Palau Dreaming
Nearly 3 years ago I randomly showed up on Keawakapu beach for an “Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest” and first met the Maui Dreams gang. I never could have imagined that…
PADI Search & Recovery Instructor Course
Have you ever lost something on a scuba dive? Maybe an underwater camera, dive light, dive flag, or some other valuable item? Did you look for it? How did you…
Where Could Becoming a PADI Dive Pro Take YOU?
Why would a PADI Course Director spend the money, and her vacation, to return to another PADI Course Director Training Course (CDTC) after she reached the pinnacle of her dive…
Dive Log: Palau 2012
We had always wanted to go on one of Maui Dreams' famous dive trips. This May, the stars finally aligned, and we were able to join the group on their…
PADI folks and fellow attendees.
Trade Shows, Forums, and Squirrels, Oh My!!!
As you probably are aware, for a Scuba Instructor there are many aspects to being part of the dive industry. Along with my Dive Shop Manager and PADI Course Director…
Have You Ever Lied About Your Air?
Come on, have you? Well, if not, you might be surprised by the number of divers that have. As divers, we can sometimes be very focused on the numbers of…
Kasper's 50th B-day
Kasper’s Philippines Review
We asked Kasper to share his impressions with everyone afterour recent group dive trip to the Philippines and he had a lot to say! Read on:
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Sharks Are Not The Enemy!
Scuba instructors, no matter where they might dive, usually hear a certain question just before entering the water. The funny thing is, the same question can mean two different things, depending on how it’s asked—here are both versions:
“Are we going to see sharks on this dive?” (Excited, maybe wants to get a good picture…)
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Divecation: Fiji
There are many reasons why people dive, but I think it generally boils down to a simple fact. You dive because you enjoy it. The feeling you get in the alien sounding underwater world is frankly unlike anything else. I would say it is usually that feeling that urges, if not compels new and experienced divers alike to take another trip under the waves. For my experience, I have to add one more criteria to my enjoyment of diving; that is the pleasure of diving with my wife. When we dive together, everything seems to fit. Of course we have grown into the symbiosis that is our diving these days. It is lucky we had a great place to get started.
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The Road to Divemaster
The viz has just improved from a little over zero to perhaps five feet, just enough that I can see that my Divemaster instructor Zac Lenox has lost a fin. This is the last dive of my training and I am guiding Zac and another Divemaster student Matt back to shore at Olowalu after completing a Scuba Review skills section. Only another one hundred yards to go, but in the wind and break the bottom is stirred up and I am doing my best to keep an eye on my charges while navigating with my compass to our dive flag set just off shore.
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Surprise Lessons in the Rescue Course
Whew!!! I just finished my Rescue class and boy am I tired. Saving people requires a lot more energy than I thought. I consider myself to be in pretty good physical condition but after today I know I need to workout even more.
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She was afraid to go out in the water
I have said many times “I saw Jaws at a very influential age”. Growing up, I had a fascination with critters in the water but I had no interest in joining them. It started with tadpoles. We had a ditch that ran along the front of our house, and it was there that I first discovered them wiggling around. I would go out looking for them every season, patiently watching through the algae for them to emerge. My mom took me salmon fishing, I caught my first big catch at the age of 9. I was fine as long as I was on the boat. As a teen, I would go to the river during the summer. I was usually afraid to go in to the water once I saw that the “rocks” at the bottom were moving. We would also go to the Oregon Coast and I was told “watch out for the jelly fish, they can sting you”. I played in the ocean only once or twice always fearing what might be touching me.
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