In Fight Against Invasive Lionfish, Willing Divers and Big Appetites are Needed  BY ANDY ZUNZ NOVEMBER 7, 2016   Michael Patrick O’Neill/OceanwideImages.com Divers measure out their catch during a lionfish derby hosted by REEF. The first time Lad Akins was served lionfish, he paused to carefully examine the other taste tester. “When they didn’t keel over, I said ‘Well let me have…

An Underwater Photographer’s Guide to St. Lucia By Francesca Diaco, November 15, 2016 @ 04:00 AM (EST)   St Lucia, an emerald green island with iconic twin peaks called the Pitons, is part of the Lesser Antilles in the Eastern Caribbean. Approximately 27 miles long and 14 miles wide, it sits north-northeast of St. Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique….

The Shows for Scuba Divers! Twice a year the diving world gears up for two highlights of the sport’s calendar – the London International Dive Show (LIDS) at ExCeL, and the Birmingham Dive Show (DIVE) at the NEC. Organised for more than 25 years by DIVER, Britain’s best-selling diving magazine, each event attracts hundreds of exhibitors offering the latest diving…

Underwater Patriots: Scuba Soothes Wounded War Veterans JULY 31, 2013   1 of 2 http://bit.ly/2fZLF7X Woody Welch Relief Weightlessness underwater is a big draw for disabled soldiers. http://bit.ly/2fKMeO5 Woody Welch Soldier to Scuba Diver A wounded veteran prepares for a dive in San Antonio’s Spring Lake. http://www.sportdiver.com/sites/sportdiver.com/files/styles/small_1x_/public/import/2013/files/_images/201307/wounded_warrior_water.jpg?itok=dGFyuDcD Woody Welch Relief Weightlessness underwater is a big draw for disabled soldiers. http://www.sportdiver.com/sites/sportdiver.com/files/styles/small_1x_/public/import/2013/files/_images/201307/wounded_warrior.jpg?itok=jhtScD1m Woody Welch…

Easy Ways to Improve Your Diving By Guest Author May 17, 2014 Although scuba diving courses are the best way to learn new and important dive skills, here are three easy (and free) ways to improve your diving forever.    As a technical and cave diver who teaches scuba-diving courses, my students are sometimes surprised when I suggest that, before starting a class,…

Legends of Scuba Diving: Jacques-Yves Cousteau By Thomas Gronfeldt Apr 24, 2015 One of scuba diving’s founding fathers, Cousteau is to many the quintessential underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau is impossible to ignore when we talk about the legends of scuba diving. To many people — divers and non-divers alike — he is synonymous with the sport itself, and stands as the very…

30 November, 2014 at 12:15 am 6 Tips for Staying Sane on the Surface Posted by Danielle Schofield After your most recent dive trip has come to an end, you may find yourself at a loss for what to do with yourself. You’re most at home in the comfort of the water, so when you have to head back to the…

5 Bad Habits of Scuba Diving COURTESY PADI OCTOBER 14, 2013   PADI Diving Society   From skipping the buddy check to miscalculating our weight needs, we all are guilty of bad diving habits from time to time. Bad Habit #1 — Skipping the buddy checkYou ask your buddy, “You ready? Yeah? Let’s go diving.” Everything seems fine until you roll…

Top 10 Health Benefits of SCUBA Diving By  Jennifer Palmer  – November 16, 2015   13.3k SHARES FacebookTwitter     SCUBA diving is known as a thoroughly enjoyable and sometimes adrenaline boosting sport, however most do not know that SCUBA diving has many health benefits. Whether you have just started SCUBA diving or you are an experienced deep sea diver,…