Have You Ever Seen These Crazy Scuba Dive Entries?
As many of you know I was working on the Explorer Ventures scuba dive liveaboard in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2014-2015 and if you haven’t already done so (or know so), scuba liveaboards are the way to go in the world of scuba diving! The Turks and Caicos Explorer II is a 125ft vessel that hosts a maximum of 20 scuba divers on 1 week trips where they eat, sleep, and scuba dive 5 times a day. My job as both Dive Instructor and Purser on the ship was to assist divers in and out of the water ...
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Does The Image of Scuba Diving Reflect Your Style?
What is the image of scuba diving today? Looking at campaigns recruiting the younger generation it reminds me of an old guy putting on “hip” clothes and trying to act like he’s young again with the end result being the people not really wanting to be affiliated with him. Like many sports, and thanks to the “Old Guys’ Club”, diving has historically been gender-biased, reeking of machismo and exclusivity. This attitude towards the sport, which may have been generated by the old school navy origins...
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Top 10 Reasons to Scuba Dive... After You’ve Been Dumped!!
In the tourism industry I have the awesome opportunity to meet and chat with people all the time. A lot of these talks are the inspiration for my blogs and one topic that has been pretty interesting to me is the way romantic relationships play a role in scuba diving. Sadly, I’ve heard many people take a long hiatus from diving due to a break-up, but in my opinion, I think scuba diving is the exact remedy a person’s heart needs in order to plow through a traumatic, dramatic, bummer of a break-up....
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Part 5 – Your Lungs & Scuba Diving: Easy, Breezy, Breathing!
What’s the most important rule in diving? Never hold your breath! If you remember one thing from your dive course, that’s usually it; but do divers really know why it’s so important? This is the final post in a series on air and its relationship to 5 key areas in diving that I’ve been writing about. If you haven’t already done so, take a peek at the introduction for some important background notes to ensure you understand the basics about air and pressure. These are directly related to what we’l...
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