by Vero Punkfish | 22.10.2026 | Dive Pro
A dive instructor doesn’t stand firmly on the bottom with both fins. Dive instructors face a difficult question when training beginners. We want to train autonomous divers; students should be able to dive alone after the course. But while they are learning, we...
by Vero Punkfish | 31.05.2026 | Decompression, Diving Best Practice
Everyone knows what GFs are—or do they? A new paper on DCS risk assessment is currently sparking debate. It is based on the DAN DSL Database and analyzes 127,957 dives from 5,907 divers, concluding, among other things, that supersaturation on reaching the surface is...
by Vero Punkfish | 16.05.2026 | Decompression, Uncategorized
A new analysis of dive profiles – but what can the data truly tell us? A new paper on DCS risk assessment is currently sparking discussions. It was published in early 2026 by a group of researchers, almost all affiliated with DAN Europe. The data comes from the DAN...
by Vero Punkfish | 14.05.2026 | Decompression
This post originally appeared in English on the blog The Theoretical Diver. Robert Helling, Dominik Elsässer and I (Veronika Sievers) worked on it together. We also want to provide a German and Spanish version here. A new analysis of dive profiles — but where does the...
by Vero Punkfish | 07.04.2026 | Uncategorized
What the “base on the mountain” has to say about it The other day, a diver who travels in a small camper called me in the afternoon: she said she had done something very stupid and driven up to the Cumbrecita, to about 1000m altitude—that it was terrible,...
