DiveDoggie Days of Summer

Summertime, Water, Dogs, Magic. Traveling the world allows divers to meet all kinds of people of different origins, customs and colors. On occasion, a diver may also encounter a dog of any breed, size or color. Dogs are a Catalyst If you have a beach full of people, perhaps you might strike up a conversation …

Coral Restoration Expedition

September 22nd – 27th, 2017 Key Largo, Florida Coral Restoration and Research Expedition Download Flyer Here The Experience This special expedition, limited to 8 divers, offers certified divers an opportunity to gain knowledge of our coral reef systems, their importance and role in the world’s ecosystem. In addition, divers will learn the latest methods of …

One Thing with Sylvia Earle

What’s Your One Thing

I recently attended a fundraiser for Fins Attached, where I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Dr. Sylvia Earle. I learned more about sharks, finning, conservation efforts, the decline of shark populations and more. Some of this I had known from educational programs, lectures, dive boat gossip and sometimes Netflix and Youtube, but there was …

Try Scuba Diving

Try Scuba Diving

Are you a Shark Week junkie? Do you find yourself entranced with ocean shows on Animal Planet, National Geographic? Or, did you get caught up in the book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or grow up on stores of Jacques Cousteau? If so, it might be time for you to take your dream to the …

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Discovering Scuba Diving

“Diving? No. I’d be claustrophobic”. I hear this often, and I don’t understand. Scuba diving to me, is one of the most freeing sports I’ve ever attempted, short of horseback riding. Perhaps it is because I started in the “young and dumb” phase of my life, where fear couldn’t possibly overpower accomplishment. Or, perhaps it …

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Wreck Dive Hilma Hooker

Everyone says Hilma Hooker a “must dive”, but I managed to spend a week in Bonaire without visiting the wreck. I watched small groups of tech divers suiting up for the boat dive scheduled one day and thought “maybe it isn’t for me”. I didn’t have dual tanks, sidemounts, a rebreather or a camera system …