
You may have heard about the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the news lately after President Obama passed legislation to expand the area. Papahānaumokuākea is a US National Monument that spans 583,000 square miles near Hawaii. Here are four facts about this diverse and important piece of nature, including how to pronounce it: 1. Its reign as […]

Rich Morin knows a lot about dry suits. Not only does he perform search-and-recovery operations under the ice for local police teams, he also teaches loads of Ice Diver certification courses through his PADI Five Star Dive Center, Rich Morin’s Pro Scuba Center in New York. According to Morin, dry suits are a necessity for […]

Last Sunday morning, a group of UK divers met at Capernwray with Bolton Area Divers. It was a crisp, autumn morning and a pre-dive buzz was in the air. But, little did they know a zombie apocalypse had reached the UK, and hoards of the walking dead were on the approach to this otherwise-peaceful dive […]
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 […]