There are many important skills you learn during your Open Water Course. One of them is how to inflate a safety sausage (otherwise known as a delayed surface marker buoy, dSMB, or SMB for short). Normally, you learn how to do this at the surface, but the best use of this skill is by deploying it from underwater. Why sending up a safety sausage makes [...]

It’s pretty common to see people smoking before scuba diving and you might think, “Well, if all of these people are doing it, it can’t be that bad.”  It’s true, a lot of scuba divers are smokers.  It’s also true that the risks of smoking in general are horrific, but for the most part are long term risks. Most smokers don’t experience any side effects, other than physical addiction, [...]

Got the travel bug? Well then, you probably are buzzing to have new experiences and to push yourself out of your comfort zone. Maybe for you this means finally looking into getting scuba certified! Getting your scuba diving certification is one of the most memorable experiences of your life. However, you may be feeling a little anxious or afraid about taking the plunge and breathing underwater. So… let’s take [...]