Michael Menduno

Michael Menduno/M2 is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of InDEPTH magazine and an award-winning reporter and technologist who has written about diving and diving technology for more than 35 years. He coined the term “technical diving.” His magazine aquaCORPS: The Journal for Technical Diving (1990-1996), helped usher tech diving into mainstream sports diving. He also helped organize the Enriched Air Nitrox Workshop (1992), produced the first Tek, EUROTek, and ASIATek conferences (1993-1996), and organized Rebreather Forums 1.0 , 2.0 and most recently Rebreather Forum 4 held in Valletta, Malta in 2023.

In addition to his responsibilities at InDEPTH, Michael is a senior editor & writer for DAN Europe’s Alert Diver magazine, a former contributing editor for X-Ray Magazine and staff writer for DeeperBlue.com. His freelance writing work has appeared in dozens of magazines. He is a former board member of the Historical Diving Society (USA) and a current member of the Rebreather Training Council (RTC). He is also a cave diver, rebreather diver, GUE technical diver and an avid Masters swimmer.