When becoming a dive professional, apart of diving, there is a lot of theory to study. No matter how experienced you are, there will always come the day that you learn something you did not know yet, or you forgot already. In diving we often use abbreviations &...
There is a moment in the life of every diver when the word “cave” appears. Some divers say they will never practice cave diving. Others feel very excited about the subject and want to try it. Some claim to have dived in caves already. Caves are like the Mount Everest...
Have you ever wondered what kind of diver you are? Are you the one that swims quietly or the one that moves quickly and energetically? Did you ever consider that one option might be better than the other? We explain our students that diving is like shopping. While...
When people think of sharks most of them have similiar images in their heads. Mostly it’s typical movie scenario, where a great white shark is ripping a surfers leg. No need to say that we divers face a totally different picture hearing the word “shark”. But why do...
On the 24th of April, a Turkish diver set a new world record for the longest open water dive in cold water. Cem Karabay broke a new Guinness World Record. He began his submarine attempt on April 23 and set a Guinness world record with 30 hours and 20 minutes early on...
When people hear someone shouting “Shark!”, most of them will hurry up like roadrunner and are not seen again. Others imagine images from some scary and bloody old movies. Not divers though. We divers don’t fear sharks. Divers are different! Probably we are some of...
Corals are some of the most spectacular creatures that inhabit our planet. They are, partly animal, partly stone, partly plant. Some are so small that they measure only two millimetres, but all together they form the coral reefs, structures that can become visible,...
What is the biggest step you can take to improve as a diver? Basically, the biggest change occurs the day you stop depending on your instructor or you buddy and you dare to walk by yourself. That moment when you decide to become a Self Sufficient diver. It is not so...
Everyone knows the puffer fish. Even non-divers. It is a very famous animal for being a very special dish in Japan. Puffer Fish presents some curious and very specific characteristics within the animal kingdom. There are about 120 species of puffer fish that live...
There is a kind of mythology around technical diving. One may think that technical divers are risk-takers. Or that they are divers with a diving level that is unattainable for the rest. Maybe you met some technical divers underwater and thought of them as the elite of...
