How important is your safety sausage or Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) A surface marker buoy or safety sausage is an essential piece of dive gear and should be something every diver carries with them on ALL dives. Having a safety sausage can come in very handy and possibly help save your life. It can also […]
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Responsible Hunting and Spearfishing I believe there are actually two parts to this. The first is being a responsible hunter and the second is hunting responsibly. Now everyone is going to have their own take on things including this topic and this is my take on “Responsible Hunting”. Over the past 25+ years that I
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Lost Dive Gear-How important is it to get your lost or misplaced dive equipment back? Lost and misplaced dive gear along with personal items happen to everyone. It is a problem that will never stop! If you lost or misplaced your dive gear would you like it back? Like who doesn’t want their gear back
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Proficiency and Diving The Art of keeping it up. A couple of months back I was at a party and a friend asked about what type of camera I would suggest because this friend wasn’t getting good results with the one they had. I gave some suggestions but after a while, I had this thought
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Lobster Diving Tips For starters, everyone gets skunked catching bugs from time to time and just because the limit is 7 it may take lots of diving in a day to get your limit, but then you just may find a glory hole and get your limit in 15 minutes. Everyone has their own ideas,
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The Tale of the 3 Sans Short story about the Channel Islands Have you been one of the lucky ones to make it to San Miguel, San Nick, or San Clemente the first time out? If you have been, count yourself lucky. It was 5 trips before I made it to San Miguel-the island I
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Weather and Diving, How many of us divers passed on a good dive trip because we made the mistake of believing the weather or marine forecast? I know I have been guilty of this a few times in the past 30 years and it usually didn’t work in my favor. Why is it that most
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Dive Boat Tipping – WHY should I and how much? Dive boat tipping-how much should I tip while on a dive boat? I am sure plenty of divers ask this question. If you have you’re not alone. Tipping on a boat is really no different than tipping at a restaurant and it seems that some
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Dive Boat Safety While I worked on the Sunfish as a Divemaster and helping to run the operation I learned a thing or two, it was more like a dozen or more. Of these many things I learned there are a few, I would like to share with you. Keep in mind that all dive
Scuba Cylinders, Valves, and More-Have you ever wondered why there are so many different types of Scuba cylinders and which one might be the best for you? It is just like your gear, it all depends on the type of diving you do. I have 18 Scuba cylinders (steel and aluminum) and it’s not because
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