So I have been working at Blue Star Camps for the past 10 weeks, before i head down to Costa Rica to do my IDC, and I discovered a Dive shop in Hendersonville. This is the town where the camp is based. We hired 4 sets of gear from Cygnus Scuba and headed up to [...]

I have booked my flight to Costa Rica, we fly out on the 17th of August for San Jose from Miami. Only cost us 150 dollars. By we I mean me and my mate Paul and also will probly meet up with a few more people over there as well. The plan is maybe spend [...]

Just been studying the 20 basic skills that you must teach as an instructor for the Open Water Course Equipment assembly, adjustment, preparation, donning and disassembly Pre-dive safety check (BWARF) also a good way to remember BWARF is Bruce Willis Rulles All Films Deep water entry Buoyancy check at the surface and attain neutral buoyancy [...]

Not just diving in Quepos, the surf is just as good.

The last 8 days have been doing the WFR course which stands for Wilderness First Response, which is a necessity to teach waterskii here in America. It was an intense 8 days of study and practical activity, teaching you all about first aid when you are in the wilderness context. The first few days were [...]

Quepos at a Glance This is where Oceans Unlimited is based, and it looks great, i cant wait to check it out and blog about it all. I may never leave. I can see myself living down there teaching diving, riding around Quepos in the tropical weather, trying my spanish on the local senoritas, eating [...]

This is a video from Oceans Unlimited which will be the diving lodge that i will be doing my IDC with. cant wait to get down there

As you may know that the oceans are being overfished, the Atlantic bluefin tuna is a large migratory fish found in the western and eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. This species is at serious risk of extinction if unsustainable fishing practices in the Mediterranean and around the world are not stopped. “The hunting of [...]