Time again for our ANNUAL SPRING into SCUBA SALE. This year it will be held on May 3 & 4, 2019. We have some great SCUBAPRO combo packages available with some FREE items. Ultimate Diver – Hydros BC (w/ Air 2) – G-2 Console (Wrist or Console) – MK25/620TI – Free Mask & Twin Jets! …
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a SCUBA diver riding the current. What? Think about it, in SCUBA classes you are told about being neutrally buoyant. So, you don’t weigh more or less than the water but basically the same. Think back to those open-water classes… neutrally buoyant divers only move just a …
You’ve arrived at your tropical paradise vacation destination, or maybe you’ve been there for a few days then one morning you wake up not feeling so well. Maybe it was something you ate or drank, that’s not agreeing with you. Perhaps your head and sinuses are stopped up. This is not how you wanted to …
Sea Turtles are a creature that we love to see while Scuba Diving. They are large air-breathing reptiles that have been around more than 110 million years. Sea turtles are one of the earth’s most ancient creatures. Their shell is streamlined for swimming and unlike other turtles, they cannot retract their legs. Seven species of …
Ok, it is time to revisit the specialty classes. Why? Well, We weren’t finished after the first post. We’re getting into the perfect weather for it. Classes are forming and filling up, so you need to know what the options are. The Specialty Classes we’re going to look at today are for students who are …
If you were at the April Extreme Dive Club Meeting, you’ll remember the comment where we asked Grady to write a blog post for this month. No, not the one he has written so far, but the one about diving after “bypass surgery.” This is what he wrote: “Don’t take your wife to the doctor …
People usually think of a big “no” when it comes to taking an infant on an international flight. But for me? Not at all. So, if you’re looking to be adventurous like me or are just in for an interesting read, this is for you. Flights/Passports I obviously started with booking my flight. The kicker …
You’ve arrived at your tropical ocean destination and perhaps have even done a day or two of diving already and then somebody asks if you’d like to go on a night dive in the ocean. Why would you want to go on a nighttime ocean dive? It’s dark out there. Ocean night dives are one …
Are Lionfish a Problem in the Caribbean?? Lionfish are a venomous species of scorpionfish that are not native to the Caribbean. They are a beautiful treasured fish in aquariums that through purposeful and accidental release have been released in the American Tropics, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. Lionfish are believed to have shown up …
Working with students has been a GREAT joy to me for several reasons. The first brings me back to Mike. He was the first student I had responsibility for. We were on a live-aboard in the Bahamas. He had some reservations about the first dive in the ocean. When we got in the water, he …