Exposure suits Conrad H. Blickenstorfer While having fun in a pool with mask, fins, and snorkel doesn't require a diving, or "exposure," suit, almost any kind of serious diving does. The primary ...

Scuba Cylinders Conrad H. Blickenstorfer As everyone (well, almost everyone) knows, "SCUBA" stands for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus." Without air we can't breathe, which means the ...

SeaLife DC1400 Pro Duo Sealife's latest underwater camera package offers 720p HD video, strobe, video light in an affordable package (by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer; photography by Carol Cotton) If ...

SeaLife DC1200 Elite Very clearly the best SeaLife underwater camera yet (by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer; photography by Carol Cotton) If you're a diver, chances are you've been seeing a lot of SeaLife ...

Diving Physiology What? More complicated stuff to learn, you might say. Wasn't the "Physics" section enough? All I want to do is go diving. True, but diving means to enter into an environment that is ...

Diving masks by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer The primary reason why a lot of people don't enjoy swimming, let alone diving, is because they don't like water in their eyes. Sure, you can swim underwater ...

Dive Tables Explained -- NAUI and PADI In this section we explain dive tables and go through specific examples of repetitive dives, using both the PADI and the NAUI tables. Dive tables are used to ...

GoPro strikes again with three new slimmed-down models that look the same, but are very different from one another by Conrad Blickenstorfer On October 17, 2012, GoPro announced the next generation of ...

Carol and I geared up, expecting the water to be quite cold at depth. We both donned our 7mil wet suits, once again bemoaning the fact that we still hadn't ordered our DUI dry suits (cost!), and I put ...

Whale sharks in the wild Whale sharks are filter feeders and the largest living fish in the ocean. They can be over 40 feet in length, weigh almost 40 tons, and go back some 60 million years. They ...

· All dried herbs should be stored in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months unless otherwise noted. As a general rule, herbs should be harvested before flowering. · Herbs mixed in butter or oil as in ...