Deep Water, False Confidence and the Reality of Narcosis
May 17, 2026
The Maldives Diving Deaths and Why They Hit Home The recent diving deaths in the Maldives have been on my mind a lot. First of
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Am I Too Old to Become a Commercial Diver?
May 16, 2026
I get this question every single week. Always phrased the same way. “I’m 35, 42, 49. Am I too late to start commercial diving?” Sometimes
The silence after you qualify
April 3, 2026
Nobody warns you about the silence after diving school. You qualify, expect work… but nothing comes.
3D Printed Diving Chambers
March 19, 2026
Would You Get Inside a 3D Printed Diving Chamber? Based on Episode 8 of the Beyond the Surface Podcast Take a second with that question
How to Become an Offshore Inspection Diver
February 20, 2026
123 men died when the Alexander L. Kielland capsized in the North Sea in 1980. A fatigue crack no bigger than a bad weld started it all. This is why offshore inspection exists — and how you build a career doing it.
How Offshore Crews Really Judge You — It’s Not What You Think
February 20, 2026
A Yorkshireman once told me I was a right posh twat. By the end of the job he said I was like a son to him. Here’s what that taught me about how offshore crews really work.
Runs Ashore: What Dive School Doesn’t Teach You About Port Nights (And How I Got Fired)
November 2, 2025
50% of Your Career Happens Off the Dive Site Dive schools teach decompression tables. They don’t teach you how to handle the commercial diver lifestyle—the
The Diving Accident That Nearly Ended My Career (And What It Taught Me About Commercial Diving Safety)
November 2, 2025
The Day Everything Changed I was 90 feet in the air, dangling from an oil rig in the North Sea, completely unable to move. This
How I Became a Commercial Diver: From Military Dropout to the North Sea (My Unconventional Path)
November 2, 2025
“What Do Civilians Do?” I was 19 years old, freshly discharged from the Royal Engineers, and I had absolutely no idea what to do with
The silence after you qualify
Nobody warns you about the silence after diving school. You qualify, expect work… but nothing comes.
How to Become an Offshore Inspection Diver
123 men died when the Alexander L. Kielland capsized in the North Sea in 1980. A fatigue crack no bigger than a bad weld started it all. This is why offshore inspection exists — and how you build a career doing it.
How Offshore Crews Really Judge You — It’s Not What You Think
A Yorkshireman once told me I was a right posh twat. By the end of the job he said I was like a son to him. Here's what that taught me about how offshore crews really work.