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Do you want to learn how to best support a dive buddy who has a physical or mental challenge? The PADI® Adaptive Support Diver course will increase your awareness of divers’ varying abilities, and explores adaptive techniques to apply while diving or freediving with a buddy with a disability. Click to display the embedded YouTube […] Type: Post
December can be tricky. It’s cold up north, but, in many places, not cold enough yet for ice diving. Don’t let winter season stop you from going for a dive in the USA. In a few locales, from Florida to Utah, the water hasn’t cooled off and nor should your enthusiasm for suiting up. Here […] Type: Post
You don’t need to be a professional or a tech diver to make dive planning part of your routine. Beyond what could sound boring to you, dive planning is an art that will, of course, bring you more safety, but also satisfaction and enjoyment. Honestly, even though I always heard from my PADI Open Water […] Type: Post
Written by guest blogger, Rianne Poesse from dutchmermaid As a diver I’ve always been keen to keep developing myself. After my PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification I did several specialty courses, followed by Rescue Diver and then…. Divemaster. It was during my Divemaster internship, in Costa-Rica last year, that I started to gain an […] Type: Post
Written by Lee Piper, PADI IDC Staff Instructor For many divers the opportunity to dive in Belize and swim among Bull and reef sharks at 40m in the famous ‘Great Blue Hole’ is a distant dream. However, not for newly qualified PADI Advanced Open Water and Deep specialty Divers Guy Grindle, Sam Legget and Jason […] Type: Post
Disclaimer: The opinions of the author are her own and in no way reflect the opinions of PADI® or the dive shop affiliated with her. Of the many things I’ve learned in my Divemaster training (how not to map a dive site, and how to perform an equipment exchange while buddy breathing), a surprising number […] 