Scuba Diving Etiquette: How to Avoid Being that Guy (or Gal)

Keeping an eye on everything around you is always a smart way to ensure a safe time for you and your buddies as well as others who are in the water. However, there are certain niceties that go beyond mere technical knowledge and common sense…

How to Choose the Right Flippers for Scuba Diving

Scuba diving is a wonderful recreational activity. It gives a person the opportunity to travel to different places, and unlike other activities, it doesn’t depend on a person’s height or size. One downside to getting into this sport is…

5 Tips for Diving in Strong Currents Without Getting Swept Away

When it comes to diving there is one thing that stands out from all others – eventually, every diver will face an extreme tidal shift. It is at times like these that a diver’s true mettle is tested and all that he or she has learned must…

More Tips for Shooting Amazing Underwater Pictures

Just as the underwater world is completely different from the above ground world we are all used to, underwater photography is a completely different creature than above ground photography. It takes, as actor Liam Neeson might say, a particular…

Deep Sea Diving: The Importance of Trimix

Many people assume that scuba diving is all about attaching an oxygen tank to a person’s back and then having that person breathe through a regulator. Well, there is a lot more to scuba diving than this. In fact, pure oxygen is never used…

5 Ways to Avoid Running out of Air While Scuba Diving

It is a fact that even the most skilled diver can find him/herself running out of air while he/she is submerged. Thus, it is important for both beginnings and professionals to know why this happen and what to do when it does happen so that…

5 Shore Diving Tips & Tricks

Shore diving is both convenient and simple. First of all, it is a great way to avoid the fees associated with renting a personal craft or charter. Secondly, it is a great way to open up a whole new world of diving as many amateur divers soon discover.…

4 Tips for Choosing a New Dive Computer

It’s a fact that the more skill and confidence you gain as a diver, the more important the right dive computer will become to your trips. Dive computers make the entire dive experience more pleasurable, easier and safe. However, before you…

6 Surprising Facts You Probably Never Knew about Jacques Cousteau

No one in history has done more to bring attention to the world’s oceans, the life thriving beneath its surface and for the sport of scuba diving than Jacques Cousteau. For decades this French explorer and filmmaker was a fixture in American…

Nitrogen Narcosis: What it is and How you Can Prevent it

Alternately called the “compressed air intoxication” or “raptures of the deep”, nitrogen narcosis is a very real threat for divers who wish to truly test their mettle by making extremely deep descents. And while it is a relatively rare…