This year will see the first season of the truly user friendly breed of rebreathers. Easy to set up, operate and dive with, but will this be another fad? Let me start by saying I a[...]
There is an old saying in the military that there are no old bold soldiers, just old soldiers and bold soldiers. The two traits are at odds with each other, being bold won’t [...]
A comment in my last blog “State of the Diving Industry” set my mind into thinking about the way we welcome new divers. Calvin’s comment about that blog was ̶[...]
What is the Finathon? The first Finathon was in the small city of Stoke-On-Trent in the UK but now it has gone global. This year Project Aware are aiming to raise $30,000 to help p[...]
Oceanic and Hollis are the latest brands to offer a discount scheme to professional level divers in the UK. The programme allows Diver Leaders, Dive Masters, Assistant Instructors [...]
Following on from my blog post about the Red Sea and how the decline in tourists could be affecting the whole UK diving trade I wanted to explore this further. Last year at the SIT[...]
Coral Reef restoration programs have been running around the world for a while now to grow and transplant coral in an attempt to restore existing coral reefs. There is no doubt tha[...]
A couple of weeks ago at the London Dive Show Egypt once again won dive destination of the year according to Diver Magazine readers. No mean feat considering the alternatives, Mald[...]
Oceanic and Hollis are the latest brands to offer a discount scheme to professional level divers in the UK. The programme allows Diver Leaders, Dive Masters, Assistant Instructors [...]
Coral Reef restoration programs have been running around the world for a while now to grow and transplant coral in an attempt to restore existing coral reefs. There is no doubt tha[...]
Are you a qualified instructor? If you are did you know you can get 30% off the recommend retail price of selected Apeks and Aqua Lung products? The scheme is actually open to ANY [...]
More and more drysuits are being fitted with silicone wrist and neck seals as standard as their popularity increases. Silicone seals offer some massive benefits over traditional la[...]
Scuba diving is a fantastic sport, but sometimes things can and do go wrong with equipment from time to time, even for the most experienced of scuba divers and snorkellers Have y[...]
Every dive computer manufacturer has their own version of an electronic dive log that is shipped or optional available to download, log and review your dives from your dive compute[...]