Published on Thursday, January 28, 2010 One of the most common scuba diving tanks used today is the aluminum 80 scuba tank, in fact most divers have probably only used this tank. The thing is, in scuba diving equipment, there are so many tanks out on the market today that it is tough to decide which is the correct tank for each person, i decide rather to use each situation as a way to decide the proper tank...

Published on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 I'll start off with a simple question, have you ever broken a fin strap? The next question is, did you have a replacement for the strap or and extra set of strap and buckles in your scuba diving equipment set? An extra strap should be carried in every diver's save a dive kit, yet many people break fin straps and cant dive due to not having an extra. I can recall a tim...

Published on Friday, January 22, 2010 Today I am going to talk about the rescue diver course. A few years ago I took the rescue course and after I completed it I felt i should have taken it much sooner than when I did. In the NAUI Open water course students are taught the basic principles of the scuba rescue, in the rescue course this simple rescue is expanded. It all starts with the pre-requisites, CP...

Published on Thursday, January 21, 2010 Every year, every single SCUBA equipment manufacturer tries to come up with the next big thing. Each company wants to have their own unique piece of gear on the market where they are the only ones that have something like that. Sometimes it gets tiring trying to keep up with all the new "toys" on the market but hey, its part of what makes this job unique. Ive picked 5...

Published on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Many people always ask what is there to do after they finish their open water certification class. The simple answer is a lot. The not so simple answer involves all of the many different courses that are offered after certification. The next step in anyone's progression is the advanced diver course. Years ago the certification agencies used to call the advanced cou...