There’s diving, and then there’s night diving. Night divers see and experience things daytime divers never can. Nervous about diving into dark waters? Read on and learn about what you’re missing by not being a PADI Night Diver. Nocturnal animal sightings Think you know your local dive site? See it in an entirely new way […]

Article written by David Espinosa Being finished with your PADI® Open Water Diver course means two things: more opportunities for learning, which leads to more opportunities for buying scuba equipment. If you’re gear heads like us, PADI offers a number of advanced courses and specialties that’ll have you exploring more and exercising your right to […]

Halloween is just around the corner, which means you’ve been binging on horror movies and scary stories all month. Everyone loves to think about how they could survive a horror movie. By now we’ve all learned to never split up or investigate abandoned buildings, but we think scuba diving can teach us an extra thing […]

Article written by Amanda Parr Like most divers, I naturally felt some apprehension when first learning how to dive. With all the cumbersome gear, awkward movements, and unfamiliar sensations, scuba diving can be a bit stressful in the beginning. Even experienced divers can face stress and anxiety at times, like when diving in a new […]

No matter where you’re from or where you’ve dived, the chances are you’ve heard of batfish – but did you know there’s actually several different species which share this spooky-sounding name? Batfish #1: Chaetodipterus faber Belonging to the Ephippidae family, this batfish is more commonly known as the Atlantic Spadefish. Abundant around shallow marine areas […]

Topside, the earth-friendly community adopts streets and parks, so it only made sense for divers to adopt the same principles to some of their favorite dive sites. These four dive shops have proven that cleaning up your little area of the ocean, can make a big difference whether you are creating an artificial reef or simply […]