Type: Post
A team of professionals work for months, sometimes years, preparing an astronaut to leave mother earth and enter into orbit. Of all the environmental changes the astronaut will experience, perhaps the most significant one is weightlessness. That’s where professional scuba divers like Chris Peterman come in – preparing astronauts for space missions through underwater training. […] Type: Post
A day in the life of PADI Divemaster in Bali Everyone dreams of going on exotic vacations to dive in the crystalline blue waters of tropical island paradises. But what if you could live there, too, and dive on an almost daily basis? It might sound too good to be true, but for James Boulton, […] Type: Post
Diving Rebreathers Guest Blogger:Vikki Batten I have been a recreational rebreather diver for three years now, but I have been a technical CCR diver since 1999! Like many of the “old guard” I started rebreather diving because I reached the limits of open circuit. The caves I wanted to explore were deep and long and […] Type: Post
Having freshly completed my recreational sidemount course and with a week of dive time still ahead of me, I decided why not take the next step and do my PADI Tec40 course. I’d already learnt and felt comfortable with gas management on my sidemount course and with these skills still fresh in my memory and being in […] Type: Post
Buying a Drysuit For divers who want to be able to dive in a wide variety of conditions and environments, a dry suit is an essential piece of equipment. Owning your own suit adds a level of comfort and convenience to your dive preparations, but you need to know and consider a few things before […] Type: Post
I don’t want to be a Tec Diver so what can Tec Diving do for me? Guest Blogger: Vikki Batten If you love to dive on reefs, take photos, enjoy diving in the sunlight bathed shallows or just want to enjoy easy relaxed diving you may think Tec Diving has nothing to offer you, but […]