Beginners Guide to Buying Your Mask, Fins, and Snorkel by Dr. Thomas Powell: Starting down the road toward becoming a recreational scuba diver can be both an exciting and daunting task. Students are faced with volumes of information, potential equipment needs, and the thrill of gearing up for the water for the first time. Despite […]
By Tatyana Nikitina Do you like your dry suit as much as I do? My love is not unfounded. Here are a few reasons I love dry suit diving: It protects me from the cold water I could put on the layered undergarment and the heated vest It`s beautiful and fits me It`s convenient – all […]
JANUARY 31, 2019 BY PADIPROSNORTHAMERICACARIBBEAN Written by Al Hornsby As a dive professional, you’re well aware of the importance of following good diving practices during all dive activities. You teach this in courses, have students sign the Safe Diving Practices form and remind divers of safe procedures during dive activities. From all the attention given, you’d expect […]
This was just a pool. If I was going to have a panic attack, if I was going to fail, it was better I do it now, here in a pool. Right? Why am I even doing this? Sunday morning came fast. I am not sure why I had a hard time sleeping. This was […]
CHALLENGING THE “RULES” OF SCUBA DIVING: BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING IS BLACK AND WHITE BY DIVE TRAINING If you’re like most divers, you’ve heard of — and perhaps adhere to — procedures that are considered “normal” within our sport. A few classic “always and nevers” include: always dive with a buddy; always do your deepest dive first; […]
The video below is an excellent discussion presented by DAN (Diver’s Alert Network) of the mechanics of equalizing the ears during diving and what may happen when divers fail to equalize during descent.
WHY DO DIVERS KEEP BREAKING THE “RULES”? By Gareth Lock After a diving accident, it doesn’t take long for the commentators and observers to look for the rules that were broken. “They didn’t monitor their gas.” “They weren’t sufficiently experienced.” “They didn’t do X, Y or Z…” The design of rules, their application and subsequent rule-breaking […]
FOUR WAYS TO MAKE DECO MORE PRODUCTIVE By: Harry Averill Decompression stops, whether simulated or actual, are an integral part of most technical diver courses. We generally associate decompression with holding on to a line while staring off into space. However, if that is all your students do during deco, you may be missing out on […]
Secrets to Saving Air while Scuba Diving By Selene Yeager Do you consistently run through your gas supply faster than other divers on the boat? Do you frequently have to end the dive before the rest of the group? What’s going on? And what can you do about it? First, you can stop beating yourself up […]
DIVING WITH NITROX? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO DIVE SAFELY Divers have been diving with Nitrox for the last 25 year, but there’s still a lot about diving with Nitrox that people don’t understand. Many people think that diving with Nitrox lets you dive deeper than with regular compressed air, but this is […]
