You found “the one” who is just right for you. All of your questions have been answered. You finally took the plunge. You found a great scuba instructor and had an awesome open water course to become a certified scuba diver. What else do you think I am talking about? Just like in our personal relationships, our relationship with scuba diving needs to have longevity. In order to have a long life of underwater enjoyment, you must first survive the “honeymoon” phase that almost every new diver goes through. [Read more...]

Earlier this summer I had a situation arise that gave me cause for concern. Certainly this wasn’t the first time it has happened to me, but it was the WHO that caused me grief. One of the things that concerns me is that this type of thing may start to creep up and occur more frequently, especially considering there are more and more independent instructors cropping up out there. [Read more...]

Recently, I wrote about how current methods of scuba diving are failing. I had a few people write me about the safety of scuba diving. Some of the questions evolved around the safety record that scuba diving has. I believe that that safety record isn’t a good measurement of the actual safety of scuba diving. But that doesn’t mean I feel scuba diving is unsafe. [Read more...]

You do it for your waitress/waiter. You do it to the person making your $10 cup of coffee. You do it for the person pouring your beer. Do you do it for your scuba instructor? What I’m talking about is giving some kind of material gratuity to the person teaching you to scuba dive. Should instructors accept tips? Should you even offer to give something to your scuba instructor? [Read more...]