Old or new diver, never stop learning and "evolving".
The Diving Library
Useful resources we want to share with our divers to better educate ourselves.
DiveZone Tokyo educational blogposts:
- Recommended reading list for new and experienced scuba divers
- Basic tests for determining wetsuit fit
- The ultimate guide on de-fogging your scuba mask
- Recommended reading list for new and experienced scuba divers
- Basic tests for determining wetsuit fit
- The ultimate guide on de-fogging your scuba mask
Other resources:
- Doppler's Tech Diving Blog: Lectures and Essays about Technical Diving
- Scubaboard: World's biggest internet forum on Scuba Diving
- A guide to modern sidemount diving - Scuba Tech Philippines.
- Getting Sidemount Tanks to behave themselves and sit where they should (Doppler)
- Checklists don’t work* (*sometimes, particularly if you get implementation wrong)
Useful links and additional reading about situational awareness
1. A Review of Situation Awareness Literature Relevant to Pilot Surveillance Functions:
"The concept of SA in aerospace operations and relevant literature are reviewed and critiqued. Four different approaches that are used to explain SA are examined, and the three major SA measurement techniques and their respective subcategories are described. Research that has explored these techniques is reviewed, and the shortcomings of the measures are discussed in terms of relevant psychology measurement criteria (e.g., validity). Several components of SA also are discussed because they appear to relate to surveillance activities. Research related to these components is reviewed, and a summary that focuses on the current state of SA research is provided, along with an evaluation about the future of SA research and applications. "
2. Situation Awareness: A Training Paradox :
Experts agree: situation awareness is critically important to diver safety. But because it’s regarded as an advanced skill gained through experience it’s not included in the entry-level diver-training curriculum. As the complexity of recreational and tec/rec diving activities and equipment continue to increase, does this critical contradiction become a paradox we can no longer ignore.
3. Divers Alert Network articles on Situational Awareness - Part I and Part II
4. A Navy Diving Supervisor's Guide to the Non-Technical Skills Required for Safe and Productive Diving Operations (Military) - Paul Connor
- Doppler's Tech Diving Blog: Lectures and Essays about Technical Diving
- Scubaboard: World's biggest internet forum on Scuba Diving
- A guide to modern sidemount diving - Scuba Tech Philippines.
- Getting Sidemount Tanks to behave themselves and sit where they should (Doppler)
- Checklists don’t work* (*sometimes, particularly if you get implementation wrong)
Useful links and additional reading about situational awareness
1. A Review of Situation Awareness Literature Relevant to Pilot Surveillance Functions:
"The concept of SA in aerospace operations and relevant literature are reviewed and critiqued. Four different approaches that are used to explain SA are examined, and the three major SA measurement techniques and their respective subcategories are described. Research that has explored these techniques is reviewed, and the shortcomings of the measures are discussed in terms of relevant psychology measurement criteria (e.g., validity). Several components of SA also are discussed because they appear to relate to surveillance activities. Research related to these components is reviewed, and a summary that focuses on the current state of SA research is provided, along with an evaluation about the future of SA research and applications. "
2. Situation Awareness: A Training Paradox :
Experts agree: situation awareness is critically important to diver safety. But because it’s regarded as an advanced skill gained through experience it’s not included in the entry-level diver-training curriculum. As the complexity of recreational and tec/rec diving activities and equipment continue to increase, does this critical contradiction become a paradox we can no longer ignore.
3. Divers Alert Network articles on Situational Awareness - Part I and Part II
4. A Navy Diving Supervisor's Guide to the Non-Technical Skills Required for Safe and Productive Diving Operations (Military) - Paul Connor