DIVER Canada - Summer 2023

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Remembering diving pioneer, subsea engineer, innovator and DIVER Publisher Phil Nuytten. Dr Joe MacInnis, Jean-Michel Cousteau, David Doublet, Jill Heinerth, and more share their memories of Canada's diving legend.

PLUS: Jill Heinerth takes a deep dive into The Great Lakes in an epic feature article • Brandon Cole shares his secretes of South Africa • Nicole Website gets knee deep in smelly sargassum • Diver news • The latest dive gear • Shark diving • Tech diving • Cave diving... and more!

Contributors this issue: Jill Heinerth, Brandon Cole, Cristina Zenato, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Natalie Gibb, Steve Lewis, Michel Gilbert, Danielle Alary, Wayne Brown and more!

NEW DEEP CAVE DIVING RECORD SET IN CHINA

Renowned Chinese cave diver Han Ting surfaced after a 12-and-a-half-hour dive to 910.1 feet (77.4m) in Jiudun Cave, a new Asia deep cave diving record. The dive was a part of the Duan’s Juidun Cave Features (DJCF) project.

2 mins

Phil Nuytten - SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS

A final Soundings column from DIVER Publisher and Senior Editor Phil Nuytten, taken from his 1995 address to students in British Columbia

4 mins

Phil Nuytten: DIVER

Industry luninaries remember diving legend Phil Nuytten, OC, OBC, DSc (hon), LLD (hon): magazine publisher, engineer, innovator, artist, businessman, eccentric, raconteur, magician, writer, husband, father... and-first and foremost-diver. (1941-2023)

10+ mins

PROTECTING NAYAANO NIBIIMAANG GICHIGAMIIN

The Great Lakes Watershed

10+ mins

THE PERFECT STORM

WORDS AND PHOTOS BY NICOLE WEBSTER

9 mins

Fun With a Smart Phone

Compact digital cameras are fast disappearing in favour of smartphones. How about underwater photography?

2 mins

You Won't Impress Your Cave Instructor

I am so sorry for disappointing you!” My student apologized as he tossed his cave diving light into the gear crate and dropped his fins beside my truck.

5 mins

Preventing heat exhaustion

Beautiful sunny days have a way of coaxing us outside for adventuring, exploring, and diving. But it’s important to be mindful during your outdoor activities of the risks of heat-related illnesses— especially in the summer.

2 mins

Al is Coming to Diving

You are about to enter another dimension—a scuba dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop…no, not the Twilight Zone…but the AI Zone! Yes, Artificial Intelligence is coming to scuba diving.

2 mins

An Old Encounter

The mighty St. Lawrence River, in its Quebec section, has swallowed hundreds of wrecks through the centuries, many of them still unvisited.

2 mins

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DIVER Canada Magazine Description:

DIVER magazine is North America's longest established scuba diving magazine. Offering quality editorial content with a strong focus on exploration, and adventure.