{"id":4,"count":5,"description":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Scuba Articles<\/h1>\r\nScuba articles by Andy Davis. This collection of articles aims to deliver knowledge, experience and advice beyond the limitations of your diving course manuals.\r\n\r\nI also have specific catagories for beginners, technical, wreck and sidemount diving; along with dive industry analysis for dive pros and business owners.\r\n\r\nIf you are looking to broaden your scuba academic and theory understanding, then my articles should help you a lot.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Disclosure<\/strong>\u00a0<em><a class=\"vglnk\" href=\"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">scubatechphilippines.com<\/a>\u00a0is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program; I may earn commission from qualifying purchases made through affiliate advertising links included in articles on this blog.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>I only endorse and recommend products that I have used myself, or know to be highly recommended by expert diving peers. There is no additional cost to you from purchasing through affiliate links on this site.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5561\" title=\"andy davis technical diving philippines\" src=\"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"andy davis technical diving philippines\" width=\"131\" height=\"180\" \/>\r\n\r\nAndy Davis is a RAID, PADI TecRec, ANDI, BSAC and SSI qualified independent technical diving instructor who specializes in teaching advanced sidemount, trimix and wreck exploration diving courses across South East Asia.\u00a0 Currently residing in \u2018wreck diving heaven\u2019 at Subic Bay, Philippines, he has amassed more than 9000 open circuit and CCR dives over 27 years of diving across the globe.\r\n\r\nAndy has published many magazine articles on technical diving, has written course materials for dive training agency syllabus, tests and reviews diving gear for major manufacturers and consults with the Philippines Underwater Archaeology Society.\r\n\r\nHe is currently writing a series of books to be published on advanced diving topics.\u00a0 Prior to becoming a professional technical diving educator in 2006, Andy was a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force and has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Belize and Cyprus.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/andydavistech\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img.buymeacoffee.com\/button-api\/?text=Buy me a coffee&amp;emoji=&amp;slug=andydavistech&amp;button_colour=FFDD00&amp;font_colour=000000&amp;font_family=Cookie&amp;outline_colour=000000&amp;coffee_colour=ffffff\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5467\" title=\"Andy Davis technical diving subic bay philippines\" src=\"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FB_IMG_1550429037896-2.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Davis technical diving subic bay philippines\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" \/>","link":"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/category\/scuba_articles\/","name":"Scuba Tech Philippines Articles","slug":"scuba_articles","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scuba Articles | Andy Davis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Scuba articles with diving advice, tips, theory and techniques. 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