What You Need to Know About the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course
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Explore the depths in a new way with a PADI Wreck Diver certification. See how nature reclaims what humans forgot at the bottom of the ocean. Search Results for: equipment
Explore the depths in a new way with a PADI Wreck Diver certification. See how nature reclaims what humans forgot at the bottom of the ocean. Become an Enriched Air Diver
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Enriched air nitrox has many benefits for scuba divers including longer dives. Learn more about the PADI Enriched Air Diver specialty course. Mine Diving in Sweden
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Mine Diving in Sweden By Guest Blogger Chris Haslam Photos by Patrik Pdyk Juhlin and Chris Haslam Nearly one year ago I set off for another diving adventure around the globe leaving behind my home turf of Cairns, Australia. It is a slow journey taking me to the many spectacular diving locations this planet […] New Underwater Simulation Game – Infinite Scuba – Launches Today
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Get ready to explore the underwater world with a new Windows PC and MacOS simulation game geared towards all water enthusiasts. The PADI organization, along with DEMA (The Diving Equipment and Marketing Association, Mission Blue (the Sylvia Earle Alliance) and 20 scuba equipment manufacturers, including SCUBAPRO, Body Glove, Oceanic and BARE, have partnered with Cascade Game […]
A brief look at the evolution of SCUBA
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Scuba diving has evolved through many stages with many experimental scuba diving apparatuses. SCUBA is an acronym for “Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus”. Early attempts at diving gear consisted of an air pump and diving barrel which allowed air to be pumped to the diver. In 1825 the English Inventor, William James, designed a self-contained breather […] PADI Recreational Sidemount diving
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PADI Recreational Sidemount diving With sidemount diving gaining in popularity and gaining more mainstream exposure, I decided it was time to check it out myself. Having the opportunity to attend a PADI Tec Explorer event at Team Blue Immersion, Dahab, Egypt. I jumped at the chance to take the recreational PADI Sidemount Diver course (PADI offers two […]