Scubapro Go Fins – Review
Scubapro Go Fins If you look over my dive gear reviews, you may notice most (not all) of my reviews are positive. That’s because I…
Scubapro Go Fins – Review
Scubapro Go Fins If you look over my dive gear reviews, you may notice most (not all) of my reviews are positive. That’s because I…
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Dive Rite 12 lb QR Weight Pockets – Review
Dive Rite 12 lb QR Weight Pocket System Probably the only thing in diving that’s less elegant than weight pockets are lead weights themselves. However,…
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Where to Sell Used Dive Gear
Sell Your Used Dive Gear I wonder about odd things sometimes. One of those that’s got me thinking recently is dive gear. I always think…
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Scuba Diving Vacations for Beginners
For beginning, newly certified divers, planning your first dive vacation is beyond exciting. You went through a lot to learn diving theory and all the…
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OMS SideStream Sidemount Diving System Review
OMS SideStream Sidemount Diving System I started diving sidemount 8 or 9 years ago. At the time, it was really just something different to learn.…
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Diving with a Backplate & Wing
Recreational Diving with a Backplate & Wing Becoming a great diver depends on two key elements: buoyancy control and trim. Of course, there are plenty…
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NDL Meaning – No Decompression Limit
Divers learn about “no decompression” limits, or NDL, during their Open Water scuba course. This is the amount of time a diver can remain at…
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Shopping on JoeScuba?
For decades, joescuba.com has been just a blog. I try to write about matter quite a bit to divers. As I look back, I have…
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Mako Minimus Mask Review
Mako Minimus Mask Review: Can the Minimus Stack Up to the Aqualung Micromask? I have been using the same mask for about 15 years. It’s…
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Rebreather Diving Bonaire – Buddy Dive CCR Experience
Buddy Dive on CCR It’s 5am. I’m at gate A18 in Phoenix after an overnight flight through Miami from Bonaire. It was a good week,…
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Scuba Diving with Maui Pacific Divers
Scuba Diving on Maui – Maui Pacific Divers I’m lucky to be able to travel and dive quite a lot. It is part of…
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Should You Consider Dry Suit Diving?
Dry Suit Diving – Getting Started Diving in a dry suit can be a little intimidating (and expensive), but it is an incredibly rewarding experience…
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Popular Cozumel Dive Sites
Cozumel is a very popular diving destination. Pretty much everybody already knows this, but Cozumel located off the eastern coast of Mexico. It is home…
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Diving in St. Croix’s Best Dive Sites
St. Croix Scuba Diving Like pretty much every scuba diver, I’ve always been drawn to the Caribbean’s gin-clear waters and spectacular marine life. St. Croix…
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Professional Underwater Photographer… What’s it like?
Underwater Photographer: Scuba Diver’s Dream Job Let me start out by saying underwater photography is only part of my job. Howard Hall, Norbert Wu, David…
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Joe’s Rebreather
My Sport KISS Rebreather is Still Going Strong As we wind down the final weeks of 2022, I’m noticing some things I used to do…
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Apple Watch Dive Computer? I’m Not So Sure…
Some claim the Apple Watch Ultra will replace traditional hardware dive computers. The the Oceanic+ App and the Apple Watch itself may not be a good option for divers.
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DGX Gears XTRA Regulator Review
Like everything Dive Gears Express sells, DGX Gears XTRA regulators are not only a great value, but great gear. Given my experience so far, I have no hesitation recommending them to even the most demanding diver.
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Hawaii Reopens for Dive Travel
After two frustrating years enduring questionable “science” and outright hostility, I am thrilled to learn that Hawaii will once again be open to divers. I guess it has been for a while, if required testing and mask mandates don’t bother you. However, beginning on 3/26, that’s over.
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Dive Planning Apps For Technical Divers
Review of decompression dive planning mobile apps for technical divers Recently, I started down a path of discovery into the prehistory of technical and decompression…
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Diving at Riding Rock Resort – 25 Years Later
When I was young, I did a fair bit of traveling to dive destinations. I had opportunities to scuba dive in as far away destinations…
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Settings for Perfect Underwater Photos
Camera setting for perfectly exposed underwater photographs I won’t lie. The photography on my JoeScuba blog hasn’t exactly been spectacular. Mostly, this is because my…
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Roatan Diving – Experience the Remote East End
Roatan Diving: A Week at The Reef House Resort Roatan diving is renown world-wide for it’s year-round great conditions, unspoiled reefs and diversity of marine…
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Why Dive Sidemount?
Why dive sidemount scuba when there’s nothing wrong with back mount? The average recreational diver probably doesn’t give much thought to sidemount scuba. Many divers…
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