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Is Your Gear Ready For Some Summer Diving?

It's that time of year. The sun is shining, the weather is warming up, kids are finishing up the school year, and that blue water is calling your name. But before you dust off your dive gear and jump right in, we have a few tips on what you should do before-hand to get diving…
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Decompression Sickness Part 3: How To Treat It

Over the past couple of weeks, we have discussed the many signs and symptoms associated with Decompression Sickness and how to prevent it from happening to you.  Like with all things in life, there are risks and DCS just happens to be one of the main risks to diving.  In the unlikely event that this may…
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Decompression Sickness Part 2: How To Recognize It

In last weeks blog post we discussed Part 1 in our series about Decompression Sickness: how to prevent it. Obviously, it’s best to do everything you can possibly do to prevent yourself from getting decompression sickness, however, there are times when a diver may accidentally dive too deep for too long and get bent. There…
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Decompression Sickness Part 1: How To Prevent It

Decompression sickness.  Besides running out of air, it's the one thing that prevents us from getting to stay underwater as long as we want.  All divers learn about decompression sickness during their Open Water course.  Sometimes it's referred to as DCS and/or "the bends."  Getting "bent" may not always be in the forefront of your…
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Top 5 Reasons To Dive Nitrox

Nitrox, the shortened name for Enriched Air Nitrox, or EAN, has gained so much popularity since it's introduction to the recreational diving community by Dick Rutkowski in 1985 that it has become as main-stream as using regular air for diving.   What exactly IS Nitrox? It is any mixture of breathing gas in a scuba cylinder…
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10 Reasons To Dive The Socorro Islands

If you've never experienced the majesty that is the Socorro Islands then you're in luck! It's not too late to sign up to join us there THIS May for a nine-day liveaboard trip sure to change your view of bluewater diving forever!  If you're still not sure if a trip to this remote part of Mexico…
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6 Ways To Keep Our Oceans Clean While Traveling

It's no secret that our world's oceans are in a serious state of decline.  More and more trash, pollution, toxic runoff, and overfishing is taking place every day.  The facts are staggering.  Take, for instance, the fact that at our current rate plastic trash in our world's oceans will outweigh fish by the year 2050!  The…
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How To Choose The Perfect Dive Mask

A dive mask is essential to enjoying the glorious wonders that are to be found underwater. It is your window into the aquatic world that you love and without it, you would see nothing but blurred colors.  That is why finding the perfect dive mask is crucial to your diving experience.  Unfortunately, not all mask…
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