12 articles
Blackouts arrive without warning and the buddy is the rescue. Active supervision, blackout response and incident recovery for freedivers, step by step.
Tom Okafor ·
Swell height is only a third of the story. Learn to read period, direction, wind, tide and sea state so you can judge a site before you pack the car.
Tom Okafor ·
How to assess a shore dive site step by step: wind, swell, entry and exit points, surge and kelp layout — plus the bailout plan every beach dive needs.
Tom Okafor ·
Kelp-specific buddy protocols: staying paired inside a canopy, the one-minute separation drill, entanglement assists and pre-dive checks that matter.
Tom Okafor ·
The two dive flags, what the law requires of divers and boaters, standoff distances, and how reality on the water differs from the textbook.
Tom Okafor ·
Before Tidewright's second Lofoten winter, the crew trained for sea ice, four-hour twilight and frozen shackles. Field notes from the course we built.
Jack Callum ·
Dive safety officers run the diving programs of universities, aquariums and film crews. Here's what the DSO does, the certifications required and how to get there.
Tom Okafor ·
A complete pre-dive briefing framework for kelp forests — the headings that matter, kelp-specific hazards, and the minutiae that make briefings real.
Tom Okafor ·
How commercial dive teams work safely inside a kelp farm — entanglement risk, line discipline, buddy protocols, tools and the pre-dive checks that matter.
Naomi Reyes ·
How to choose an SMB or dSMB and deploy it cleanly — the tube that keeps boats off your head and surfaces safe. Sizes, types, reels and kelp-country tips.
Tom Okafor ·
Surf entries and exits are the hardest part of shore diving. Learn to read wave sets, time your crossing, and know the signs that say it's not diveable.
Tom Okafor ·
Underwater scooters open huge kelp forests to a single dive — but speed multiplies entanglement and wildlife risks. Here's how to DPV kelp country sensibly.
Tom Okafor ·