By: Dillon Waters So you are thinking of signing up for your first scuba diving course, or even better, you’ve already made the commitment to start...
By: Aaron Lazar You’re out on a dive boat for what you hope is going to be a fun filled day of exploring beneath the surface....
By: Eric Brooks It is important for swift water rescue teams to practice scenarios that they will likely encounter when responding to a mission. It is...
Not too long ago, TDI published a blog post called “Choosing your Technical Instructor”. The main argument made was, that when choosing any kind of instructor,...
By: Cris Merz Apex Predators – that is what they are. Often the baddies in movies, whether it is terrorizing a peaceful beach, swinging about in...
By: James Webber So far, it’s a slow Sunday… The sun is blasting away, the palm trees are swaying in the wind and I can smell...
By: Lauren Kieren When I was asked to write an article on “the do’s and don’ts with aquatic creatures,” I thought to myself… Sure, that’s easy....
By: John Bentley Ask technical instructors what skill you need to go from recreational diving to technical diving and the common answer is “hover.” It doesn’t...
By: Thomas Powell In the modern dive community, every type of diving has inherent risks. The reality is that every little niche within scuba diving will always...
By: John Bentley & Brian Shreve The interwebs are a great place to pick up some great, and some not so great, information. Internet cave divers seem to enjoy...
By: Marco Valera The majority of recreational scuba divers are not ready to be exposed to an overhead environment, such as the cavern portion of a flooded...
By: Jon Kieren As an Instructor Trainer, I am often asked about the process and timeline to become an SDI Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor. The...