computers and Algorithms: What They Cannot Know About You
A dive computer tracks pressure and time with precision, but the model behind it cannot see the diver wearing it. Here is what that gap actually means.
Mar 19, 2026

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A dive computer tracks pressure and time with precision, but the model behind it cannot see the diver wearing it. Here is what that gap actually means.
Mar 19, 2026

Shearwater, Garmin and Suunto now sell wrist computers that look broadly alike and cost between 760 and 1,800 dollars. What separates them is the decompression model, the transmitter, and what you are really paying for.
Aug 18, 2026

The New Orleans trade show's second day brought two entry-level computers built around rental fleets and a first stage with a 360-degree turret aimed at sidemount and rebreather divers.
Nov 5, 2026

Three minutes at five metres is drilled into every diver and explained to almost none of them. It is not decompression, it is not required, and skipping it is not the emergency people assume.
Aug 9, 2026

Enriched air extends no-decompression limits at recreational depths by reducing the nitrogen you take on. It also imposes a hard ceiling on how deep you can take it, and the claim about post-dive fatigue has never held up.
Sep 5, 2026

Older than PADI, structured as a non-profit membership association, and built on a principle almost nobody else uses: the instructor may exceed the standards, and is expected to.
Aug 12, 2026

Divers Alert Network is not a training agency and issues no certifications. It collects the injury data, then publishes guidance based on it. Here is that guidance, in the order it matters.
Aug 12, 2026

An expert report for Italian prosecutors lists anoxia as the cause of death for the five divers lost in a Vaavu Atoll cave in May. Why they ran short of gas is still unanswered.
Oct 6, 2026

Scuba has real hazards, but recreational diving within training and conditions is a managed-risk activity, not the extreme gamble suggested by rare accident headlines.
Jul 25, 2026
