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We fin towards a shallow sand ridge, fighting against an unusually stiff current that’s sweeping through one of the lagoons surrounding Viti Levu, Fiji’s main island. Leroy Aitcheson, my dive instructor, snags a piece of bamboo that’s passing with the current and jams it into the sand, indicating I should use it to help keep […] Type: Post
Descending into the depths on a scuba dive, we can hear only bubbles. We may also notice that the silence moves from the water and hushes the noise in our heads. Mind chatter reduces, and we can focus on the present, paying attention to our diving and the environment around us. Divers report that we feel happier and […] Type: Post
In April, the Cody Unser First Step Foundation (CUFSF) and a team of medical professionals from Kennedy Krieger Institute, a facility that works with youth dealing with disabilities and disorders, set their “out of office” notices and headed for Key Largo. The goal: To learn to dive in order to become adaptive buddies for […] Type: Post
There are so many ways to describe Karen Koens; Business owner, mother of three (and teacher to three) as well as PADI Instructor are just a few of them. In 2004, Karen and her family purchased Subsurface Fiji – they weren’t yet certified divers and knew little about running a dive shop but they dived […] Type: Post
We’re often told stories about how scuba diving has changed lives – from discovering a new hobby and set of friends to overcoming PTSD and finding peace from anxiety. These stories show to us what we already know; diving holds a special power over us, it’s healing and inspiring. There are many ways in which […] Type: Post
We caught up with Olga Beltsova, who started scuba diving at the age of twelve, about how diving has helped to to gain confidence in and out of the water. How did you get into scuba diving? Everything started in 2013 I was 12 years old, my dad and I went on a summer holiday […] 