Descending into the inky darkness of the night to experience the nocturnal underwater world can certainly be a surreal experience. Many new divers find the thought of diving at night rather scary. However, for the well informed, diving at night can be one of the most relaxing, sensory dive experiences. Witnessing the creatures of the night and the different behaviours [...]

For those that know me, they will know how much I love a drink! Indeed, divers in general are a fun-loving bunch and we love nothing more than to re-live our diving stories over a beer …or 6! Diving as a sport can, in essence, can be as dangerous or as safe as you make it. With diving comes risk. [...]

I would never go round to a friend’s house for dinner and state “you’re a really great cook, you must have a really good oven!” All too often however, I hear people state when we are diving, “wow, you guys have a really good camera, you must take some great shots!” The simple truth is that taking photos underwater is [...]

For those of you that have read my previous article on proper weighting for SCUBA diving and buoyancy control, you will know how passionate I am about this topic! So very often, divers are overweighted. Being overweighted makes achieving and maintaining proper buoyancy extremely difficult. Not only that, overweighting can have other negative impacts such as reduced dive time as [...]

There are two types of SCUBA diver on this planet – those that have experienced a panic type scenario whilst participating in their sport, and those that have not YET. The panicked diver So what is panic? Well, quite simply, according to the dictionary definition, it is “a sudden and overwhelming fear that can occur with or without cause and [...]

Do you want to grab more bottom time? Squeeze more dives into your day? Feel less fatigued? Then read on. What is Nitrox, EANx and Enriched Air? So what is Nitrox? In simple terms, it is a mixture of gas that contains nitrogen and oxygen. In fact, the very air that you are breathing right now is Nitrox, it contains [...]

A good friend of mine has the ability to consume copious amounts of alcohol and never really appears to be overly intoxicated. I know other people who start slurring their words at the mere sniff of a glass of wine. Similarly, my husband proudly boasts that he has never been “narked” (impacted by nitrogen narcosis). I, on the other hand, [...]

What is a Surface Marker Buoy? In my view, a Surface Marker Buoy is a must have piece of dive safety equipment, which, in many cases, is required by local law. So exactly what is a Surface Marker Buoy (“SMB”), when should you use one and how do you use it? SMBs come in many different shapes and sizes. Quite [...]