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Underwater Videography - Interview with Scuba Filmmaker and Photographer Becky Kagan Schott Created: Saturday, May 19, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Interview with professional underwater videographer Becky Kagan Schott. Becky Kagan Schott speaks about her adventures and gives advice to those aspiring to a career in underwater videography.
What Makes a Dive Great? True Tales of Diving Life From a Scuba Instructor Created: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
What makes a scuba diver great? When perfect visibility, good company, and sea life combine, scuba magic happens!
Dangerous Fish and Sea Animals for Scuba Diving Created: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Which fish and sea animals are dangerous to scuba divers, and which are not? Click through this list of commonly feared sea animals and learn which ones are actually dangerous.
Hydration and Scuba Diving - Why Drinking Healthy Fluids Is Important for Divers Created: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Divers should make an effort to stay well-hydrated during dive vacations. Dehydration can increase the risk of decompression sickness, and lead to post-dive fatigue and illness.
The Venturi Effect and Scuba Diving - The Dive/Pre-Dive, Off-On, or +/- Adjustment on Your Regulator Second Stage Created: Saturday, May 05, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 07, 2012
The Dive/Pre-Dive, Off/On, or +/- adjustment on a scuba regulator is a
Review of Mares Excel Plus Fins for Scuba Diving Created: Thursday, April 26, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
Review of the Mares Excel Plus Fins for Scuba Diving. Overall, these fins are great. The only draw back is the straps and closing system . . .
Scuba Diving Tips - Always Purge Your Regulator After Closing Your Tank Valve Created: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
One of the best tips I was ever given as a new scuba diver was to always purge your regulator after closing your tank valve. This avoids a potentially deadly situation.
Open Scuba Tanks Fully Before Diving - Scuba Diving Tips Created: Monday, April 23, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 23, 2012
Are you still turning your your tank valves 1/4 turn back before diving? This practice could be dangerous! Here is information about this antiquated technique.
Salt Water Aspiration and Scuba Diving Created: Monday, April 23, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 23, 2012
Salt water aspiration syndrome is a rare condition occasionally observed in scuba divers who inhale a small amount of salt water. Most cases are preventable with proper gear maintenance and good di..
Dive Site Preservation - Conservation Tips for Scuba Divers Created: Thursday, April 19, 2012 Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012
The Earth's oceans are in danger. Here are tips to help scuba divers preserve their favorite dive sites.
How to Swim When Scuba Diving Created: Friday, April 13, 2012 Updated: Sunday, April 15, 2012
How should a diver swim? Scuba divers should swim with slow, relaxed movements. Swimming quickly can be dangerous! Learn why here.
Bio of Monique Mancilla and Daniel Ponce-Taylor for Scuba Diving Conservation Created: Friday, April 13, 2012 Updated: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Bio of Monique Mancilla and Daniel Ponce-Taylor, co-authors for scuba diving conservation articles.
Overcoming Your Fear of Water in Your Mask - Scuba Diving Tips Created: Friday, April 06, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 06, 2012
Are you afraid of getting water in your mask when scuba diving? You are not alone! Here are tips that I use to help my scuba diving students overcome the common fear having water in the mask while ..
A Universal Language - How Scuba Diving Brings Different Cultures Together Created: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Scuba diving allows divers who speak different languages to bond over shared experiences and communicate in original ways.
Long Hair, Hairstyles, and Scuba Diving Created: Monday, March 26, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Long hair can be very annoying when scuba diving. It floats in front of your face and your mask, and shifts around, altering the position of your mask strap. Here are my tips for securing long hair..
How to Clean Dive Slates and Notebooks -Scuba Diving Tips Created: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Slates and underwater notebooks are useful writing utensils for scuba diving, but how can you get them clean after use? Don't use soap or pencil erasers! Instead try this tip!
Reduce Drag in Scuba Diving - Lower Your Air Consumption Rate and Reduce Your Exertion Created: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Learn how to reduce your drag when scuba diving. Reducing drag can lower a diver's air consumption rate, reduce his post-dive exertion, and make diving easier.
Poor Eyesight and Scuba - Diving With Contact Lenses, Prescription Masks, and After Eye Surgery Created: Saturday, March 10, 2012 Updated: Saturday, March 10, 2012
Can people with poor eyesight scuba dive? Absolutely! Divers may use prescription masks, soft contact lenses, stick-in bifocals, and even laser eye surgery to ensure clear vision underwater.
How to Handle Seasickness in the Water Before and After Scuba Diving Created: Friday, March 02, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 02, 2012
Have you ever felt seasick on the surface before or after a dive? Here are tips on how to politely and safely handle seasickness and vomiting when floating on the surface of the water.
Vomiting Protocol - How to Vomit on a Dive Boat Without Alienating Everyone Created: Friday, March 02, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 13, 2012
Vomiting on a scuba diving trip is horrible. Being sea sick is even worse if you manage to vomit in such a way as to alienate the crew and your fellow divers. Here is advice on how to throw up in t..
Share Your Tipping and Gratuity Advice for Scuba Diving Created: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Tipping is so confusing. Who should divers tip after dive, and how much is appropriate? Share your advice on how to tip for scuba diving services.
What Are Your Tips for Scuba Diving Boat Etiquette? Created: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 08, 2012
What behavior drives you crazy on the scuba boat. Here's your chance to share your tips for scuba diving boat etiquette
Tipping Guidelines for Scuba Divers - Gratuity Is Customary for Dive Guides and Crew Created: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 02, 2012
Tipping is so confusing. Who should divers tip after dive, and how much is appropriate? Here are some tipping guidelines for scuba divers.
Boat Diving Etiquette for Scuba Divers - Tips for Being on Your Best Behavior During Your Scuba Trip Created: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 13, 2012
How can you be on your best behavior during your scuba diving trip. Here are guidelines and tips on proper boat etiquette to be sure that you avoid alienating everyone on board.
The Buddy System for Scuba Diving - Tips for Effective Team Diving Created: Saturday, January 28, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Why is the buddy system important in scuba diving, and how can recreational scuba divers use the buddy system to stay safe underwater? Here are 8 tips for effectively using the buddy system on ever...
What Is the Maximum Safe Ascent Rate for Scuba Diving - Guidelines, Safety Stops, Deep Stops and Decompression Illness Created: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 06, 2012
What is the maximum safe ascent rate for scuba diving? Some diving organizations list the maximum safe ascent rate as 30 feet per a minute, while others list it as 60 feet per a minute. What is the..
Is Scuba Diving Safe - Statistics, Risks, Facts, and Dangers Created: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 06, 2012
Is scuba diving a safe activity? Read statistics and facts to put the risks of diving in perspective. Scuba diving is not dangerous if simple safety guidelines and procedures are followed.
Start Scuba Diving - Step by Step Guide to Courses, Classes, Gear, and Theory Created: Monday, January 09, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Are you ready to start scuba diving? Here is a step by step guide to learning to dive, including medical requirements, courses, certification agencies, basic dive theory and frequently asked questi..
Caribbean Reef Fish Identification - Guide to Fish Species in Florida and the Western Atlantic Created: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 Updated: Saturday, January 07, 2012
Reef fish identification guide for scuba divers to common and interesting species in Florida and the Caribbean. Learn to identify Sergeant Majors (Abudefduf saxatilis), Porkfish (Anisotremus virgin..
The Boxfish Grabbers - Scuba Diving Stories Created: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Updated: Saturday, January 07, 2012
Read a true story about one of my most difficult (but funny) experiences as a scuba diving instructor.
It's Not the Up Button - Buoyancy Tips and Advice for Scuba Divers Created: Thursday, December 22, 2011 Updated: Thursday, December 22, 2011
Why do you have so much trouble with your buoyancy when scuba diving? If you find yourself losing control of you buoyancy and floating up, you may have missed a fundamental concept of buoyancy cont..
Forget Roses! Stop to Smell the Seaweed - Scuba Diving Stories Created: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Goal oriented diving can decrease a diver's appreciation of the underwater environment. Sometimes it's nice to simply slow down and take a good long look around you . . .

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