Diving in Currents
Currents can by physically demanding for divers, and they can accelerate air usage. But, diving in currents can be a lot of fun! Read more about how to successfully dive in currents.
Alert Diver Category: Advanced Diving
Ice Diving
Ice diving is both politically and scientifically interesting and has received international research funding in the fields of medicine, physiology, fisheries and ecology. Read more about ice fishing.
Estimating Your Air Consumption
Do you have enough breathing gas to complete the next dive? Here’s how to find out.
Hazards in Wreck Diving
Shipwrecks lure divers as much as they attract the sea life surrounding them. The spectacle of life on a wreck, an ecosystem unto itself, is often the main attraction for divers. Nearly every ocean, sea and lake holds a world of shipwreck exploration for advanced open-water divers. Each lost ship, submarine, airplane and even the odd locomotive is a time capsule waiting for an underwater explorer to visit and photograph. Never venture inside a shipwreck until you have advanced wreck-dive training from a certified, qualified dive training professional.
Shore Thing
Aside from allowing me to avoid that sunrise alarm, shore diving offers other freedoms as well: the last-minute choice of a dive site, the ability to do a two-hour dive without worrying a boat crew and the liberty to add a dive to my day if conditions allow. As an added benefit, beach diving can be quite economical compared with boat diving. And some of the most incredible sites in the world are most easily dived from the beach
Low-Visibility Diving
WEATHER, SILTY SEDIMENT, time of day, or water movement are just a few natural factors among the range of possible causes that can influence the visibility at your dive site. […]
Rebreather Myths
CLOSED-CIRCUIT REBREATHERS (CCRs) have significantly grown in popularity over the past few years. They are becoming more of a norm in the technical diving community, and recreational and …
Freediving: Seeking and Finding Our Limits
WHEN YOU GROW UP IN THE FLORIDA KEYS, the Atlantic Ocean is your backyard and the Gulf of Mexico is the front — or as the locals say, the ocean […]
Expanding My Dive Portfolio
MY FACE IS STARTING TO FEEL NUMB, but at least my body and toes are still warm. The way the sunlight dances through the towering kelp is enchanting, and I’m […]
Assessing and Assisting Florida’s Coral Reef After Hurricane Irma
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, science divers from multiple state, federal and independent organizations evaluated the health of the 360-mile-long Florida Reef Tract. Learn more about their discoveries and this effort.