TUSA has announced a safety recall on its RS-670 regulator distributed or sold from May 2009 through September 2009 with retail price of $449. ...
January 26 2010
Scuba Regulators Recalled by Cressi Due to Risk of Drowning
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the...
January 4 2010
Diving Equipment Recalled by Dive Rite Due to Drowning Hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Dive Rite, has announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product....
January 4 2010
InterMed Recalls Oxygen Cylinder Post Valves
InterMed Gas Products, a supplier to Divers Alert Network, has initiated a product recall for medical valves. Some of these valves were supplied to...
November 10 2009
SI Tech Recalls Diving Suit Hoses Due To Drowning Hazard; One Death Reported
Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 348-3529 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 The U.S. Consumer...
October 15 2009
Guardian Full-Face Diving Masks Recalled by Ocean Technology Due to Visor Separation Hazard
Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 270-1984 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 HC Media Contact:...
October 7 2009
Diving Equipment Recalled by Halcyon Manufacturing Due to Drowning Hazard
Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 425-2966 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 The U.S. Consumer...
October 27 2009
Mares Diving Issues Urgent Safety Notice Involving Nemo Air Computer
Mares Diving issued the following announcement Aug. 11: Please be informed that we have discovered a quality issue on the O-ring...
August 21 2009
Diving Wings With Defective Inner Bladders Recalled by Poseidon Due to Drowning Hazard
Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 673-4366 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 The U.S. Consumer...
June 24 2009
Si Tech Drysuit Inflation Hose Subject To Recall
Si Tech, the manufacturer of drysuit inflation hoses supplied to Mobby's, the producer of Mares drysuits, has announced a recall of their...
April 27 2009
Final Respects
World-Renowned Photographer and Cinematographer Wes Skiles Dies
DAN Joins the Dive Industry in Mourning His Loss The dive industry lost one of its best on July 21, 2010, when photographer and...
July 28 2010
Dive Industry Loses a Stalwart Supporter, Harry Shanks
Harry Shanks, an exemplary contributor and indefatigable supporter of scuba diving, died March 9, 2009, following a long bout with cancer. ...
March 18 2009
St. Eustatius Says Goodbye to Island Historian Josser Daniel
On March 3, 2009, St. Eustatius (Statia) lost legendary island historian and tour guide Josser Daniel. Everyone who had the privilege of hearing his...
March 16 2009
Robert Milton “Frogfoot” Weller Dies
Weller’s Cove, Lake Worth, FL. — Ex-frogman Robert Milton “Frogfoot” Weller died Monday, Oct. 13, after a long struggle with failed kidneys and...
October 24 2008
N.C. Diving Icon George Purifoy Dies
George Purifoy, an icon and pioneer of N.C. and East Coast wreck diving and a DAN mainstay, died Sept. 14 on his dive charter. He was 63. ...
October 7 2008
Diving Legend Frances “Fran” Garr Dies June 9
Diving legend Frances “Fran” Garr died June 9 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J. Garr was an inaugural member of the Women Divers...
August 29 2008
Beloved Industry Photographer Morton Pechter Dies
The dive industry collectively mourns the passing of Morton H. Pechter, a much-loved and respected icon to divers and industry members worldwide....
July 15 2008
Biochemist Rimmon C. Fay Dies in January
Rimmon C. Fay, Ph.D., a biochemist and staunch environmentalist, died on Jan. 1, 2008 of a heart attack. He was 79. After Fay learned to...
February 5 2008
DAN Member Dies in Lightning Storm
Stephen Wilson, a 36-year old DAN Member from Deerfield Beach, Fla., was electrocuted Sunday, July 22, when lightning struck his air tank as he...
October 16 2007
Noted Marine Photographer James Watt Dies
Noted dive photographer and DAN Member James Watt died of cancer on July 19 in Hawaii. He was 56. Dan Orr, DAN President and CEO, praised Watt, his...
August 13 2007
Annual Internship Recalls Frank J. Scalli . . .
. . . and His Contributions to the Dive Industry By Dan Leigh In the 1950s, as diving took off as a sport, dive clubs...
September 15 2008
Wallace Jenkins, Friend of DAN and Diving, Dies
Longtime DAN Member and legend in the diving world, Wallace Taylor Jenkins, died June 14, 2007, from acute leukemia. Well-known in the diving...
July 26 2007
Donor Ron Bangasser, M.D., Dies
Dr. Ron Bangasser, a physician known locally and nationally for his compassion for patients and his zeal to improve the quality of health care, died...
July 26 2007
Friends Remember Jim Engel…
Jim Engel, owner and operator of Utila Resort Lodge off the north coast of Honduras, died April 28, 2007. He was 47. “My fondest...
July 26 2007
Utila Resort Loses Jim Engel
Jim Engel, owner and operator of Utila Resort Lodge off the north coast of Honduras, died April 28, 2007. He was 47. A native of North Dakota,...
July 26 2007
Dr. Joseph Bauer Dies at 76
Physician, Dive Historian and Co-Founder of History of Diving Museum Succumbs to Illness The dive industry lost a stellar citizen in...
July 26 2007
'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin Dies in Rare Accident
Famed wildlife expert Steve Irwin died on Monday, Sept. 4, as a result of an injury he sustained while snorkeling at Batt reef off the coast of...
July 26 2007
The Tragic Death of Steve Irwin
By Paul S. Auerbach, M.D. We are all saddened by the untimely death of naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin, who was killed...
April 20 2009
Industry News
AUAS Announces 2009 NOGI Recipients
The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences has announced the names of the four 2009 recipients of its prestigious NOGI Award. They are: Michele...
April 8 2010
New Reef Ambassador Specialty Certification
Through an exclusive Aggressor Fleet liveaboard program, divers can learn about our diverse coral reef ecosystems, support future research and earn a...
