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.
Nitrogen narcosis is no laughing matter for two divers trying to set a personal depth record. Get our lessons for life.
Three buddies push their training and venture deep into a cave; only two make it out. Get our lessons for life.
A new diver runs out of air at the safety stop and forgets her training. Learn from this panicked diver.
In this Lessons for Life, an inexperienced diver is forced to make an emergency ascent runs out of air—and luck.
In Eric Douglas' latest novel, photojournalist Mike Scott visits the Florida Keys, exploring ancient history, modern intrigue, treasure hunters and mysterious religious orders.
An asthmatic diver pays the price for not recognizing his limitations.
A scuba diver ignores the signs of a medical condition and chooses to dive anyways, leaving him unconscious and out of time.
One scuba diver pays the ultimate price when he decides to leave his buddy to enter a shipwreck on his own.
Are there any restrictions on scuba diving after having heart surgery? Do you have to tell the dive shop about your heart medications? Find your answers.