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Streamlined Dive Gear: A Huge Diving Performance Boost

The benefits of streamlined dive gear and how to achieve it with your own scuba diving equipment. Small kit changes can have big effects.

How to Nail Perfect Weighting for Your Dive: An Ultimate Guide

How to perfect your scuba weighting. Get this right & your buoyancy control will be much easier. Advice not taught in Open Water courses

A Buddy System Strategy for Air-Sharing Diving Emergencies

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Don't get gas mugged - The role of situational awareness in predicting and avoiding stressful air-sharing emergencies in scuba diving

How to Judge Your Diving Ascent Rate Without a Dive Computer

Being able to judge your diving ascent rate is an invaluable safety skill if your computer or bottom timer fails. These tips show how!

Advanced Wreck Diving: The Ultimate Guide

A comprehensive guide to advanced wreck diving techniques, equipment, skills and protocols. A must-read for wreck divers at all levels.

How to Tie a Regulator Bungee Necklace

Technique and video showing how to tie a DIY regulator bungee necklace for your hogarthian or sidemount short hose regulator.

Pony Cylinders and Redundant Air Sources for Wreck Diving

What is a pony cylinder? Why are they recommended for wreck divers? This article answers your questions.

Top-10 Tips: How To Prepare For Technical Diving Training

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Technical diving training is HARD! Increase your chance of success with these top-10 tips on how to prepare for your tech diving course!

DIY Sidemount Helmet Instructions

How to make a DIY sidemount helmet for wreck and cave diving. An illustrated and comprehensive guide.

Ultimate Guide: How To Set Up A Sidemount Harness

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There are just a few simple steps to the methodical setup of a sidemount harness system. Knowing those right steps can save you lots of time and frustration.

Scuba Gas Planning: Gas Management For Divers

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Learn scuba gas planning for your dives! A step-by-step guide to gas management for divers. Enhance your dive knowledge & safety underwater!

Avoid Costly Mistakes When Buying Dive Gear

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Honest expert pro tips to help prevent costly mistakes when buying your dive gear. Don't regret your scuba equipment purchases!

Mastering Horizontal Diving Trim: An Effortless Balancing Act

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Stable diver trim is the foundation for good buoyancy control and efficient propulsion. It also helps conserve the marine environment.

How To Choose The Best Wreck Diving Course?

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Detailed guidance for choosing the best wreck diving course. Wreck diving can be dangerous; so it is important to choose expert instruction

How to Make a Sidemount Break Away Hose Connector

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Learn how to make a sidemount break away hose connector in just 4 easy steps! This DIY guide shows you how to make one cheaply!

How To Set Up Sidemount Loop Bungee

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How to set up sidemount loop bungee : an illustrated step-by-step guide by Andy Davis. Take the guesswork & frustration out of kit setup.

How To Build Your Own DIY Custom Sidemount Harness

It's pretty easy (and cheap!) to make a DIY custom sidemount harness for yourself. Sidemount diving tips and 'how to' advice.

How to Choose the Right Dive Center: An Honest Pro Guide

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Discover the ultimate insider secrets to finding the perfect dive center! An honest proguide on how to pick a high quality dive shop or resort

Underwater Photography | 5 Minute Photoshop Edit

5 Minute Photoshop Edit for Underwater Photographers by Andy Davis, PADI TecRec, ANDI, BSAC and SSI Instructor Many divers don’t have the luxury of using underwater strobes to provide effective directional lighting for their underwater photography. With a basic point-and-shoot…

Really Simple DIY Shearwater Petrel Bungees

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How to improvise bungee straps for the Shearwater Petrel 2 technical diving computer. A secure method to improve Petrel configuration.