ScubaGadget - The Deep Background on Scuba

At some point before every dive you hand over the care of your lungs to the dive shop employee filling your tank. Few divers ever think about and even less understand what goes on behind the scenes in preparing and operating the complex system that fills his/her tank. When we did research on this question [...]

Whites has just announced two new variations in the evolution of their super flexible Fusion drysuits (see our previous fusion articles (1)(2)). One is for style and one is for function.  Four new colors graphics choices For style they are now offering  four new tech skin colors in addition to their gray northwest native style graphics. Customers can [...]

SSI (Scuba Schools International) is the first of the major SCUBA certification agencies to offer “FREE online training”. Now don’t get too excited. While it is truly free training. This is not great online training and you still have to pay the same to get a certified; but it is a significant and innovative approach [...]

SCUBA GADGET BEST IN SHOW: Technolgy Category Diving Dry has taken on a new meaning with introduction of the new eDiving.us website/diving simulator program. With the look and feel of a flight simulator program the diving simulator lets you eDive sites around the world. These are not just video game renditions of diving, like a [...]

Dive boats are no longer fueled with testosterone. Szilvia Gogh, founder of Miss-Scuba.com says that the man to women ratio is about three to one on dive boats this year, up from eight to one just ten years ago. You can tell the dive industry has caught on when you see gear with names like [...]

While prepping for a recent dive, a mom and her young daughter approached me. The mother went on to brag that are child, who looked to be about eight years old, had just done her first scuba dive. My first thought was that it would have been nice to get those first hundred dives under [...]

GirlDiver.com is a Seattle company dedicated to promoting the scuba lifestyle for women of all ages worldwide. Besides their website which has a fun clothing line, they teach a range of Scuba courses design specifically for women. “Prima GirlDiver”, Cindy Ross had trouble finding rental gear for her classes that fit the needs of the [...]

PADI’s yearly Go PRO Challenge seeks to encourage divers to enter the diving industry at the Professional level, while rewarding existing industry professionals for their ongoing commitment and enthusiasm in developing and teaching the next generation of scuba divers. Winners are recognized for their accomplishments and collectively receive more than $40,000 US in cash rewards [...]