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Thought I'd share this new article, looking at some obvious and less obvious causes for trim issues... 99 Problems....and your TRIM is one!

For rec diving, I dive a single tank with a BP/W. For cave (and occasionally solo rec) diving, I dive sidemount. I've never strapped on doubles. It's a gap in my equipment and skill set that I want to eliminate. I'd like to get a pair of LP50s and another set of regs, and use them for solo...

I wrote this for technical divers, but it's equally informative for advanced/recreational divers, so I posted it here. It looks at the paradox of how acquiring more significant levels of experience/training doesn't correlate to a reduction in diving risk. Technical Diving - The Experience...

New article on the blog that some of you may find interesting; The Biggest Risk in Technical Diving (and how to avoid it) "One of the best articles I've read on tec diving in a long time..."

I wrote an article with some thoughts and considerations for those who might be thinking how to plan goals for their technical diving training.... Goal Setting for Technical Diving Training

Me and my buddy got our OWD last year and did a skills update as well as a perfect buoyancy specialty a few weeks ago. Besides that wie did two dives in the carribean right after we got our OWD, so totaling 6 open water dives now. As we both however felt the need to practice the basic skills a...

Hi everyone, I am planning on moving to Australia this fall for a year and am considering trying to work as a dive master while there. Does anyone have any recommendations for where to get a dive master certification in Australia? I'm open to any geographic location. I have open water...

Hi everyone, I appreciate you taking a moment to read my post and provide any suggestions/insight you may have based on your experience. I am travelling to Negril, Jamaica in May 2016. I was planning on completing my classroom and pool part of the PADI open water diver course in Canada and...

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My buddy and I just completed our Cavern and Intro to Cave courses, we're planning to wait a good while to acquire the cave diving experience needed before we go on to full cave. <= This part I'm good with, but we're hungry to learn more. We talked about taking an Advanced Nitrox and Deco course...

A great article from one of our Italian Instructors discussing the advantages of using a Holistic System Approach to your diving. It is in both English and Italian. Enjoy. . English version... UTD Instructor Article - The Holistic System - Flavio Turchet · UTD Scuba Diving or Italian...

Hi All, I am newly qualified MSD (with PADI). So I am thinking about my next steps in terms of scuba training. I have decided not to bother with Divemaster, I am not really into teaching and for me dives are just a fun way to relax at the weekend, so Divemaster route doesn't seem to fit...

Hi, I have 1 spot available in my March 20-25th 2016 TDI Megaladon Rebreather Course. The Training will be held in North Florida in the warm springs. We will be staying at Dive Outpost as a group and doing all of the classroom and in water portion in that area. Crossovers are welcome, rentals...

Davy Jones Locker, Koh Tao are offering CCR rebreather training, leading to ANDI certification, in May we will then be running a series of IANTD courses on open circuit and closed circuit rebreather. The training will be at user and instructor level and will courses will be normoxic trimix and...

Davy Jones Locker, Koh Tao, is looking to train and recruit a number of Tec Instructors and will be running a series of IANTD o/c and ccr courses in May with Rasmus Dysted conducting the training. If any Tec divers out there would like to expand their skills and take this opportunity to become...

Explaining the Technical Wreck Course - Approaches to Advanced Wreck Diving. by Andy Davis A technical wreck (sometimes called 'advanced wreck') course is a pinnacle-level diving course for highly qualified technical divers who wish to penetrate extensively inside of shipwrecks. Whilst the...