Your Questions About Midwest Scuba Diving
Carol asks… Where are some places to scuba dive during the winter months in the midwest? Well I know there is an indoor place in Bonne Terre, MO that you can dive all year; the Bonne Terre Mine. Supposedly the … Continue reading
For Midwest Divers The Best Scuba Diving Locations Are Local When You Can’t Get Away To Blue Waters
Sometimes when you’re ready to get wet you don’t have time to fly to the islands. At those times your best scuba diving locations are just a quarry away. Continue reading
Practicing Your Scuba Diving Breathing Techniques Is The Ideal Activity For Those Cold Winter Months
Many of us don’t scuba dive much during the cold winter months. Although there are a few brave (crazy?) souls in the Midwest that strap on a tank, and get wet no matter how low the water temperature drops. Continue reading
Dreaming Of Scuba Diving Adventures And Wishing You Were 30 Feet Below The Surface Of Blue Waters?
Do you ever sit and daydream about your next trip, or remember back, and relive, dive vacations you enjoyed? Every once in a while I get out my dive log, and glance through the pages, reliving my diving exploits. I’ll close my eyes, and some of those memories come so clearly that I feel like I’m right back in the water at a particular dive site. Continue reading
Nighttime Scuba Diving Requires Preparation Steps Not Needed When Diving In The Bright Sunlight
Scuba dives at night aren’t for everyone. Some divers have enough trouble coping with low visibility conditions on daytime dives, and the zero visibility of a nighttime dive sends them into panic mode. Continue reading
Are Scuba Divers More Curious About The Fish Or Are The Fish More Curious About Scuba Divers?
We hovered, staring at each other, for what seemed like four or five minutes, though I’m sure it wasn’t more than one. Probably more like 30 or 40 seconds. Then the little fish swam away on its way to satisfy some other curiosity. Continue reading
Scuba Diving Temperatures Mean Different Dive Readiness Procedures For Different Divers
I came out of the water at 10:15 AM, and immediately started shivering. I took my wetsuit off, put on an insulated flannel jacket, and tried to warm up before the second dive. Continue reading
Scuba Diving In Stone Quarries Don’t Compare With The Experience Divers Get In Blue Water Submersion
If you never dove in a stone quarry you probably don’t understand what we midwestern divers go through to give ourselves the pleasure of going down, and enjoying our favorite sport. Sometimes our diving activity is abundant with struggling and suffering from the extra gear we must lug along, to the extremes in temperatures, to the limitations (or total lack) of visibility. Continue reading
April Scuba Diving Considerations For Cold Water Quarries
Scuba divers gotta get wet, but when we live in the Midwest, we can’t always take off for the warm blue waters of the Caribbean. That means we brave the cold water of local stone quarries, and it also means we must use extra equipment to safely enjoy our favorite sport. Continue reading
