Articles about diving in United States
USA Diving
Scuba diving in the United States offers prime diving sites off its southern and west coast as well as inland. World class saltwater scuba diving sites in the United States are primarily in Florida, California and Hawaii.
Posted on: December 27, 2017
by Rob Haff
Fighting for the reefs in Key Largo, and everywhere!
In recent history, coral reefs have been faced with large scale bleaching due to warmer water temperatures and ocean acidification. In Chasing Coral you are shown a rapid bleaching event, but it doesn’t always happen that quickly. Here at Sea Dwellers Dive Center in the Keys, we have faced a few bleaching events and the reefs are not thriving as they once were even five years ago.Here is what each of us can do to help fight Global warming on a personal level.
Posted on: November 28, 2017
by Rob Haff
Jacques Cousteau - The Father of Scuba diving
Many younger scuba divers today are not aware, but in 1942, Cousteau invented an underwater demand valve system that could supply divers with air when they breathed. This demand regulator was called “Aqua-Lung”, (same as the scuba equipment manufacturer today), and it eventually opened the door to scuba diving for everyone.
Dangerous Sea Creatures Encountered While Scuba Diving
Keep your hands and fins to yourself! Potentially venomous creatures abound within competitive coral reef ecosystems. Most species are harmless if you leave them alone. One of the most important scuba diving rules is to simply not touch anything.
Posted on: July 11, 2017
by Rob Haff
Advancing your Scuba Diving Education
Continuing your education is a great tool to see something new or different if you’re starting to feel like you need something new!
Posted on: May 10, 2016
by John Martin
Top 7 Things to Do in Miami
“The Gateway to the Americas”, cheap flights to Miami make every visitor have the time of life. And it’s not hard to see why.
Posted on: April 22, 2016
by John Martin
Experience Miami On a Budget
A flight to Miami, the crown jewel of South Florida, has been creating temptation in every tourist’s mind to get going to a city where fun and excitement are found in loads.
Posted on: March 1, 2016
by John Martin
Dublin - A Perfect Irish Getaway
Dublin, the capital of Ireland, has long been promising good times to every type of traveler.
Pelagic Magic - Hawaii's Black Water Night Dive
Off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, one of the largest migrations on Earth occurs each night. Deep sea plankton move to the surface to feed. Drifting in the open ocean at night, divers can see many jelly-like creatures, deep water fish, larval stages of species, and sometimes bigger visitors.
Posted on: February 4, 2016
by Rob Haff
Lionfish in Key Largo
So why are Lionfish bad? According to the Reef Environmental Education Foundation, (REEF), “Indo-pacific Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) have been documented along the entire US East Coast from Florida through Massachusetts, east to Bermuda and south throughout the Caribbean. The expansion has been extremely rapid and exponential in scope.”