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Eric Douglas

Eric Douglas is an author and journalist known for his thriller novels with scuba diving, environment and ocean themes. He has been a dive instructor and a diver medic and worked for PADI, DAN and has written training articles for Scuba Diving since 2008.
He is also documentarian writing stories about Moskito Indians who scuba dive for lobster and photographing Russia after the Soviet Union broke up.
 

Watch Your Back

This Lessons for Life scuba diving accident analysis reveals how leaving a dive boat unattended has disastrous consequences for four scuba divers.

Adrenalin Overdose

Two distracted scuba divers learn an important safety lesson in this edition of Lessons for Life.

Solo Freedive Leads to Disaster

Freediving safety lessons from a diver who neglected basic rules of freediving and was put in a tragic situation.

Task Loading Takes an Underwater Photographer to the Brink of Danger

Scuba diving safety tips for underwater photographers to avoid task loading and running out of air.

Pushing the Limits Leads a Diver to the Chamber

How an aggressive scuba diving schedule and overdependence on his computer led to DCS for one scuba diver.

Record Attempt Turns to Tragedy for Ill-Prepared Scuba Diver

Learn important scuba diving safety rules from a story about a diver dying while trying to set a personal record.

"Turks and Chaos: Hostile Waters" Audiobook Now Available

"Turks and Chaos: Hostile Waters," a scuba diving themed thriller, is not available via audiobook on iTunes and Audible.

When Renting Scuba Gear Goes Wrong

Scuba diving safety tips for identifying decompression illness, DCI, and using rental gear on vacation.

Lessons for Life: Death in the Shallows

Another case study in our Dive Training Series "Lessons For Life": Panic, claustrophobia and poor decision-making lead to a dive fatality.