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Our licensed team of PADI, SSI, and Molchanovs instructors get their hands wet to write scuba diving, liveaboard, and snorkeling product reviews.
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Scuba Diving Product Reviews
I purchased the chance to try out the SEAC Unica full-face snorkel mask and …
With tons of full face snorkel masks on the market, it can be tough …
When diving at night scuba divers should always be carrying certain items besides their …
https://youtu.be/u5Y1zJX_548 There are only a handful of reputable tank manufacturers out there. The specifications, …
When you go diving you need to know how much air you have left …
Dive bags are certainly not the first purchase a diver should make, but as …
Diving gloves can be a controversial piece of scuba diving gear. When divers wear …
There are a lot of different types of freediving fins out there and some …
Trash and single-use plastics are an issue in and out of the ocean. While …
Liveaboard Location Reviews
Palau is at the top of everyone’s bucket list of dive sites and countries …
Fiji is a once and a lifetime trip off the beaten path. Though it …
The Solomon Islands are diverse and uncrowded. The Solomon Islands offer a lot of …
This is a great cruise ship for those that live in the states and …
The Cayman Islands are really easy to get to and just a quick flight …
It’s true. Belize has some of the best shore diving in the world. But …
Today, we will review and share my experience with the Blackbeard Liveaboard Duo – …
With some of the best scuba diving in the world, Galapagos liveaboards are in a league …
Whether you’re relatively new to diving or a seasoned scuba junkie, a Komodo diving …
Scuba Dive Site Review
Sea lions and seals are both amazing creatures that if you get a chance …
Blue Heron bridge is a shore dive that every Floridian or tourist should try …
There are a lot of reasons why everyone wants to dive and visit Thailand …
Miami is one of South Florida’s best dive locations and a little bit of …
Scuba diving in Socorro is a parade of the world’s most exciting marine megafauna. …
With over 70% of the world being covered in water, there’s plenty of places …
Despite its vast size, the continental United States is not particularly well known for …
If you are thinking about scuba diving in Bali, then you have probably already …
The Florida Keys, despite constant harassment from reef-wrecking hurricanes, offers some of the best …
Diving Skills and Tips
A large portion of divers rent their tanks from dive shops and charters, so …
As a Divemaster working in the South Florida Scuba Diving industry, one of the …
Scuba diving is an incredible experience that in my opinion, every single person should …
Whether you’re surfing, diving, or swimming, wearing a wetsuit is essential to keeping your …
One question that many scuba divers ask is whether it is safe to scuba …
Cold water diving may not be everyone’s cup of tea but it is something …
Sea lions and seals are both amazing creatures that if you get a chance …
The definition of deep diving will change on the person that you ask and …
Putting it simply tech diving is a more advanced type of diving that normally …
Scuba Diving Calculators
Sometimes scuba diving requires some complicated calculations to be done.
Rather than get a headache trying to them all in your head, we’ve made some for you!
So the question is how much weight do you need for scuba diving? While the answer is different for every diver, the goal is to have just enough weight to dive safely and efficiently but not an ounce more.
We’ve created this calculator to help you figure out the right amount of weight you need for diving. (and you can read more about weight and buoyancy here).
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Your surface air consumption is a figure that can be really helpful for your development as a diver. One of the best ways to improve your scuba diving is to look at your SAC rate – or Surface Air Consumption Rate.
We’ve created this calculator to make your SAC calculations super easy. (and you can read more bout SAC here).
Both PSI and bar are measurements of pressure, which is defined as “the amount of force applied per unit of area”. 1 ATM is roughly equivalent to 1 Bar: 1.013 bar = 1 ATM. As a result, it is much easier to measure atmospheric pressure in Bars than PSI, which is around 14.7 PSI to 1 ATM.
Don’t worry, you don’t have to do it all in your head. We’ve created this Bar to PSI converter for you to make things easy (and you can read more bout Bar and PSI here).
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