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…
Dry Suit Diving – Getting Started Diving in a dry suit can be a little intimidating (and expensive), but it is an incredibly rewarding experience…
View More Should You Consider Dry Suit Diving?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…
View More Popular Cozumel Dive SitesSt. 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…
View More Diving in St. Croix’s Best Dive SitesUnderwater 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…
View More Professional Underwater Photographer… What’s it like?My Sport KISS CCR is Still Going Strong As we wind down the final weeks of 2022, I’m noticing some things I used to do…
View More Joe’s RebreatherSome 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.
View More Apple Watch Dive Computer? I’m Not So Sure…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.
View More DGX Gears XTRA Regulator ReviewAfter 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.
View More Hawaii Reopens for Dive TravelReview of decompression dive planning mobile apps for technical divers Recently, I started down a path of discovery into the prehistory of technical and decompression…
View More Dive Planning Apps For Technical DiversWhen I was young, I did a fair bit of traveling to dive destinations. I had opportunities to scuba dive in as far away destinations…
View More Diving at Riding Rock Resort – 25 Years LaterCamera 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…
View More Settings for Perfect Underwater PhotosRoatan 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…
View More Roatan Diving – Experience the Remote East EndWhy 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…
View More Why Dive Sidemount?How to travel with your diving equipment. Take everything you need without hassle and excess baggage fees. Traveling light with scuba gear is an art.…
View More Traveling Light With Scuba GearWhat’s the best underwater camera? There are lot’s of action cameras available to divers, so it is all but impossible to choose the “best underwater…
View More The Best Underwater Camera, I hopeRecreational DIR Diving: Good or Bad Is DIR really “doing it right” for recreational divers? About a two years ago, some of my dive instructor…
View More Recreational DIR Diving: A Good Idea for New Divers?Sidemount Scuba When and why I became a believer in sidemount scuba. If you are thinking of making the transition to sidemount scuba, read on……
View More My Transition to Sidemount ScubaPreventing Diver Fatalities Diver Fatalities Happen But, DAN research clearly shows the majority of diver deaths could be prevented. As a diving instructor, the worst…
View More Dan Orr Presents Data on Diver FatalitiesDeepblu Introduces the COSMIQ Dive Computer UPDATE 10/24/16: The v.9 COSMIQ firmware update includes a setting for freshwater. There are a few other updates since…
View More COSMIQ Dive Computer Review – Part ISeven Dive Locations You Must Visit The image of the ocean-side vacation is one we all keep catalogued away—a still-frame we return to in imagination…
View More Seven Dive Locations You Must VisitIn-water recompression: Good idea? Bad idea? What is it anyway? A few weeks ago I came across the following article: Take Me Back Down: One Diver’s…
View More In-Water RecompressionAs mentioned frequently, the most popular local dive spot here is Lake Tahoe. We dive others fairly frequently as well, like Donner Lake, Pyramid Lake…
View More SubGravity 6mm Stainless Steel Backplate ReviewIn the diving community, especially the technical diving community, there are a lot of “facts” thrown around related to best diving practices, equipment, training standards, etc.…
View More Are Welded D-Rings Really an Entanglement Hazard?It’s been probably 5 years since I sent my DUI CF200x drysuit to DUI to be retrofitted with Zip Seals. Since then, I’ve made about…
View More DUI Zip Seals on Viking Drysuit