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The West Coast’s big SCUBA show is May 30-31. California Diving News, the promoters of the show are not humble about it either. In true P.T. Barnum style they actually trade marked the name, ”THE Diving Event of the Year!™, SCUBA Show 2009“. It does have the stats to prove it. The size of the exhibit hall is 76,000 [...]

The most common line heard used to describe of the form fitting Whites Fusion drysuit is that it looks somewhat like a Star Trek uniform. Now it is official!  The new “Roddenberry Dive Team,” founded by Rod Roddenberry, son of Gene Roddenberry and the creator of Star Trek has the adopted the enhanced Whites Fusion drysuits for [...]

Last week DUI (Diving Unlimited International) week announced that they are coming out with a new “ActionWear™ Professional” drysuit undergarment which is a true “multi-use” garment. The two-piece (pullover and pants) is made from heavy stretch fleece with a pill resistant and water shedding outer jersey and a velour lining. The basic black outfit with accent stitching [...]

Deep Sea Charters (that would be the Emerald Sea) is a dive charter which departs out of Cap Sante Boat Haven, in Anacortes, WA. When we saw the Deep Sea Charters booth at the Tacoma Dive Show they promised that customers would be “spoiled rotten” with hot lunch and great care.  Who doesn’t like to [...]

We recently learned that the owner’s of God’s Pocket Resort have made some upgrades which include two new cabins and heated floors. For more details on the upgrades take another look at the article “Booking the Best Diving at any Temperature – Browning Pass’ Quirky Dive Vendors“  and see the UPDATED section on God’s Pocket. If you [...]

SSI (Scuba Schools International) is the first of the major SCUBA certification agencies to offer “FREE online training”. Now don’t get too excited. While it is truly free training. This is not great online training and you still have to pay the same to get a certified; but it is a significant and innovative approach [...]

When we were at the Tacoma Dive Show, I became intrigued when I saw the Icaro Tech and Icaro Dive Wing by an Italian dive gear company, founded in 1971, called SEAC. The Icaro line, entirely made in Italy as is all the SEAC gear, is coming to the U.S., to be sold exclusively in [...]

What do our stories teach us?
Whenever I talk with a dive shop or dive charter owner about their business it is rare not to hear the following two sad clichés. Both allude to why they are not getting rich in the SCUBA biz. One is the simple phrase, “It is a labor of love;” which could be translated [...]

The second year of the Northwest Dive and Travel Expowas twice as big than its premier last year. The over 3500 attendees had a smorgasbord of 246 exhibitors. As he did last year, Rick Stratton of Northwest Dive News (NWDN) succeeded in booking a purposeful and pleasant balance of dive equipment manufacturers, local dive shops [...]