One piece of dive kit that I use regularly is a DSMB and spool. For those who are new to diving DSMB stands for ‘Delayed Surface Marker Buoy’. When diving in the UK, be it from a boat or from the shore it is highly recommended and […]
Winter is a perfect time to turn your attention to your dive kit with the PADI Equipment Specialist course. When the weather outside is cold and the water temperature hasn’t begun to warm up, you can spend the time getting your kit in excellent condition […]
On a cold January evening in 2014, members of the Hidden Depths Dive Club set off for an evening of fun, laughter, learning and a little more laughter at the Midlands Hyperbaric Chamber in Rugby. The activity was a 50m ‘Dry Dive’ and was a […]
A Cave Diving Trip to France
At 3am on Friday 21st November 2014, Hugo, a fellow technical dive instructor, and I set off from Frome, heading to Calais via Dover ferry port, and onwards to French cave diving land.
A journey almost as long as […]
POCKET OPTIONS WHEN WETSUIT DIVING
When diving there are various accessories and safety items that we carry with us, such as a backup mask, a whistle or an underwater notebook, most of which don’t get used on every dive. When diving in my drysuit these […]
