Hello from beautiful Cozumel. We’re sitting in the lobby of Hotel Cozumel. We hear a rumor that you may have ice back home. Don’t worry we have ice here too, in our drinks. Our trip started with a 5 am flight out of Tulsa. After arriving in Cozumel, and getting through the airport and immigration, …
Snorkeling What’s a great way to introduce someone to the underwater world? What’s a good way to explore shallow dive sites? What’s a good way to spend your surface interval? What’s sometimes the best way to get close to some of the most skittish marine life? The answer to all these questions is snorkeling! If …
Here we are toward the end of January and I’m here to tell you, it’s cold outside. Oh, that may not be new news if you’ve walked out your door any at all in the past couple weeks. What I’m actually here to tell you is even though we had to call off the New …
Composition. This is a term you hear a lot thrown around in the photography sector, but what does it mean? Well, technically it means the difference between a good photo and a great photo. But let’s define the term first. Composition: (noun) the nature of something’s ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole …
But, I want to take my camera. There are many things that a person needs to know or understand before they take a camera with them scuba diving. Here are a few of the things that you should consider before taking a camera with you under the waves. Cameras and their housings are mechanical devices, …
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Where do I (you) dive in Southwest Missouri? The ocean isn’t anywhere around… Ah, a question we’re asked frequently. The answer: There are numerous places to dive if you live here in the Ozarks and Southwest Missouri. Where to dive in Southwest Missouri First of all, we have numerous cricks (creeks for you more uppity …
You want to become SCUBA certified, now what? As a dive instructor, the thing that I most enjoy is seeing new divers come out of the water with a mile long smile, realizing what they have just accomplished. But the question is, What does it take to become an “Open Water SCUBA Diver?” First, you …
I hope you’re enjoying this 31 in 31 gig we have going on this month here on the blog. Our goal is to hit a lot of different topics quickly. It is partially there to break up the monotonous of January. Today I have a fun topic for you. So, Diver Dan makes a lot …
Drake Weston turns 18 today, Happy Birthday to you. And today’s blog post is about Drake. What is it like to teach a family member to SCUBA dive? When you have a family that is in the SCUBA business, you end up at one time or another teaching another family member to SCUBA dive. Drake, …
Since I was unable to attend Curaçao this past summer, I had to rely on those who did to do recaps. Dan and Grady volunteered Christina Frampton to write about one of the shore dives at Sunscape Resort in Curaçao. Have you ever looked at something and your first impression is, “Oh my gosh, that’s …