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Scuba Diving Training

Learn about scuba diving skills, trainings, certifications and lessons on how to make your scuba bottom time safe, fun and lasting! Also, see what it's like to scuba dive in crazy situations, read our Lessons for Life, get underwater photography tutorials and check out expert scuba dive hacks for any and every dive condition.

Buoyancy Calculator—How Much You Need in Dive Weights

Struggling to find the right amount of weight for scuba diving? Here's how you can test and calculate just how much weight you need for scuba diving.

The Ultimate Guide to Nitrox Diving

What is nitrox diving, what are the benefits of nitrox vs. air and how do you get your enriched air certification? Here’s everything divers need to know.

How to Find a Doctor for Scuba Medical Advice

It's wise to schedule a medical checkup before embarking on a dive trip—even better if you can see a doctor who specializes in diving. Thankfully, there are resources to help you find one.

Recent Articles

Scuba Diving Lessons for Life: Planned Separation

Scuba Diving Lessons for Life: Planned Separation. When a more experienced diver creates a dive plan that includes separation from his less-experienced buddy, the pair run into serious trouble.

PADI Course Helps Cayman Islands Dive Operators Battle Lionfish

To help stop lionfish invasion, Cayman Islands dive operators now offer discounted PADI lionfish course and local culling license

Siren Liveaboard Fleet Offering Rebreather Scuba Courses in 2012

The company’s six live-aboards in Southeast Asia will provide two different PADI rebreather scuba courses using the Poseidon MKVI.

ZEROVIZ: Tampa Police Department Dive Team

Tales in public-safety diving. This time: During a night operation, Tampa Police divers sneak into the rudder compartment of a foreign vessel to search for illegal drugs.

What It's Like... To Care for a Great White Shark

David Espinosa interviews Manny Ezcurra of the Monterey Bay Aquarium about the aquarium's new addition of a juvenile great white shark

5 Diving Tips for Saving Air

5 diving tips to help you stretch your tank and maximize your bottom time.

Dive Gear Essentials: Scuba Regulators

Do you want an entry-level scuba regulator that breathes great on the reef, or do you need a rugged system that can breathe under ice at 100 feet? Either way, these tips will help you find the regulator that best suits your needs — and dive style.