So, you’ve become certified as an open water diver and perhaps taken an advanced open water course? Well, I’m sure that at this point in your diving adventures the local dive shop that you regularly walked into has made at least one, if not multiple attempts to get you to sign up for a Rescue Diver

Have you finally decided to venture into shipwrecks or caves? Are you just sick and tired of lugging around that huge plastic handheld cannon light? Is your pocket feeling the burn every time you drop and lose one of those tiny underwater “pen lights” on your dives? Well, friends and neighbors...it might

It’s down to that time of year once again, the holiday decorations have been put back into the attic, and the new year has been rung in. Now all we have to look forward to is tax season and a few more months of bone chilling weather. Of course there’s nothing that can be done about taxes, but cold weather?

If you’ve been diving in a drysuit as long as I have, you probably remember heading to the army surplus store for those fleece pajamas to wear with the discount store sweat suit under your drysuit. Of course, times and technology have changed and we now actually have dedicated undergarments for use when

Over the winter, most of us aren’t able to dive locally...myself included. During this long cold spell I find myself looking at equipment I would like to grab and use when it finally warms up. One of the items that I have been eying like a kid eyes a pan of fresh baked cookies, is the Guardian Full Face

We know your type, the one who shirks warm tropical dive destinations or the normal summer dive season. You refer to diving in a pair of swim trunks as simply “swimming”, you have a beard and kill grizzly bears while riding a tiger and drinking beer from a iron cast stein. Yeah, you like cold water and

Most recreational divers out there spend very little time trying to understand what goes on behind the scenes at the myriad of companies that manufacture the equipment that they use. Nor should they really, the stuff works and provides an amazing dive experience. Or should they? The acquisition of White’s

The leaves are changing, the morning air has a chill to it, kids are back in school, and coffee shops are selling pumpkin spice lattes. For most people these are the signs of fall, for many of us as divers it signals that dive season is coming to a close. If you’re anything like I was in my first years

So you now have your dry suit, comfortable, warm, and moisture wicking undergarment, as well as a proper hood and gloves. Now is the time to get that new kit under the water! Only proper training, guided mentoring and experience will get you off on the right foot for a long, warm, comfortable and safe

While we get quite a few questions here at DRIS about things like what the best breathing regulator is or the most advanced BCD for being able to maintain good trim and buoyancy the easiest is. While all are good questions, I believe firmly that these aren’t the most crucial pieces of equipment for a