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Diving accidents and the value of training
Diving is a very safe activity. Compared to other outdoor activities very few people get injured and certainly fatalities are very rare. Still accidents happen and they can happen more easily if some basic safe diving guidelines are not followed. Are you a safe diver?...
Teaching the PADI Rescue Diver course
Lately I got a few comments about the PADI Rescue Diver course, saying the course was not realistic. My reply: "You are the instructor. You can make it as realistic as you like". PADI Rescue Diver course I think the Rescue Diver course is a very complete...
Teaching buoyancy control
Teaching new divers good buoyancy control and proper finning style takes a lot of effort from the diving instructor. Here are a few tips from course director Marcel Jansen.
10 reasons to become a dive instructor
10 reasons to become a dive instructor that you may not have thought of before
10 Reasons to do your PADI IDC in Phuket
There are many reasons why Phuket is an awesome place to do your PADI IDC and start your Instructor career! Here are 10 to start with! King Cruiser and other awesome dive sites There are some great dive sites close to Phuket. You can make daytrips to the Koh...
Diving with sharks in Thailand
Great news! According to a recent survey from Shark Guardian and eOcean, sharks can be seen on almost 60% of all divesites in Thailand. Most encountered sharks are Blacktip reefsharks, Leopard (or Zebra) sharks, whitetip reefsharks and Bamboo sharks. But also Nurse...
Becoming scuba instructor. SSI or PADI?
I am a PADI Course Director. Whenever I speak to a manager from an SSI dive center they start explaining why they think SSI is much better than PADI. My standard reply is “ I really don’t care !! SSI or PADI, divers are divers!! “ But for future diving instructors,...
Vote for the SHOOTOUT!
Forget about football! This international SHOOTOUT is far more exciting for divers! From 15 to 23 June 2018, two teams will compete in a live underwater photographic challenge sponsored by wetpixel.com. One team will be in the critter-rich tropical waters of...
PADI Distinctive Specialty Courses
The next time you’re checking in for a dive, when other divers pull out their Advanced Open Water card or Deep Diver card, how’d you like to flash an Underwater Model certification card? If you’re looking for a unique scuba diving adventure, ask your PADI Instructor...
Eat lots of chocolate! Don’t pee in your wetsuit!
A recent article in X-Ray Magazine had a look at different ways to prepare for a dive and how they affect decompression sickness. In other sports it is good practice to ‘warm up’ before the game. It reduces the risk of injuries. Divers don’t do any stretching...
Sharkwater – Part II
Another legendary shark documentary by Rob Stewart is coming soon! Sharkwater: Extinction, scheduled to release in October 2018, is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning,...
Best waterproof compact cameras for scuba diving
OK, I’m not a techie and I’m not a professional photographer. Sometimes I like taking a few pictures on my dives but I don’t want to carry a bulky camera with underwater housing with me all the time. I see more and more divers using these compact cameras without...
What’s up with the full face snorkeling masks?
Recently there has been a lot of discussion about the safety of full face snorkeling masks. Following a series of tragically fatal accidents in Maui many stories of ‘unsafe equipment’ came about. What is really the issue here? A new trend About three years ago Tribord...
Free scuba diving magazines
I love reading magazines about scuba diving. Sure, there’s plenty of info, blogs and websites about diving but for me it’s far more relaxing to flick through a magazine then to ‘browse the web’. When I’m traveling I read magazines on my tablet and because I don’t...