For many divers, the dream of one day owning their own boat remains just that, a dream. But for those who opt to take the plunge, and who buy wisely, the benefits are enormous: the flexibility of regular access to… Read More ›
shore diving
Heroes and Villains
As somebody once pointed out, heroes are just ordinary people who do extra-ordinary things. That might well be the case. But in an activity like diving, (where nothing should ever be taken for granted), it’s important to choose role models… Read More ›
The Little Shop of Horrors
Going diving is heaps more fun than monitoring the marketing pages of the business press, but if some diving operators hope to keep their heads above water then they may need to catch up on their reading. Obsessed with teaching… Read More ›
“Here there be Monsters.”
The makers of ancient navigational charts had it easy: whenever they ran out of information on the boundaries of the known world they just scrawled quick and convenient warnings like, “Here there be Monsters”, around the edges of their maps… Read More ›
Diving & The Media: A Survival Guide – 7
Continuing with abridged extracts from the ‘Diving & The Media: A Survival Guide’: “WE HAVE A PROBLEM.” All sectors of the diving industry have a different interpretation of what constitutes a crisis. For an Equipment Manufacturer or Distributor, a crisis… Read More ›
The problem with penguins
It might be the little things in life that matter, but it’s the big things that get our attention. Take whales, for example. Weighing in at a whopping 60,000-plus kilograms, (that’s about 132,000 pounds for the metrically challenged) the mighty… Read More ›
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