Author name: James Braybyn

Total Sub Bonaire Recap – Time Flies When You’re Having Fun

As I scan the terminal at the Flamingo International Airport in Bonaire, I see many of the Total Submersion attendees preparing for their flights home and I smile because most of them remind me of good times spent with great people. Right away I see John Landes, a PADI Open […]

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Don’t Miss the PADI Women’s Dive Day Event on Catalina Island

Don’t forget to register for PADI’s inaugural Women’s Dive Day event in Avalon, California (Catalina Island) on Saturday, July 18th. PADI, along with Cressi, DUI, Huish Outdoors (Bare and Zeagle), ScubaPro and Sherwood will be giving away great prizes throughout the day to those who participate in raffles and the underwater […]

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The Best Places to Swim With Sirenia

You’ve heard legends of enchanting mermaids who lure sailors to veer off course. These stories came from Greek mythology and were told in Christopher Columbus’s time, landing in what is now the Dominican Republic. What could have possibly conjured up stories of a creature that was half fish, half woman? Historians now believe that the legends came from lonely, scurvy-ravaged […]

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Dive into History with the PADI Wreck Diver Course

Underwater wrecks, hidden away from non-divers, are a three-dimensional history lesson exclusively made for scuba divers. Some wrecks originate from tragedy, and others are sunk on purpose. A wreck dive can be a sunken ship, boat, car, plane, or even a train. Wreck diving gives us a sense of scale […]

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Open Water Course – 3 Options for Knowledge Development

If you’re researching your options about learning to scuba dive, you may have noticed that the PADI Open Water Course consists of 3 main phases: knowledge development, confined water dives, and open water dives. We’re here to talk about the Knowledge Develop section. In this section, you will learn the principles, […]

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