Think back to your last dive, what could have gone wrong? If something did go wrong would you have known exactly what to do? When was the last time you practiced diving emergency drills – has it been since your ... 
Teaching diving is something that I don’t often get a chance to do in this day and age, with the exception of the occasional Nitrox course. Then again, that is more theoretical- than practical application and doesn’t really include any ... 
I would like to introduce the Malaysian underwater to all divers around the world. My first ever diving was at Perhentian Island, Malaysia. It was spectacular and awesome!!! Then i went to Tioman, Payar and Sipadan... Sipadan was speechless..... Since ... 
Since PADI is “The way the world learns to dive” and a ‘PADI course’ has become synonymous with what is actually an entry-level Scuba certification, being an SSI instructor, I have necessarily developed a concise stock answer to this article's ... 
To a new diver, propulsion is achieved by any means necessary. The use of legs, arms, hands, large marine animals, currents and other divers are all useful elements in completing the journey from Sponge A to Coral Head B. In defense of the new diver, rarely is propulsion explained let alone practiced in a basic [...]
PUT SEA TURTLE FLYING OVER SANTA ROSA WALL HERE
All sea turtle species (green, hawksbill, Kemp’s ridley, leatherback, loggerghead, and olive ridley) are officially classified as either “threatened” or “endangered.” They are in trouble for many reasons. One is natural predators: Turtles are menu favorites for tiger sharks, and hatchlings are devoured by sea-birds as they [...]
This article summarizes the necessity of good, in-depth scuba rescue training. All agencies offer this level training although the NAUI course focuses on scenarios in addition to skills, real world experience.
Teaching diving is something that I don’t often get a chance to do in this day and age, with the exception of the occasional Nitrox course. Then again, that is more theoretical- than practical application and doesn’t really include any “in water skill training”. Hence the smile on my face when I received the news [...]
Cano island is on the south pacific coast of Costa Rica. From my base in Manual Antonio it is around a 2 hour boat ride south, but that is going to reduced soon, thanks to the arrival of speedier transport. Cano island is a national park in itself so is subject to certain rules and [...]
For those divers who spend most of our bottom time in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Southeast coast of the US, the word Lionfish might make you cringe a little. Seeing them underwater tears you apart – half of you wants to run over and stab it to death, while the other half whips out a [...]
Ok guys. Congratulations on becoming PADI Instructors. Give yourself a standing ovation. You have done exceptionally well to get to this level. Now you can give people a life changing experience as you introduce them and guide them through the world of scuba diving. Get out there and start teaching as much as you can. [...]
By now most of you must have heard of, if not yet tried a rebreather unit of some type. They fall into two main types Semi Closed units and Fully Closed units, to me in this present day and age the semi closed units (SCR’s) have out lasted there use and are pretty well obsolete [...]
Now one of favourite fish, and call me strange if you will because of this, is the ToadFish. I have very strong reasoning behind this so hear me out. Firstly, they are in all truths pretty bloody hard to find. After spending a couple of years diving in thecarribean and listening to them “singing” I managed to find them only on 2 occasions.
Welcome to the Scuba Diving in Canada and the PADI System Scuba Jedi. My name is Darrell O’Donnell. I’m an Assistant Instructor with PADI and I’ve been a certified diver for 10 glorious years.
I live up here in the Great White North of Canada and I know a lot of warm water divers [...]
