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.
An exclusive Mike Scott short story from the author of the newly released dive novel "Heart of the Maya," wherein the protagonist breaks up an illegal shark-finning group in the Bahamas Written just for Scuba Diving’s readers, this is the first of four chapters.
Being overweighted in unfamiliar gear leads to a fatal descent. Sadly, this tragedy spells out how important knowing your dive gear is and how it can mean the difference between life and death. Another installment in our dive-training series, Lessons For Life.
Making an unplanned and untrained cave dive dooms a pair of inexperienced divers. The latest installment in our dive-training series "Lessons For Life."
Are purpose-sunk wrecks safe for basic penetration, or are they an accident waiting to happen? Eric Douglas asks experts from around the world for expert advice when going to dive sites hosting wrecks.
Has innovation made rebreathers user-friendly for all divers, or are they still reserved for the pros?
An experienced diver tries to manage a panicky newer one, with tragic results. Learn from these important Lessons For Life.
Another case study in our Dive Training series "Lessons For Life": Panicking while diving in kelp and searching for lobster leads to a fatal entanglement.
What do you need to know to make your first night dive? Here are 10 tips that will help you stay safe during your next after-hours excursion.
Gabriel Spataro encounters Key Largo's Christ of the Abyss more than six decades after he helped bring it to the U.S.