Global Dive customer Glenn Smith has sent us an example of what you can shoot with a YSo2 strobe Strobe Review by Tom Crisp Usually I am the diver in front of the camera, posing for photographers, recently this has changed. In July I took the plunge and bought my first camera. After all, we [...]
Global Dive is pleased to announce that we are now an authorised dealer for Shearwater computers. These high tech dive computers have steadily become the first choice for serious technical divers all over the world. I (Andrew) was lucky enough to test dive a Predator late last year when New Zealand Shearwater representative Paul Trainor [...]
Sidemount BCD - Article by Tom Crisp While some technical divers like the idea of diving with a lot of equipment others opt for the minimalistic approach, both are valid in their own way as there is no one way to dive. The sidemount BCD utilizes the minimal approach much like the DIR and hogarthian concepts, “less [...]
After talking to some friends who had recently come back from a mid week trip, glowing from their experience. They introduced me to a new equipment configuration. Side mount diving. Effectively what this equipment configuration does it takes the cylinders off of your back and neatly positions them under your arms allowing you the freedom [...]
Having worked at the Poor Knights for a season I was lucky enough to get out there diving twice a day, 5 days a week, so as you might imagine I have had occasion to dive the same dive site numerous times. It has been heard from some divers that if they have dived a [...]
Each year divers plan overseas dive trips with much excitement and enjoyment, only to come across anxieties and concerns regarding travelling with dive gear on airlines. With this in mind I have decided to draw up a list of suggestions and ideas to help you with your planning and packing. With airline baggage allowances getting [...]
If you have had an extended time away from scuba diving and want to get back under water I would recommend that you do a Scuba review / refresher. An extended time would be 6 months or longer. With the latest busy lifestyles its amazing how quickly we can forget the basics. As a divemaster [...]
Apeks regulators have always been at the top of their game, being popular with both sport and technical divers. Their regulators are widely used internationally for extremely demanding dives due to their unprecedented reliability. Many twin tank divers including myself regularly trust them with our lives. Apeks regulators always offered good options with hose routing [...]
As we all know, German engineers don’t do things by half’s. The Heser backup torch is a perfect example of this. I found out about these little gems as an instructor of mine temporarily blinded me during a course with one. Upon surfacing I immediately asked to have a look and was pleasantly surprised at [...]
