What Didn’t Happen When I Started Diving

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what didn't happen when I started to dive It’s been a while since I first started diving, but I still remember my Open Water Diver course as if it was yesterday. From the feeling of being weightless in the water for the first time, to how surprisingly easy it was to take my first breath underwater. I didn’t expect it to be easy. […]

UK Diving: What it’s Like in Cornwall and Wales Right Now

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Porthkerris Beach, located on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, UK Since March 2020 and the start of Covid-19, the UK diving community has seen three national lockdowns and ever-changing guidance on social gatherings, sport, and travel. We swapped scuba masks for face masks and sun cream for sanitiser. And, as we adapted to our new normal, we fed our scuba addiction through virtual adventures and […]

Ways to Tackle Obstacles on Your Diving Journey

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tackling obstacles in diving The moment you first opened your eyes on the other side of the water’s surface was the start of an adventure.  How is your journey as a scuba diver going so far? Has it all been smooth sailing, or have you been travelling through some rough seas yet? Have you needed to tackle a few obstacles […]

Saving The Ocean with Underwater Photography

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Are you an Underwater Photographer? Whether you’re a professional photographer, part-time GoPro user or recently earned your PADI Digital Underwater Photography Specialty, you have a role to play in conserving our ocean’s most iconic species. The first step in effectively conserving marine wildlife is establishing a clear understanding of the state of each species. That […]

Returning to the Water After a Break

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returning to the water scuba diving When you are a scuba diver returning to the water after a break: You’ve not been diving in what feels like decades and you’ve just realised that you’ve put the BCD onto the cylinder backwards!  You quickly turn it around and hope no one saw. Now, which way the regulators and gauges go again? This […]

Bioluminescence and Fluorescence: What Is It and How Can You See It?

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night diving For divers and photographers some of the best dives are the ones with the most colors. Whether its colors from the corals or from the fish and other marine life, color definitely makes for an awesome dive. If you like color when you’re underwater then you absolutely need to try fluoro diving. Never heard of […]