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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

What It’s Like to Be an Aquarium Dive Safety Officer

Find out from diver Doug Batson what it takes to work as a dive safety officer in the aquarium industry.

Seeing in Depth: What it Takes to Create Underwater Maps

Peter McDougall and his team of dive mappers at Reef Smart Guides, help create detailed, waterproof dive site maps that divers use to navigate underwater

Ask DAN: How Can I Stay Warmer Underwater?

Preparing for cold temperatures is important when getting ready for dives.

Better Together: Planning Your First Family Dive Trip

Tips and tricks to help parents plan successful family dive trips.

Start 'Em Young: How and When to Get Kids Diving

Unsure if your child is ready to become scuba certified? Here's your guide to when and how to get children diving.

Tied Up | Lessons for Life

Lessons to learn from one man's entanglement accident.

How the BARE Guardian Tech Dry Drysuit Performed in My Intro to Cave Class

Where better to put a drysuit through its paces than in Florida's iconic cave systems? Okay, maybe Antarctica, but when you test drysuits in Florida, something that can hold up to the rough limestone walls of a cave takes precedence.