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It is early afternoon in the warm, calm waters of Pennekamp Park. On the surface sits a bright yellow and red "doughnut" with a dive flag mounted high, chugging quietly […]

The nature of the professional side of the dive industry is in a constant state of flux. This applies to the equipment, the techniques of instruction, the expectations of the […]

I'm hanging suspended in 100 feet of gloriously blue, bathtub-warm water off the south coast of Dominica. Stretching toward the surface above and plummeting into the depths below is a […]

A NEW FACILITY A MULTI-PURPOSE INSTRUCTIONAL MENU Dave Inman's Divers Unlimited, a South Florida leader in PADI Instructor Development as well as in the sales of dive equipment and dive […]

Dominica (pronounced dom-en-ee-ka) exudes an all-embracing sense of serene, timeless beauty, a relaxing atmosphere worthy of the reigning Queen of the Natural Caribbean. From the moist, cool environment of the […]

Cruising to Unusual Dive Adventures in Saba & St. Kitts Saba offers one of the most remarkable and unusual U/W realms of the Caribbean. Combine this with the wrecks and […]

The island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is known for its music, both that created by man and that created by nature. Trinidad, best known for the joyful calypso music […]

Towering coconut palms spilling down steep hillsides; precipitous stone cliffs veiled with vines, tightly clinging succulents and hundreds of twilight resting sea birds; transparent turquoise and cobalt waters filled with […]

New Owners, Same Great Service in the BVI A school of Gray Snappers, numbering in the hundreds, streams along the hull of a contemporary shipwreck, nearly concealing it from view. […]

Orlando, Florida IDC Offers Small, Very Personalized Classes Tropical paradises, complete with lively coral reefs surrounded by dancing masses of fish, fine sand beaches lined with swaying palms, excited divers […]

There are strange things going on in that brilliant, impossibly blue water surrounding the unassuming islands of the Turks and Caicos. South of Salt Cay a pair of massive Humpback […]

What do you get when you blend an extensive retail dive facility (Dixie Divers), the warm, tropical surroundings of Key Largo (in the Florida Keys), a top notch PADI instructor […]

Castle Comfort: Adventure Bound on the Water Isle In any area newly opened to dive exploration there is simply no better way to take part in the experience than with […]

Irie! This simple word is one of the first things you will hear upon arrival in Jamaica. It is simultaneously a greeting, a question, a statement and a philosophy all […]

"Howdy pardner. Welcome to the rodeo. Yeeeee-hah! Head 'em up and move 'em out!" I'm sure you've seer rodeos before and you may have seen sharks in the past. You […]

It is the subtle beauty of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) that creates its attractiveness, a sense of tranquility wrapped in a blanket of gorgeous blue water. The appealing qualities […]

Dominica (pronounced dom-en-ee-ka), reigning queen of the natural Caribbean, is a place of timeless, elegant beauty. It is an island that begs to be approached with all senses open and […]

When it comes to diving the continental United States, there is one simple and obvious fact--Florida is all wet. This state, bordered on three sides by water, easily offers the […]

Experience the Special Moments in Life Xanadu is a state of mind, an attitude, a way of approaching life. It is relaxing in the company of friends, relaxing on a […]

Scuba Hideaway on Exotic St. Lucia Night had already fallen when I arrived on St. Lucia (pronounced Saint Loosha). While I could not see the lush hillsides, the winding, quickly […]

Waterfalls and rainbows; beams of light dancing in the moist air of the rain forest; hills folding into mountains and slowly disappearing layer by layer, first into the mists and […]

It was nearly 2:00 am when the call came in. "We've got two of them on the beach, two big ones. They've just started but you better hurry anyway." My […]

The dive industry offers an extremely desirable alternative to mainstream life. Beaches, palm trees, warm blue waters, lush marine life and a steady stream of divers looking for good times […]

The word is out and there is no denying it or turning back. Largely unknown to the outside world for centuries, Dominica (pronounced dom-en-ee-ka) has, over the past ten years, […]

The Nekton Pilot is easily the most distinctive live-aboard cruising the seas today. Her unusual design, however, is somewhat disconcerting on first sight. I mean after all, isn't a ship […]

The billowing white sails fill with the sea breeze and shine brightly in the sun, standing tall above the matching white hull as it slices cleanly through the rich, blue […]

Everything You Could Wish For Topside & UNEXSO Diving Thrills Underwater It's amazing how quickly and easily you can slip from one world into the next. All it takes is […]

If there is one single thing that signifies Riding Rock Inn and San Salvador diving, it is the Nassau Groupers. Found on virtually every dive site, they are the unofficial […]

The more things change, the more they stay the same--at least that's the way the old saying goes. As with most old sayings, this one reflects a primary truth of […]

The island nation of the Turks and Caicos is awash in an infinite palette of blues, rich shades of blue that go beyond the realm of language. It begins with […]

Imagine diving the walls of a submerged, dormant volcanic crater one day and hiking into the hills the next to see a lake boiling in the crater of another, somewhat […]

There are few sights in the Caribbean to compare with the vision of Jamaica. Whether viewed from the sea, the air or the interior of the island, Jamaica presents an […]

Since the very inception of international dive travel, The Bahamas has stood proudly as one of the most popular dive destinations in the world. This is, quite simply, the result […]

St. John, crown jewel of the U.S. Virgin Islands, rests quietly in the northeast corner of the Caribbean, an emerald gem surrounded by the inviting blue waters of this warm […]

In 1978 when Nestor and Frank Palmero founded their first retail dive store, Dixie Divers, in Ft. Pierce, Florida (45 minutes north of West Palm Beach), training dive instructors was […]

A Dutch Caribbean Resort With Diving At Your Doorstep Over the past 30 years, Bonaire has built a solid reputation based on its excellent delivery of services to the traveling […]

I'm sitting in the Green Parrot, Sand Dollar's waterfront restaurant, sipping a cup of rich coffee and watching the long, low rays of the early morning sun cast a rosy […]

For dedicated divers, there are few feelings that can compare with the sensation of cruising along the face of a vertical coral wall, especially one thickly draped with massive curtains […]

Great Adventures Above And Below The Sea The hot, tropical sun is shining brightly, reflecting off the blue sea as a light breeze rustles the leaves of the trees. At […]

Bermuda has always seemed somewhat of an enigma. The country is tropical in both nature and in temperament even though it is in the middle of the Atlantic, some 650 […]

When we first spotted the Manta Ray, it was hovering on the surface, facing into the stiff current. As I ascended, trying to close the gap before the current swept […]

A full and varied roster of shark encounters, wall dives along the Tongue of the Ocean, wrecks, miles of shallow coral gardens and a marine world rich both in reef […]

Cuan Law, translated into English from ancient Gaelic, means ocean mountain. In the contemporary language of the dive world, however, Cuan Law has come to be equated with a pinnacle […]

Its presence is easy to discern from the surface. It appears as a dark, cobalt blue shadow against the pure white of the shallow sand bottom. Here, only ten miles […]

Eco-tourism has easily become the hottest buzzword for aware, responsible travelers in this decade. The encroachment of civilization is having a rapid and ever increasing effect on virtually every corner […]

Friendly Service and an Impressive Dive Menu We are in position beside a beautiful sponge formation at a depth of 100 feet, setting up a photo, when I hear a […]

It simply doesn't get any better than this. It is one of those ideal Bahamian days, the water so calm its surface has become a lightly rippled, slowly undulating, Alice […]