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Lessons for Life Articles

Switching Tanks

An ill-conceived scheme leaves one diver trapped on the bottom with two tanks, but no air.

A Bad Bargain

Dan saved a few bucks by ordering his gear online, and it nearly cost him his life.

Lessons For Life: The Missing Buddy

A diver facing two sharks in low vis discovers that her new buddy is nowhere to be found. Another installment in our dive training series Lessons For Life. For more dive training and safety tips, visit scubadiving.com

Lessons For Life: Recipe for Disaster

Scuba Diving Accidents and Safety Tips: Combine shore diving with poor fitness, unserviced gear, bad judgement and a hangover. Another installment in our dive-training series Lessons For Life.

Lessons For Life: The Boat's Gone: Now What?

Three divers watch their dive boat disappear as they drift helplessly in the opposite direction. What would you do? Another installment in our dive-training series Lessons For Life.

Lessons For Life: Out of Shape

Breathing from the wrong gas supply didn't kill Sam — heart disease and obesity got him first. Another case study in our Lessons for Life dive training series.

River Blindness

In the low visibility of a busy river channel, one diver loses his way and his life.

Speed Kills

In a hurry to be the first person on the wreck, an experienced diver makes a rookie mistake that costs him his life.

A Fatal Miscalculation

Bill ran the numbers and decided he could break one of tech diving's cardinal rules of safety. The numbers didn't lie, but they also didn't account for an unplanned emergency.