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.…
http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald-36/ I remember hearing the Gordon Lightfoot song when I was about ten or eleven years old. It’s kind of burned into my memory so…
View More Edmund Fitzgerald: Most Famous of Great Lakes ShipwrecksThe subject comes up in every class we teach, at dive sites and on boats. That is, which regulator to tank fitting should I choose?…
View More SCUBA Regulators: DIN vs. Yoke?Now that Summer’s finally here, I’ve been doing a lot of teaching, which I love. Even better, I am generally able to adjust my schedule…
View More Altitude Specialty Diver Course: Lake Tahoe“Plan your dive. Dive your plan.” How many times have your hear that one? It’s especially important when dives take on complexity, and is down…
View More Dive Planning: What Happens When One Member of a Dive Team FailsStory: http://news.yahoo.com/florida-divers-treasure-famed-wreck-151015129.html If there’s one thing that I believe all divers have in common it’s that somewhere deep in the recesses of our subconscious minds, there’s a…
View More More Gold From the AtochaIt’s the fourth of July, and I want to wish everyone, especially my fellow divers, a happy and safe Independence Day. It’s a day for…
View More Happy Independence Day from JoeScubaOn July 30th (2011), I’ll be leading the Sierra Diving Center Fun Dive. Everyone’s welcome. We’ll meet at the Breakwater at 7am. I’ll post more…
View More Sierra Diving Center – Monterey, CA Fun Dive: July 30Dolphins! The Pilot Whale experience was truly rare, but if ever there is a place divers have a good shot at diving with dolphins, Kona…
View More Diving with Dolphins (in Case Diving with Pilot Whales isn’t Exciting Enough)I’ve been spouting off for the last few months about December’s planned dive trip to Kona. This is just one of the great things about…
View More Pilot Whales: Kona Diving at it’s Best!Of all the issues I encounter as a dive instructor, one stands out above them all. It is widely known that perfecting buoyancy control adds…
View More SCUBA Diving Top 10: How to Achieve Neutral BuoyancySummer is finally here and if you’ve ever considered learning to SCUBA dive, now is the time to do it. If you live in or…
View More Learn to Dive in RenoWhen I originally created the JoeScuba blog, I had several informal goals. First, managing a blog is a fun way to stay connected between dive…
View More Join JoeScubaIn an earlier post, I mentioned that most, if not all, dive boat operators would support and encourage any diver wishing to perform an adequate…
View More Resort Operator’s Opinion on Buoyancy ControlFor a long time, I have been complaining about my dive gloves. For starters, I wore holes in the fingertips of my old Deep See…
View More Fourth Element 5mm Dive Gloves ReviewChoosing a dive computer in some ways is a pretty straight-forward process. You decide on a budget and go for it, because most of them…
View More Choosing a Dive Computer vs. Decompression ComputerAnyone who dives Lake Tahoe knows that it is spectacular in terms of surroundings, clear water and fairly good access to most dive sites. We,…
View More Hurricane Bay Lake Tahoe – Dive SiteIf there’s one thing divers know that our land-locked friends and neighbors don’t, it’s that the world looks a whole lot different after you’ve experienced…
View More Try SCUBA Diving with a PADI Discover SCUBA Diving ExperiencePhoto source: http://www.diversinc.com Of all the skills a diver learns, achieving neutral buoyancy stands out in terms of safety and enjoyment of the sport, and…
View More SCUBA Diving Neutral Buoyancy – It’s a Zen ThingI had a chance to get in the water with the new version of the Aqualung Black Diamond BCD. I’ve mentioned elsewhere here, that I…
View More Aqualung Black Diamond BCD Review(Update: As of July 2013, I no longer use or recommend the SubGear XP10 dive computer. I’ve had reliability issues as well as frustrations with…
View More SubGear XP10 Mac OS X Compatible?I have nothing to add.
View More While I’m on the Subject of Strange Sightings Underwater…I’ve sure never seen one of these! That’s one of the coolest things about scuba diving. On land, you don’t just run out into the…
View More Blanket OctopusI read something recently that fits in well with everything I’ve been doing and thinking lately regarding SCUBA diving. I don’t remember where I saw…
View More When it Comes to Air, Sport Divers Should Think Like Tech DiversSCUBA diving is unlike a most other activities in terms of accessibility. By that, I mean that it really isn’t that hard to jump in…
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