Happy 35th Anniversary DeepFathoms!

Happy 35th Anniversary DeepFathoms!

What began as a small dive business in 1986 running boat charters out of Bala, Ontario, DeepFathoms emerged as an entity that has continued to support the Canadian diving community for 35 years. With an avid interest in deep shipwrecks, mixed gas and cave diving I sought ways to combine the unique approaches to extended range diving. My company, [doing business at the time as Serious Divers Only (S.D.O.)] expanded taking me across Canada and around the world teaching all levels of diving, operating charter vessels and engaging in a variety of underwater research projects. What came naturally was the evolution of an operation inevitably dedicated to aquatic exploration, specifically marine and diving sciences. This is the story celebrating the 35th anniversary of DeepFathoms.

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Rebreathers and Ferraris

Rebreathers and Ferraris

Rebreathers provide a sophisticated and affordable way to dive deeper, safer and longer. Divers however, must incorporate a higher level of understanding of diving physiology and physics. This article explores those intricacies but from a perspective every diver can understand with the intent of inspiring informed decisions around the merits of closed-circuit diving.

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For the Record - Don't forget the Canadians

For the Record - Don't forget the Canadians

In 1988 Sheck Exley, one of the greatest technical divers of all time entered a cave in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Almost eleven hours later he emerged breaking the previous deep cave mixed-gas diving record by 124ffw reaching an astounding depth of 780ffw. The previous record was his own. These like many records set by divers, including Canadian Dr. George Benjamin, trailed a path for today’s divers.

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A Different Approach to O2 Control

A Different Approach to O2 Control

When it was first introduced the Discovery MK VI Rebreather by Poseidon was referred to as a radical and unique design and caught a lot of people's attention. When Cis-Lunar launched it´s MK 5 Rebreather back in 1998 it became an instant sensation in the diving community. Is there a parallel to be drawn here on how innovative designs that once thought to be too radical for the industry, are now leading it?

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