Why Rebreathers? Rebreathers are awesome tools for exploring the underwater world. They have unique benefits and unique risks compared to traditional open circuit scuba equipment. From a diving perspective, the primary benefits of rebreathers are: Extended Dive Times: Rebreathers recycle the gas you breathe out, removing carbon [...]
Tech Diving in Florida Interested in tech diving in Florida? There are tons of amazing tech dives in Florida. I’m focusing on some of the more popular and commercially available dives - as well as sites that I’ve been to. This list might not be comprehensive, [...]
CCR Class Equipment Guide Below is a list of equipment for use in your CCR training. Please do not shop based on this list alone! This list is generic as a checklist before your course. I suggest buying equipment from your local dive store whenever possible which is why this list [...]
SFL Class Guide This guide is for students doing classes in South Florida. Dive Sites South Florida Diving HQ 101 N Riverside Dr # 111, Pompano Beach, FL 33062 The dive shop has a small parking lot (1) and there’s not usually a spot available. Parking [...]
Chest Mount Crossover Experienced CCR divers are adding the Dive Rite O2ptima CM to their dive locker as an addition or a replacement for their current unit. For backmount divers who are comfortable with their unit it’s a great option for small passages. For people wanting an upgrade to a [...]
Land Owner Relations Land owner relations is a required topic of most cave diving programs and it’s evolved as cave diving has. it’s easy to take advantage of the ease of access to cave diving sites, especially in North Florida and Mexico. There are plenty of other places to [...]
Tech Diving Book List Diving history and science are crucial elements to expanding your knowledge as a diver. There is more out there than the course textbooks and there's always something new to discover. I've selected a handful of books that are relevant to cave diving and tech diving. [...]
Servicing Your Regulators Scuba regulators used for diving have a service schedule - typically 100 dives or 2 years (whichever comes first). This service replaces parts inside the regulator, lubes surfaces, and tunes them to manufacturer specifications. I started servicing regulators when I worked full time at a dive [...]
O2ptima CM Review Dive Rite's Chest Mount I dove the O2ptima CM shortly before it's release in 2020. I realized on that demo dive that the successor to the O2ptima rebreather - the chest mounted "choptima" rebreather - was a big deal. It was small, [...]
Decompression Class Equipment Guide Below is a list of equipment for use in your decompression training. Please do not shop based on this list alone! This list is generic as a checklist before your course. I suggest buying equipment from your local dive store whenever possible which is why this list doesn't [...]
