You want to become SCUBA certified, now what? As a dive instructor, the thing that I most enjoy is seeing new divers come out of the water with a mile long smile, realizing what they have just accomplished. But the question is, What does it take to become an “Open Water SCUBA Diver?” First, you
You Want to Become SCUBA Certified… Now What? Read More »
Since I was unable to attend Curaçao this past summer, I had to rely on those who did to do recaps. Dan and Grady volunteered Christina Frampton to write about one of the shore dives at Sunscape Resort in Curaçao. Have you ever looked at something and your first impression is, “Oh my gosh, that’s
Shore dives at Sunscape Resort Read More »
Hi, I am Tiffiny Bond and my husband is Trevor. We are the parents of 3 wonderful boys, Austin, Gage, and Sterling. It has always been a dream of mine to SCUBA dive. In high school, (um back in the late 80’s), I wanted to become a marine biologist. The thing is I couldn’t bring
Fulfilling the Dream Read More »
July 2003 I got my first introduction Into the world of SCUBA diving. Mask on, check. Breathy thingy, Check. Depth, 15 foot, I really don’t know, I didn’t check the gauges. Wasn’t really even sure you needed to check gauges. Water temperature warm. But at 15 feet in a lake my first time experiencing diving,
Have you ever thought, it would be nice to dive alone? Long-standing “rules” in the diving industry have typically been you always have to dive with a buddy. I am not here to say that is a bad practice because the term Safety in numbers comes to mind. However, SDI developed the Solo diving course
You may have heard me talk about diving in Cozumel a lot, that’s because Grady and I have been to Cozumel around fifty times. Yes, that’s a 5 and a 0. It is still one of my favorite dive destinations. When people ask me where they should go for their first destination dive trip, Cozumel
I became a certified diver in 1993 to be a dive buddy for my son. Initially, I was certified through PADI. In 1998 I went through and got my Dive Master certification. Then In 2004, I started diving with Extreme Sports Scuba and Deb and Grady. My first trip with them was to Mermet Springs.
When Your Doctor Says No More SCUBA Diving Read More »
When you go on vacation, is getting as many SCUBA dives as possible important to you? Do you want to spend much time diving as possible? Would you like short travel times to the dive sites? Would you like to dive on less visited dive sites? Then a liveaboard dive trip might be for you.
I am now an open-water certified SCUBA diver, how often should I dive? The answer: the more the merrier. Diving is like a lot of other sports – The more you practice, the better you become at diving. The better you become at diving, the more your comfort level increases. The more comfortable you become, the
How Often Should I Dive? Read More »
Bon dia, pasa un bon dia Good Morning, have a good day. This is the way we started our days in Curaçao…..the Papiamento greeting for the ABC islands. Papiamento??? Papiamento is a combination of 5 languages: Spanish, Portuguese, African, Dutch and Arawak Indian and has evolved much over the years into its own language, spoken