Articles Index
Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus)
Information about the Sand Tiger Shark, also known as Grey Nurse Shark, and Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark
All About Decompression Sickness
An overview of Decompression Sickness, including causes, types, symptoms, risk factors, prevention, and treatment.
Current Flying After Diving Guidelines
The current recommended surface intervals before flying after diving.
Fitness to Scuba Dive
A guide to the basic levels of health and fitness required to scuba dive. Features a check list of common medical problems that may prevent you from being able to scuba dive.
Learn to Scuba Dive
All the basic information you need to know about learning to scuba dive. Includes courses available, where to learn, equipment, health and fitness, skills, and specialty courses.
Open Water Skills
A description of each of the water skills taught during the Open Water Diver certification course.
Open Water Swimming Tests
I frequently get questions on the difficulty of the water skills tests. The good news is that they're not difficult at all, and I've written some tips below to make them even easier.
What is Wreck Diving?
Learn about the basics of wreck diving, the types of wrecks you can dive, the dangers involved, and training.
Pre-Dive Safety Check
One of the most important parts of every dive is the pre-dive safety check, which is also known as a buddy check. You should always carry out this check with your buddy before beginning the dive.
What is Deep Diving?
Learn all about the thrilling world of deep diving.
What is Night Diving?
It's different down there at night. The first time you descend into the darkness you'll realize that it's almost a completely different world at night. Learn all about the exciting scuba diving specialty - Night Diving.
Scuba Diving Certification Agencies
A basic overview of scuba diving certification agencies. What they are, what they do, the difference between agencies, and an overview of the most popular agencies.
Open Water Certification
Answers to your basic questions about Open Water Certification.
Discover Scuba Diving
An overview of the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program. A program that allows you to try diving under close supervision of a professional dive instructor.
Whale Shark - Rhincodon typus
Information about the Whale shark, the biggest fish in the ocean. This shark inhabits tropical and warm temperate waters all around the world.
Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias
Information about the Great White Shark, one of the ocean's most fierce predators. This shark inhabits temperate coastal waters all around the world.
Zebra Shark - Stegostoma fasciatum
Information about the Zebra shark, also known as a Leopard shark. This shark inhabits with waters of the Indo-Pacific between Japan and the Red Sea.
Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Information about Hawksbill Turtles, one of turtles most commonly encountered by divers.
Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus
Information all about one of the most common dolphins in the sea - the Bottlenose Dolphin.
Manta Ray - Manta birostris
Information about the Manta Ray - the biggest Ray in the ocean and one of the most spectacularly amazing marine creatures often encountered by divers.
Stoplight Parrotfish - Sparisoma viride
A profile of the Stoplight Parrotfish, one of the most commonly seen reef fish of the Caribbean.
How to Wash Your Scuba Gear
One of the most important skills you'll learn as a diver is how to properly wash your scuba equipment. It's very important to wash your scuba equipment thoroughly after every day of diving. Washing your scuba gear ensures that it all performs safely as it was intended to and it will also prolong its life.
Weedy Sea Dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)
Information all about a unique relative of the seahorse - the Weedy Sea Dragon.
Green Moray - Gymnothorax funebris
A profile of one of the largest Moray Eels found in the sea - the Green Moray.
What is Nitrox?
You may have heard about Nitrox (also known as Enriched Air) and be curious what it is and how it works.