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PADI Scuba Diver Course: Your Gateway to Underwater Exploration
Dive into Adventure with the PADI Scuba Diver Course Are you eager to explore the underwater world but short on time? The PADI Scuba Diver course is the perfect introduction to scuba diving, offering you a thrilling taste of the underwater adventure without the time commitment of a full certification. Ideal for beginners, this course is a stepping stone to becoming a certified diver, enabling you to dive up to 12 meters (40 feet) under the supervision of a PADI Professional. Who Should Take This...
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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course: Your Next Step in Scuba Diving Mastery
Are you ready to take your scuba diving skills to the next level? The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course is the perfect way to enhance your underwater experience, gain more confidence, and explore new dive environments. Whether you’re interested in deep diving, navigating underwater, or discovering new marine life, this course is designed to expand your scuba diving abilities in a fun and safe way. Why Choose the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course? The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course...
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Discover the World Beneath the Waves: Your Guide to the PADI Open Water Diver Co
What is the PADI Open Water Diver Course? Embarking on a journey beneath the surface of the water offers an unparalleled adventure, and the PADI Open Water Diver course is your gateway to exploring the underwater world. Designed for beginners and those new to scuba diving, this globally recognized certification allows you to dive anywhere in the world with a buddy. With over 25 million divers certified, PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) is a trusted leader in diving education...
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What is Bonaire SCUBA immersion?
After many years of travel to over 50 countries, I developed a unique travel concept which I call "destination immersions". In part it was inspired by a holiday on Grand Cayman several years ago diving with Divers Down that at the time had a policy of no more than 8 divers on a dive boat. The immersion concept is essentially leading a group of no more than 8 people including myself on a trip no longer than 7 days. So the Bonaire SCUBA immersion was developed and carried out in 2022 during the CO...
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Learning to Scuba Dive: Questions to Ask Before Hiring Any Scuba Instructor
Scuba instructors come in all stripes and sizes. When the lovely and talented Kathy and I were learning to scuba dive, we did the worst thing possible, absolutely no research. As it turned out, we got lucky and got a good – and patient – instructor who taught in a way that we could easily learn. I do not suggest you rely on the kindness of the Universe to pick your instructor like we did. If the instructor you are considering works in a local dive center, call and talk to them. If you’ve already...
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Keep Your Skills Up To Date With A Diving Refresher
Keep Up To Date With Refresher For Your Diving SkillsA diving refresher or a PADI Reactivate programme is something all divers should consider if they haven’t had the opportunity to dive for extended periods. We’re not all fortunate enough to be able to dive when and where we want. Logistics, finances, health can all make getting a dive in a bit of a struggle. The recent pandemic kept the majority of divers away from the hobby they love for years. Diving refreshers were in high deman...
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Diving in Palm-Mar, Tenerife
Nestled along the picturesque southern coast of Tenerife, the charming village of Palm Mar beckons to diving enthusiasts with promises of underwater marvels waiting to be discovered. Renowned for its crystal-clear waters and rich marine biodiversity, Palm Mar offers an immersive diving experience suitable for divers of all levels. Diving in Palm Mar is a journey into an aquatic wonderland, where vibrant coral reefs, intricate rock formations, and an abundance of marine life await beneath the sur...
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Crown of Thorns Starfish
The crown of thorns starfish is beautiful to look at but definitely don’t touchFortunately Phuket hasn’t got a huge population of crown of thorns starfish. They’re strange appearance and beautiful colours make them great to look at but high numbers can cause immense damage. Their diet of healthy corals and venomous spines don’t place them high on the welcome visitors list which is incredibly unfair. The venomous spines is all on them but destroying coral reefs? Place Your...
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Avoid These 3 Common Scuba Diving Mistakes as a New Diver
Avoid These 3 Common Scuba Diving Mistakes as a New Diver As a new scuba diver, it’s essential to learn how to avoid common scuba diving mistakes that can compromise your safety and enjoyment of the sport. Here are three of the most common mistakes new scuba divers make and how to avoid them. Please read the complete article on our blog, Avoid These 3 Common Scuba Diving Mistakes as a New Diver....
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Your First Scuba Dive From a Boat
Your first scuba dive from a boat can be a very challenging dive. Many times it happens while still learning to become a scuba diver. In this case, it rapidly becomes something you are accustomed to. However, if you learned to dive at a location that has great shore diving or are diving at a quarry or small lake, you may have many dives before having your first scuba dive from a boat. Your first scuba dive from a boat can be a challenge for a new diver. You will need to follow safety protocols. ...
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SMACO S400, An Alternate Air Source?
SMACO S400, Will It Be Your Alternate Air Source? You may be wondering how I came about reviewing the SMACO S400. Life has some interesting twists at times. As the end of the year approached, I started to plan what type of vacation I wanted to take in 2023. One of the trips I decided on was a scuba diving liveaboard. Looking over the conditions of the trip, I saw they allowed solo diving for properly qualified divers. Therefore, I added getting certified as a solo diver to my goals for the year....
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Blacktip Reef Sharks
Blacktip Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus)Blacktip reef sharks are a very frequent sighting on our Phi Phi diving tour, often with many sharks in your field of vision. We get all different sizes from the almost 2m adult females to the tiny pups. We generally schedule Koh Bida Nok for our first dive on the trip so blacktip reef sharks are one of the first animals you’ll see. A great start to your days diving. They’re not a guaranteed sighting by any means but it’s very unu...
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2023 Upper Midwest Scuba & Adventure Travel Show
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society Presents Its 23rd Annual Fundraiser: “Upper Midwest Scuba and Adventure Travel Show” (UMSAT) combines professional divers, shipwreck hunters, educators, and underwater photographers, videographers, and archaeologists in a fascinating day of unbelievable history and grand storytelling about shipwrecks in the Upper Great Lakes. Besides the lineup of fantastic speakers, at the 3D Shipwrecks booth, you can wear VR (virtual reality) or Oculus glasses to ...
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Cressi A1 No Fog Diving Mask
The No Fog Diving Mask That Actually WorksThere’s nothing worse in diving than a foggy mask, well maybe running out of air, triggerfish, getting stung, putting on a cold wet wetsuit, DCS etc. After all we go diving to look at and explore the incredibly beautiful underwater world. Not many masks come out of the box completely fog free but the Cressi A1 does. You don’t have to treat the mask at all. If you do, you may well damage the coating. Not only is it a no fog diving mask but it&...
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The Best Phuket Diving Package
A Great Phuket Diving Package With Local Dive ThailandOur 3 day Phuket diving package will cover all of the best local dive sites. The 3 different dive days all have their own unique qualities and offer divers a range of different dive environments. From the clear, calm waters of Racha Noi to the more challenging King Cruiser Wreck, there’s something for everyone. Consecutive Days? No the Phuket diving package doesn’t have to be on consecutive days. It’s not recommended that be...
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Dive Computer Settings
Get Your Dive Computer Settings Right!Getting your dive computer settings right may sound obvious but on a few occasions we’ve had to stop guests from diving. We really, really don’t like to do this but if during or after a dive your dive computer goes into error mode then we have no choice. It’s simply not safe. On most of the rare occasions that this has happened, it’s a simple matter of guests having their dive computer set up incorrectly. We often get asked by guests ...
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