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…
Dive Rite XT vs. Apollo Prestige Dive Fins
Someone named Laura disagrees with me, but I have long maintained that the best dive fin ever made is the Apollo Prestige. I love it…
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Project Baseline
In recent months, I’ve had the good fortune to be introduced to Project Baseline. Project Baseline is a not-for-profit, conservation organization that has involved thousands…
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Scubapro Seawing Nova Dive Fin Review
The Scubapro Seawing Nova It is with a heavy heart that I recently made my first fin change in over 20 years. For decades, I’ve…
View More Scubapro Seawing Nova Dive Fin ReviewPacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber Fund
Monterey Divers: Please help keep the Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber in business I dive in and around Monterey fairly frequently. I have for decades and I…
View More Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber FundTiny Doubles, I Second That
My first set of scuba tanks was a pair of “tiny doubles” (1800psi 38’s, or so I’m told). I suspect they are actually 45’s, and,…
View More Tiny Doubles, I Second ThatEverybody’s an “expert” on diving message boards…
Don’t believe everything you read on scuba diving message boards I hate to be negative, but some of the most ridiculous things I have ever read…
View More Everybody’s an “expert” on diving message boards…Is Diving The SS President Coolidge Safe?
I just came across a blog by a diver in Australia (Read it here). He’s an interesting guy, with obviously a lot of experience. Initially,…
View More Is Diving The SS President Coolidge Safe?Is Technical Diving Right For You?
Technical Diving is a Discipline Like most serious tec divers, I read everything I can get my hands on related to the topic. I comb…
View More Is Technical Diving Right For You?No Stop vs. No Decompression. Which is correct?
Should no-decompression diving be renamed no-stop diving? does ivermectin kill mites other than scanies Earlier, I was semi-involved in a discussion about terminology regarding no-decompression…
View More No Stop vs. No Decompression. Which is correct?The Importance of Dive Planning
Dive planning I recently came across John Chatterton’s blog. You might know him as the host of Deep Sea Detectives. For the last several weeks,…
View More The Importance of Dive PlanningDry Suit Inflation System Mounting
Dry suit inflation Whether using air or argon, for most dives, I prefer not to use my back gas to inflate my dry suit. Using…
View More Dry Suit Inflation System MountingLogging Your Dives Online – 3 Top Dive Logging Websites
Online dive logs In the early days of dive computers, uploading dive data to a personal computer wasn’t even on the radar. My first dive…
View More Logging Your Dives Online – 3 Top Dive Logging WebsitesMoving your dive logbook from PC to Mac
Sort out dive log computer compatibility problems and getting your old dive computer data into your new software. Tell me if this sounds familiar. You’ve…
View More Moving your dive logbook from PC to MacShearwater Petrel Dive Computer
Review of the Shearwater Petrel Dive Computer I’ve owned and used a number of dive computers over the years. The most recent of these was…
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Mounting a GoPro Camera to Scuba Gear
Mounting a GoPro to Scuba Gear recently got my hands on a GoPro Hero video camera. I honestly never gave GoPro much thought since I…
View More Mounting a GoPro Camera to Scuba GearPADI Altitude, Drysuit and Enriched Air Specialties
Scuba diving specialty certifications every mountain diver should have. As much as we all love to get into the deep blue, warm water of the…
View More PADI Altitude, Drysuit and Enriched Air SpecialtiesDeep See Pulse Dive Fin Review
Dive fins have undergone a revolution in recent years. In addition to countless designs using every material imaginable, split fins, fins with hinges, unique venting…
View More Deep See Pulse Dive Fin ReviewSubGear Cayman SCUBA Regulator Review
About a month ago, I decided it was time to think about replacing my old Poseidon Cyklon 300 regulator with something a little more up…
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I’m not sure if the world needed another free classifieds website or not, but here’s one more. I mostly created joeuw.com as a test related to…
View More New Free SCUBA Classified Ad WebsiteFourth Element Halo 3D Review
Over the weekend, I taught two classes, a PADI Drysuit Specialty Course and a PADI Altitude Diving Specialty Course. Being near Lake Tahoe, both are…
View More Fourth Element Halo 3D ReviewApeks Tek 3 Review
Apeks Tek 3 About six months ago, I made a regulator change on my technical rig from Poseidon to Apeks. My Poseidon regs (Cyklon 300’s)…
View More Apeks Tek 3 ReviewScubapro 330M Digital Gauge
I recently had a conversation with a technical diver who explained that his “backup” depth gauge and timing device was his older sport diving computer…
View More Scubapro 330M Digital GaugePADI Tec40 Course, Lake Tahoe
If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to push your diving to the next level, PADI Tec40 is the first step beyond recreational diving. The…
View More PADI Tec40 Course, Lake TahoePADI Deep Adventure Dive, Lake Tahoe
Any time of year, Lake Tahoe is a great place to dive. We brave the cold water to experience Lake Tahoe’s amazing visibility, and fabulous…
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