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Mentors: Another Piece of the Puzzle

Posted February 25, 2018 rick5440Posted in Diver Education, Hints and Tips

My last article discussed the importance of selecting the appropriate instructor to help you meet your diving goals. As important as your instructor is to your diving education, there is another, often overlooked, person: a mentor. Your mentor is usually […]

scuba divers decompression stop

Finding the Right Instructor

Posted February 19, 2018 rick5440Posted in Diver Education

The worst of winter is behind us and divers are thinking about getting back into the water soon. Now is also the time to plan any coursework you would like to do this summer. One crucial part of insuring a […]

Ounce of prevention worth pound of cure

It’s That Time of Year

Posted January 5, 2018February 5, 2018 rick5440Posted in equipment maintenance, Uncategorized

Happy New Year! It’s the time of year that you’ll be reminded it’s time to have your dive equipment serviced. You’ll probably receive e-mails, flyers, maybe phone calls, reminding you that “It’s that time of year, bring your regulators and […]

Label on helium tank for helitrox

Helitrox: What’s in a Name?

Posted October 10, 2017February 5, 2018 rick5440Posted in Tech Diving Courses

Scuba has more than its share of acronyms, banter, and confusing jargon, but Helitrox may take the cake. So what is it and why do you need it? I call helitrox “Trimix Lite.” Like trimix, helitrox is a mix of […]

Whitefish Point Lighthouse

Whitefish Point

Posted July 25, 2017February 5, 2018 rick5440Posted in Trip Report, Wreck Diving

I spent last week diving the wrecks off Whitefish Point in Lake Superior and “superior” is a good way to describe them. Location Whitefish Point is located in the northeast part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It juts out into […]

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First Wreck Diving Trip of the Season!

Posted June 26, 2017February 5, 2018 rick5440Posted in Trip Report, Wreck Diving

I’ve just returned from my first wreck diving trip of the Great Lakes season. It was a fantastic trip spanning five days, six wrecks and two different locations on Lake Huron. Harbor Beach, Michigan We began the trip with a weekend […]

Lift Bag and SMB

Lift Bag or Dedicated Surface Marker Buoy?

Posted May 30, 2017February 5, 2018 rick5440Posted in scuba equipment

A surface marker and line is an essential part of a tech diver’s kit. Most people use either a lift bag or an SMB (surface marker buoy) as the marker. A reel or finger spool are two options for carrying […]

New dive gear practice

Working with New Dive Gear

Posted May 23, 2017February 5, 2018 rick5440Posted in Hints and Tips, scuba equipment

There’s an adage in technical diving, “Never use a new piece of dive gear on a complex dive.” You should always practice with new equipment on a simple dive, preferably in a controlled environment like a pool or quarry. This […]

broken scuba valve

Maintaining Dive Gear

Posted February 7, 2017February 5, 2018 rick5440Posted in equipment maintenance, Hints and Tips, scuba equipment

It’s winter time, the off-season for most scuba divers around the Great Lakes. Many divers take advantage of this time to have their dive gear serviced. Pretty much everybody knows it’s good practice to take your regulators and cylinders to […]

very confused man

“What do you see down there?”

Posted January 30, 2017February 5, 2018 rick5440Posted in Wreck Diving

The image I chose for this article is the reaction I often get when I tell people I actually scuba dive in the Great Lakes.  It usually starts with idle small talk.  At some point, I mention I’m a scuba diver. […]

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