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Trip Report: Plura Cave, Norway

In early March 2020, Lamar and I joined a group of friends from Dive Rite Mexico to dive Plura Cave in Norway. Plura landed on my dive site bucket-list when I saw the premiere of Diving Into the Unknown at Eurotek 2016. Though the film surrounded a tragic accident, I...

COVID-19: What to Do When You Can’t Go Diving?

In the last 2 months, we have seen the entire world change before our eyes. One single event that directly affects the entire population of our planet has not occurred within our lifetimes. Almost half of the world is quarantined, schools are closed, business are closing and governments are panicking. Along with all these changes,...

Rubber Low-Pressure Regulator Hose Safety Notice

Dive Rite was notified by our long-term vendor Danicorp, Inc. in July 2019 of a safety concern affecting Rubber Low-Pressure Regulator Hoses produced between February 2018 and September 2018. Below is the statement received by the hose manufacturer: “This product is now suspected of not adhering to the ANSI Z86 7.1 standard. Hose material marked...

Oxygen Toxicity and CCR/Rebreather Diving

A couple of years ago I had the privilege of spending five days in Florida with Lamar Hires, the owner of Dive Rite. That was the longest time we have managed to spend together since he ‘certified’ me as a full cave diver in 1988 (I had already done over 100 exploratory cave dives in...