Forum: New to Diving & Snorkeling

I recently introduced my nephew to Scuba and during the first Scuba pool session we did some mask clearing (we worked on it via snorkeling the day...

After seeing all my video and pics from diving in Okinawa, my brother has deceided he would like to give diving a try and is looking for a place to...

Finally hit the pit for the OW checkout dives. I managed to survive the first 3 dives even though I wasn't able to equalize easily and reliably. ...

do you know any good online dive logs?

If there were 3 things that you would pass onto a new guy what would those be? Here's my top 3: 1. Take it slow. When you change your...

Another dry weekend, another diving article. The article: how to do a controlled ascent. This one was born from a conversation with a newer...

A major star (really, a HUGE star) on this forum indicated to me that I'd be doing a lot of frog kicking in a dry suit. I'm not questioning their...

Thought I'd bounce this off the crowd here and see what flies back. I'm just getting back into this after a decades long layoff. When last I...

Hey everybody! After adventuring through the forums a bit, I decided to register, introduce myself and post a question I had about diving. I have...

Since I was dry this weekend, thought that I'd write up a couple articles on horizontal trim. Horizontal Trim 101 - Levers Horizontal Trim 101 -...

To my awesome girlfriend (Jamie) On the completion of her UTC Recreational 1 class yesterday! Yesterday was the first time I got to dive with...

Scuba Diving If you are going to try scuba diving with an instructor or on a holiday with scuba diving guides, you will have to rent or buy the...

As someone who teaches scuba diving, one of my pet peeves has always been the tendency of some instructors to tell students what they should do while...

Hello all, Recently I managed to convince my GF to learn to dive with me, however, I have some questions which I'd love to get your advice on... ...

It's been a while since I've written an article ... and so I'm posting one I've recently completed here. This one was "inspired" by a recent local...

They were doing their check out dives. We were on dive three and we would be doing, among other things, their out of air exercise. Visibility was...

Thing I wish someone had told me to do before I got certified. Most are obvious, but still I did not think of them. Some serious, some not. 1....

As a Divecon, I heard it said by no less than four instructors decent buoyancy control takes between 30 and 60 dives for a diver to get a good handle...

Two questions... If I snorkle on the surface swim out, am I needlessly Co2 loading? Will it make any difference? On a recent dive my buddy...

Nerves and visability... The connection to a new diver astounded me, well it was me! I just finished up me cert dives the other day and both my first...

Sorry! I'm not talking about adding another tank to your doubles rig. I am wondering about your various opinions regarding diving in groups of...

Hi all I've been certified for about a year and am still working on putting my kit together. Because of experiences on my first dive trip last...

Here in Monterey we have a dive site called "The Metridium Fields" that is just on the other side of the beach where we have our local OW training...