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From buying new dive equipment to taking care of what you already own, these simple tips will help you get the most out of your money.
Scuba diving is an equipment intensive sport, and your gear can be a fickle ally. Assembling a collection of dive gear-specific tools and spare parts to deal with basic maintenance and minor emergencies will help keep you ready to hit the water at a moment’s notice
It's time to start planning your fall getaway now with these exclusive savings from the Little Cayman Beach Resort and Reef Divers. We are an excellent retreat for those seeking world class diving and relaxation. First class amenities provide our guests with exceptional service that also includes a boutique and day spa. Onsite Reef Divers provide our guests with valet style diving and the most incredible adventures to the famous Bloody Bay Wall. What are you waiting for?
The casually sophisticated Southern Cross Club, Fish & Dive Resort is Little Cayman's oldest original resort, offering a top-rated, professional in-house diving and fishing operation. The Southern Cross Club property has an untraditional layout featuring 12 spacious ocean-view beachfront bungalows.
There’s No better way to spice up A dive destination than by adding a new wreck. Wrecks attract throngs of marine life and divers, so it’s no surprise that operators in hot spots around the world go to great lengths to acquire, clean and sink interesting ships in their waters.
Every dive can be a magical mystery tour, but never more so than when you find yourself in a part of the underwater world where few have gone before, a true secret spot.
Bahamas Getaway with UNEXSO and The Grand Lucayan Grand Bahama Island, home to eight wrecks, sharks, dolphins, glorious reefs, endless white sandy beaches and blue holes. Stay at the Grand Lucayan hotel on the beach, just two minutes walk to the dive shop, and right in the heart of Port Lucaya!
Have a big family? Lots of friends? Get a small group together, pay for 5 divers and the 6th diver travels free. Enjoy an incredible scuba diving trip diving in warm, 84-degree water with Mike Ball Dive Expeditions' luxury liveaboard dive vessel Spoilsport. Witness incredible shark action and glide along bottomless wall with 45m (150ft) visibility. Our Great Barrier Reef sites will have you exploring rarely visited, pristine reefs where the size, biodiversity and density of large tropical marine life are truly amazing.
SHARK ADVENTURE WEEK - Ranked one of the top 100 Dive Resorts in the world FREE Resort Course in the pool to refresh or learn how to Scuba Dive $1199.00 Rate per person/Double Occupancy required SHARK WEEK Adventures Bimini BIg Game Club Resort & PADI Dive Center 60 foot glass bottom dive boat with bathroomsFull Line of Dive Equipment
Enjoy more diving and less stressing with these 10 dive accessories that won't break the bank.
Travel dive gear is lighter - so you can pack more stuff without incurring excess-weight fees. It's more compact - allowing you to take what you want in fewer bags - eliminating extra baggage fees.
The Top 100 Gold List of operators, resorts, live-aboards, underwater experiences (i.e., best wall, shore and wreck sites), dive bars and more was determined on a “popularity contest” basis. Rankings are based on the total number of responses, regardless of category.
Go eye to eye with one of the ocean’s mightiest apex predators, the great white shark.
Meyer achieved a new world record in the dive modality of Skandalopetra, reaching a depth of 68.9 meters.
Divers flock to Islamorada to try SCUBAPRO's latest BCs, dive computers, regs and more!
Take a minute to add your voice to the scuba nation calling for protection for Fiji's sharks — take action today!
Aqua Lung is pleased to announce that Jack’s Diving Locker in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii is now a factory authorized Suunto Service Center. Their repair technicians have gone through extensive factory training and have installed state of the art diagnostic equipment to enable them to perform any and all servicing on current and late model Suunto Diving Computers.
The quirky underwater concert takes place at Looe Key Reef, an area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary approximately six miles south of Big Pine Key. Each year, the subsea songfest draws as many as 600 divers and snorkelers to explore the colorful diversity of marine life that characterizes continental America’s only living coral barrier reef.
Don’t miss out on the events this June that celebrate Divi Flamingo’s 60th year in hospitality in Bonaire!
SCUBA DIVING Editor David Espinosa just returned from a live-aboard trip to the Galapagos. Here's his Day 6 blog post detailing encounters with sharks, sea lions and more at Roca Redonda.
Land and Sea - Nutrient-rich waters from deep underwater canyons give California’s Carmel Bay some of the best diving in the country
Cruising the Conch Republic - Spend a weekend exploring the USS Vandenberg and the shallow reefs of lively Key West
In Michigan, Lake Huron’s Thumb Area Bottomland Preserve beckons wreck seekers
We’ve got advice on how to navigate through a kelp forest. Some of the world’s best diving can be found in kelp forests, but this can be an intimidating environment, especially the first time. Here are our tips for enjoying this spectacular habitat and its many rewards.
With 840 miles of spectacular Pacific coastline, California offers abundant places for divers to get wet, from easily accessible shore-diving spots to offshore pinnacles and islands. And as underwater photographers will tell you, many of these sites offer gorgeous kelp forests brimming with marine life. We can’t possibly write about them all, but here are five amazing places in California to dive in kelp.
SCUBA DIVING Editor David Espinosa just returned from a live-aboard trip to the Galapagos. Here's his Day 5 blog post with an encounter with hammerheads, a dolphin, and a tiger shark.
As if the dive weren't challenge enough, try taking memorable images while you're at it.
This year’s undisputed favorite among test divers, the Aquaride Elite is well built with virtually no inherent buoyancy.
By using some simple techniques and the right equipment, anyone can capture professional quality images with a compact camera system.
What's new in the world of dive gear for June 2012? Let's get that First Look.
TUSA’s BCJ-4000 — the Soverin — is made of 500 Denier Cordura nylon and is loaded with features. The Ultimate Stabilizing Harness uses strategically placed rails to hold the tank in place.
SCUBAPRO’s Meridian combines a classy timepiece with an advanced dive computer. The housing is made of marine grade 316-L stainless-steel with a two-toned brushed finish. The display uses bold digits and icons, and is flanked by four control buttons for navigating through the system.
Here’s something you don’t usually see on a snorkel: ball-joint connections. On IST Sports’ 3-D Flex Dry Snorkel you have two of them: one at the base of the mouthpiece, and one where the purge body connects to the breathing tube.
Cressi’s popular raked-glass single-window Piuma mask is now available with Cressi’s exclusive crystal-clear silicone. This silicone creates a mask skirt that is so close to total transparency, it simply has to be seen to be believed.
15 kickers vie for the top spot in this year's ScubaLab fin tests. ScubaLab’s test team headed to Alexander Springs, Florida, a freshwater site that offers an easy entry, enough space and depth to do some serious kicking, and rock structures and crevices for performing tight turning maneuvers.
This kicker turned in some of the best overall in-water performance scores, earning the highest scores for acceleration. Test divers liked the fin’s exceptional maneuverability, and noted its ability to negotiate turns with minimal foot action.
Does safety trump your privacy rights? Or is lying on the forms ever justified?
Ted couldn’t find a dive buddy who liked to dive as he did, so he dived alone. That was fine with Ted — right up until he realized he wasn’t sure how to get back to the surface.
ScubaLab director John Brumm has devoted decades to ensuring the quality of the life support equipment he and fellow divers rely on. In Dive Speak he will explain scuba gear terms from A to Z. Today, the letter "A."
Feeling marching ants crawling under the skin of my thighs at 60 feet during decompression, it was clear to me that I was bent.
Danny was having one of the greatest days of his short dive career. Conditions were perfect. Visibility seemed to go on forever. Until the grouper he had just speared knocked his regulator out of his mouth and his mask askew. Suddenly, he was in trouble.
CPR and life support aren't included in basic scuba training — is just learning to dive enough of a challenge for beginners?
Stake a claim on the last unknown frontier: It lies just beneath our feet.
Conservation agencies say no, so why do so many divers do it anyway?
Perhaps nothing ruins a dive trip more quickly than an urgent need to “feed the fish” from the railing. Thus, most divers try very diligently to avoid getting motion sickness – but how? What really works?
It’s the bane of all divers. We want to go down, but the inherent buoyancy in our wetsuits, our BCs, our lungs and our fat cells are all conspiring to keep that from happening. Here's how to determine how much weight you will need...
A diver ignoring a nagging pain in her shoulder and neck spends some time in the chamber. What lessons can you learn from this dive accident?
From sleeping sharks to the deepest dives these outrageous dive stories aren't just entertaining. These true stories are sure to leave you curious about the outrageous people behind them!
From buying new dive equipment to taking care of what you already own, these simple tips will help you get the most out of your money.
Got a great underwater image? Here's how to get it noticed by photo editors and make money from your hard work.
Check out this preview of the 16 new models we dived during the 2013 ScubaLab Regulator Test.
Scientific divers deploy a technological arsenal to explore a twilight zone of Ice Age reefs in Bermuda.
Aboard Palau Siren, the newest yacht to serve the Micronesian archipelago of more than 250 islands, you'll see hundreds of sharks, tuna, coral and other sea life on a first-class adventure.
When marine creatures converge for the sake of their species, the results can be a kaleidoscope of a dive.
Current is king at these 6 global hotspots — choose your flyby and let yourself be swept away.
No piece of dive gear needs to multi-task more than a Buoyancy Compensator. It has to secure tank, hoses and accessories. It must support weight pouches and cargo pockets and still maintain a streamlined profile. It has to enable you to safely control your ascents and descents, and afford relatively comfortable surface flotation. That’s a tall order. Clearly, no one BC can hit all the marks for all divers in all diving conditions. But if you can identify where you spend most of your wet-time, it’s not so hard to find a BC with your name on it.
Over Memorial Day weekend, the 217-foot Lulu will be scuttled in the Gulf of Mexico off Orange Beach
From sharks to sailfish, wrecks, divers and beyond, our readers have submitted some incredible images for our 2013 Scuba Diving Photo Contest. While they're not our winners just yet, here's a gallery of our favorite black and white images ... so far. (Captions provided by photographers.)
The East Coast of Florida is a playground of artificial reefs for diving, sunken ships that are hotspots for advanced divers.
Invasive Lionfish are a threat to much of what we love underwater in the Caribbean and Atlantic, but they're probably also here to stay. Learn about their habits, why they are such a problem, and even a few tasty ways to dispose of them.
From Bonaire to North Carolina and every dive site along the way, our readers have submitted some incredible images for our 2013 Scuba Diving Photo Contest. While they're not our winners just yet, here are 10 of our favorite shark images ... so far.
The ScubaLab 2013 testing season is in full swing. Our latest category: Buoyancy Compensators.
Check out these five new fins, regs, computers and more for your next technical dive.
Hammered by Norse gods of old, Iceland's mirror lakes conceal a spreading rift below, a molten gash that cuts to the very center of the Earth.
These human-assisted habitats act like defibrillation paddles, revving up struggling reefs and reviving declining fish populations from Florida to Indonesia and beyond.
Aboard Palau Siren, the newest yacht to serve the Micronesian archipelago of more than 250 islands, you'll see hundreds of sharks, tuna, coral and other sea life on a first-class adventure.
Up close with a Caribbean Octopus and his hungry entourage during a feeding.
Stuart Cove’s shark-feeding experience is the most famous dive in the Bahamas and with good reason. It’s controlled chaos — a frenzy of action that’s nearly impossible to keep up with. In this video, experience this iconic dive alongside Sport Diver editor David Espinosa.
IST’s Flexus jumpsuits are available in three thicknesses—3 mil, 5 mil, and 7 mil—to provide dependable thermal protection in both temperate and tropical waters. The 5 and 7 mil suits are triple glued and double blind-stitched, with the 7 mil offering zippers on the ankles to aid in getting in and out of the suit.
Ikelite has packed more than 35 years of strobe design into the new Manta substrobe. Featuring proprietary Pre-Flash Recognition Technology, Manta has the unique ability to automatically adjust to any pre-flash sequence — a feature that’s sure to attract first-time strobe users and impress the pros.
The Beta semi-dry snorkel from Cressi has a large-bore tube that allows lots of airflow while you’re enjoying the scenery just below the surface. The profiled splash guard deflects water away from the top of the tube when swimming in choppy seas; water that does manage to find its way in is easily expelled through the lower purge valve.
Atomic Aquatics’ new signature regulator, the high performance T- 3, features new ultra light component parts. The balanced piston first stage is precision machined from solid titanium billet, and its yoke is made using the least amount of material possible.
Ever since I first saw a photo of a longhorn blenny, the rare little Caribbean fish with cirri like a pair of telephone communication towers has been on my wish list of must-see animals.
SCUBAPRO'S Mark 17 balanced diaphragm first stage is designed for harsh environments and cold water. The pneumatically balanced G-2-60 second stage is made with metal components in the inlet tube, orifice, inhalation control knob and hose connector to optimize cold-water performance. It is quipped with both a VIVA switch and inhalation control knob, and the left-right hose attachment makes it easy to rig for tech diving.
The MP206 Chameleon mask from IST Sports is made from a liquid-injected, hypoallergenic silicone that is soft and supple, resulting in a skirt that offers comfort as well as a watertight fit. Its raked inverted-teardrop dual-lens design delivers a wide field of view. To enhance the underwater view, the mask is fitted with a new type of ultra clear lens that allows for increased light transmission.
Professional photographers will appreciate the even coverage and superior quality of light that can only be produced with a round flash tube and custom made power-coated reflector. The DS161 Lithium is the first underwater strobe with a built-in LED video light and Lithium Ion battery technology. When combined with a compatible TTL system, the strobe automatically adjusts brightness to provide perfect exposure when shooting macro, portrait or wide angle.
Cressi’s R1 jacket-style BC is comfortable and easy to use. It features padding in the back and lumbar areas as well as underneath the shoulders, and the air cell slides on the cummerbund, eliminating body squeeze. The rigid backpack delivers a stable ride, and the Lock Aid integrated weight system loads and ditches easily. Available in five sizes with buoyant lift up to 36 pounds
Offering a packing volume of 145 liters, Cressi’s Cargo combines a hard case with a roomy dive bag made of durable 420 denier material. The main compartment comes with compression straps, and there’s an additional compartment on top for stowing smaller items. It will handle all the gear necessary for an extended dive vacation plus is built tough to withstand the rigors of life on the road.
Voted the #1 Dive Resort in the World by Scuba Diving Magazine’s Readers Choice Awards 2013, Buddy Dive Resort Bonaire is the place for your next dive vacation! With friendly and professional Divemasters and Instructors, a fleet of five comfortable dive boats, fully equipped rental trucks and unlimited air or Nitrox -‐ Buddy Dive makes it easy to explore more than 86 award-‐winning dive sites reachable by shore or boat in Bonaire & Klein Bonaire.
SCUBAPRO’s Cabin Bag is made of smooth-finish Tarpaulin, a durable PVC material. The bag offers a large main compartment, plus a mesh pouch on the inside of the lid and a large zippered sleeve on the outside of the lid. There are padded lift handles on top and on one side, and the telescoping tow handle locks into position for both pushing and pulling.
The Dive Pros have been serving the greater Pensacola and Gulf Breeze communities since 1988 and are the #1 full-service recreational SCUBA and Snorkeling specialists on the Gulf Coast.
Our boats were designed and built specifically with divers in mind! You haven’t had a great boat dive until you’ve taken a charter on Fintastic or Narcosis!Both our boats are Coast Guard certified and have full accommodations for 20 divers and all of their gear, but we try to limit our charters to 16 divers on the 2 tank inshore and offshore trips and 12 divers for the longer 3 tank offshore trips, however if you’re a larger group and you want on the same boat, we can handle it.
Sign up for one of our Class and Charter combo specials.From now to September 30th pick one of 4 classes with a dive excursion to a local site in the beautifule waters of the Gulf of Mexico.• Open Water Diving certification plus a boat dive $329 per person.3-5 days of class and diving.
Package includes: • A manatee encounter• Four guided dives • Free Manatee Diver SpecialtyOnly $119 plus gear
We are pleased to announce new cruise availability this summer, to visit the incredible dive sites of Komodo National Park (recently voted one of the “new 7 wonders of nature”). At the Arenui we are proud to combine world-class diving in a 5 star setting. With 22 crew serving a maximum of 16 guests, we aim to make your cruise a truly relaxing and first-class experience!ABOUT THE TRIP
All West is surrounded by the tropical hills, and is ideal for catching spectacular sunsets and gazing at the fantastic star filled skies. All West has twelve fully equipped apartments with ocean views, and the beach below the apartments is great for swimming, snorkeling and shore diving.
This charming hideaway faces the Caribbean Sea, just across the main street with 98 comfortable rooms and eight deluxe cabanas. Surrounded by exotic gardens, the restaurant, bars and pool area invite you to relax and be enchanted by the unique Cozumel sunset.
The Majesty of Tobago Awaits You at this beautiful 4 Star Resort. Enjoy a Deluxe Oceanfront Room, including full buffet breakfast. With our 30% off Grand Sale, the Siingle or Double Occupancy rate is just USD $199.50 plus 21.5% tax, per room per night. Dive Excursions and Dive Courses are available at the on site 5 Star PADI Dive Center.The Grand Sale is available for stays between now and December 18, 2013. Reservations must be made by July 31, 2013.
Enjoy the luxury accommodations that Compass Point Dive Resort offers, all oceanfront condominiums each being beautifully appointed with stylish island décor and fully equipped with all the comforts of home. On land, relax on the beach or in a hammock, have a BBQ or enjoy the crystal blue Caribbean Sea from your own private balcony.
Come discover the beautiful diving in the Gulf of Mexico! We have wrecks, ledges and Ancient River beds covered with all kinds of soft coral, abundant fish life and the best boat crew around!! With over 1100 sites and daily trips out to the Gulf our experienced Captains will take you to the best spots! We only take 6 divers maximum – this is not a Cattle boat! We also offer Eco Tours, 3-tank dives and Fishing Charters. Regular charter cost is $95.00pp. Tank and gear rental is available for additional cost.
Mention Sport Diver and get Tanks for free!
We are the only place the North America where you can legally swim and interact with the manatees in the wild. Your tour leaves directly from the dock at the Plantation's very own Adventure Center. Your experienced guide will fill you on all the facts and fun of the manatees as well as the history and nature of Kings Bay and Crystal River.
Package includes 6 nights (for 4 people) in a 3 bedroom 2 bath villa (free upgrade included), 10 dives with TOPDIVE, free Nitrox, use of dive equipment, free continental breakfast and lunch daily, transfers between Legends and Moorea ferry terminal or airport. Book by 6/30/13 and receive a free 11th dive.
Book a vacation to the beautiful secluded Laguna Beach Resort and receive 50% off the second person! Special valid for all dive, snorkel & vacation packages. Travel Dates:Jul 27-Aug 3; Aug 24-Sep 28; Oct 5-12(Please note LBR is closed Oct 12-Nov 2)
Sign up from now to September 30 and receive a 10% discount for yourself and your whole group on one of our fun, educational, and family oriented Manatee Snorkel tours. Your tour may be booked for as far out as December 15, 2013. You'll also get 1 free DVD per group to share your experience with your family, friends, or dive club. This tour is a great off gassing stop for divers and is suitable for swimmers and snorkelers of all ages. Join us and see why nearly 100,000 people a year flock to our small community to see the Gentle Giants of Crystal River.
Bimini Big Game Club Resort & PADI DIve CenterRanked one of the top 100 dive resorts in the world in 2011, 2012 and 2013PADI DIve instrctorFree Resort dive pool course for all guest at the Bimini Big Game Club ResortPADI Dive Center has a 60 foot glass bottom dive boat with bathroomsFull line of equipment.
Check out this preview of the 16 new models we dived during the 2013 ScubaLab Regulator Test.
Scientific divers deploy a technological arsenal to explore a twilight zone of Ice Age reefs in Bermuda.
Aboard Palau Siren, the newest yacht to serve the Micronesian archipelago of more than 250 islands, you'll see hundreds of sharks, tuna, coral and other sea life on a first-class adventure.
When marine creatures converge for the sake of their species, the results can be a kaleidoscope of a dive.
Up close with a Caribbean Octopus and his hungry entourage during a feeding.
Looking for summertime scuba fun in the good old U.S. of A., where you can make new dive buddies, or dive for a cause? Read on (and then share your club or shop's events with us).
Divers are drawn to Cocos Island as if on a pilgrimmage, but this teeming biodiversity hotspot is threatened by illegal fishing. Learn what you can do to help.
Current is king at these 6 global hotspots — choose your flyby and let yourself be swept away.
We were at 15 feet when the blast went off; for a moment I thought my heart was going to stop.
No piece of dive gear needs to multi-task more than a Buoyancy Compensator. It has to secure tank, hoses and accessories. It must support weight pouches and cargo pockets and still maintain a streamlined profile. It has to enable you to safely control your ascents and descents, and afford relatively comfortable surface flotation. That’s a tall order. Clearly, no one BC can hit all the marks for all divers in all diving conditions. But if you can identify where you spend most of your wet-time, it’s not so hard to find a BC with your name on it.
Does safety trump your privacy rights? Or is lying on the forms ever justified?
Over Memorial Day weekend, the 217-foot Lulu will be scuttled in the Gulf of Mexico off Orange Beach
From sharks to sailfish, wrecks, divers and beyond, our readers have submitted some incredible images for our 2013 Scuba Diving Photo Contest. While they're not our winners just yet, here's a gallery of our favorite black and white images ... so far. (Captions provided by photographers.)
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