The underwater world teems with life so seeing the vibrant corals, brightly patterned fishes, and hazy blue-green ocean floor gives you an experience only about 5% of the world’s population has shared. If you’re interested in seeing it for yourself but are worried you...
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(Updated 2-6-2018) Every diver remembers that exhilarating time when he or she first tried scuba diving. A few will pound their chests and declare they never hesitated a minute. They just strapped that 50 lbs of gear on their backs and back-rolled into the...
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Picture this… The dive boat has just docked after a two tank dive. You are getting bumped from every direction as you and fifteen other divers gather up your gear and prepare to disembark. Your inside-out wet suit drips from the same support bar...
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Seasick. That was me, last Monday. Not fun. Taking advantage of the last day of Spring Break in Florida, my little family of four booked passage on a dive boat out of Palm Harbor. The plan was to do a two-tank dive with Tanked...
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Staying hydrated is important to the proper function of every cell, tissue and organ in a person’s body. Most of us have heard the 8×8 rule, the basic guideline of consuming eight 8oz-glasses of water per day. But life is busy, and hours can...
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Seeking a unique dive location you can enjoy year round? Look no further than The Hot Hole in Lake Keowee, SC. Just an hour-and-a-half drive from Athens and nestled in a cove on the shores of Duke Power’s Oconee Nuclear Generating Station, this location...
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The decision to become a certified scuba diver is made for different reasons whether someone is seeking adventure, pursuing a new career path, or just ready to check that item off their Bucket List! The range of emotions that accompany the commitment is as...
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Don’t ask me to tell you which was my favorite dive site in the British Virgin Islands; I couldn’t choose. But Jacques Cousteau reportedly touted The Chimney as his favorite dive site, anywhere. So over the Thanksgiving holiday we dropped down to see why the father of scuba loved diving...
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