#DiveSafety Tip: Travelling this summer? Diving in an unfamiliar environment or with unfamiliar equipment? Ease into your new situation by doing a proper buoyancy check to ensure that you're weighted properly for the diving conditions & equipment.

A GOOD READ │6 BOOKS THAT SHAPED TECHNICAL DIVING Knowing the science behind technical diving is vital, but there are so many good stories out there too! #EatSleepDive #TechDiving qoo.ly/thsy5

Thanks to everyone for a truly great #DEMAShow! You are what makes this industry so great!

The next 10 years will be the most important in the next 10,000 years in terms of shaping a future where humans can have a hope for an enduring place within the natural systems that keep us alive.

What you do or don't do has an impact on the world. So be positive, make a difference.

#DiveSafety Tip: Dive with a Surface Marker Buoy Remember that you might be able to see the boat or shore, but your friends or dive crew might not be able to see you. You may need to increase your visibility. #joinDAN #scubadiving

REMINDER: The DAN administrative offices will be closed over the festive season (dates below). No renewals or memberships will be processed during that time. Our DAN-SA 365/24/7 hotline will be open throughout the season. +27828106010 #DiveSafety #joinDAN

This is a uniquely beautiful spotted eagle ray. Just like the name implies, the spotted eagle ray is covered in spots and other markings.

Together we really can make a difference. The answer is deceptively simple: all doing the right thing, little by little. One action times a thousand, times a billion, and you've got change.

Our e-mag of the bumper issue of SUBMERGE Magazine is available to read today! Visit qoo.ly/tzbew Look out for the print copy in stores soon! #EatSleepDive #ScubaDiving #DiveSouthAfrica

There's no time like the "present" to spoil yourself, or the diver in your life, with these extra-special offers from Scubapro. Simply visit qoo.ly/tzziw and order online! #EatSleepDive #DiveSouthAfrica #ScubaDiving

In our latest issue of DAN Southern Africa's Alert Diver Lite in SUBMERGE Magazine: - Carbon Monoxide, the silent killer - Exercises for reducing knee pain - A sea lion bite And more. Read online today. qoo.ly/u5sxm

Jamie Watts & Malcolm Nobbs share their adventures diving with blue and whitetip sharks, and ask some important conservation questions in the feature BLUE & WHITE in the latest issue of SUBMERGE. #EatSleepDive #SharkConservation

Happy Holidays from the SUBMERGE Team! We'd like to wish you a very merry holiday season filled with love and good diving!

A moving and memorable moment at the DEMA 2018 Show was witnessing Dr Drew Richardson, PADI® Worldwide President and CEO presenting PADI’s Medal of Valour to Rick Stanton and Jason Mallinson. Catch up on the latest from the show in our latest issue of SUBMERGE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! What's on your diving Bucket List for 2019? Let us know in the comments below...

In our latest issue of SUBMERGE Magazine: DIVING WITH DINOSAURS - the coelacanth expedition by Eve Marshall. Image: Peter Timm

A GOOD READ: Ten tips to make you a safer diver qoo.ly/ujr65

UNDERWATER MAGIC: in our latest issue of SUBMERGE Magazine, our Viewfinder features our editor's Top Ten pics from 2016 - 2018. Image: Gemma Dry

Beat down the fake news! Ten scuba diving myths... qoo.ly/ur5yt