Archive for Tips
Cruise ship passengers – Forgotten glasses
Allan & Susan Plumber, Rudy Vittorio and/or Peter Cogan you were with us yesterday and I think you cruised off into the sunset leaving a pair of glasses behind at the dive center. I don’t have your contact information only your C-card numbers so please drop us a line with some details and we will [...]
Hardrive crash, email delay
Good morning lovely people. Unfortunately over the weekend our hardrive called it quits and we are missing a few emails that had not yet been answered from late last week. If you are awaiting a reply from us please resend your request and we will be sure to answer you ASAP. Very sorry for the [...]
Diving & Snorkeling in Barbados 1st week of July
We have some nice shots of critters seen last week. But to start let’s give you an idea of current diving conditions in Barbados.
Water temperature 28 Celsius, ~ 80 Fahrenheit
Visibility – averaging ~50 ft.
At this time of year we get a periodic shift from blue water to greenish water. This colour change is due to [...]
It’s a snake! No wait, wrong ocean
Taken by Mike Barrett
Scuba diving in Carlisle Bay Marine Park is a great place to spot one of these Golden Spotted Snake Eels. Although found on all reefs these ’snakes’ are most often seen scavenging for food in holes in the sand, but they will never stray too far from shelter. For these reasons they [...]
To Barbados Blue…
So now we’re Rescue Divers
And climbing the PADI scale
We’d like to share some knowledge
Without which you’re likely to fail
For the Gentlemen:
Alcohol and scuba do not mix
It results in irresponsible behaviour,
And there’s something about compressed air
That gives rum a peculiar flavour
For the Ladies:
If your buddy is also your partner,
And he’s dangerously low on air,
Consider your insurance [...]
Wetsuits
At this time of year local divers are wearing full suits. Visitors are often comfortable in 3 mm short suits or the brave in swim suits. Water temperature is hovering around 79 F or 27 C. To help get those long suits on try a plastic shopping bag over your foot or hand before forcing [...]
Wrist gadgets
To avoid the painful loss of expensive gadgets remember to put the arm with the wrist gadgets into your BCD first. This will avoid a few things:
1) getting your wrist awkwardly stuck stretching yourself in all sorts of wrong positions
2) preventing the gadget from breaking, coming loose or jumping off the wrist
All else fails use [...]
New mask fog
There is nothing as comforting as having the right mask for the dive. However, all new masks share an evil, they all fog. Some masks are better than others but experienced and new divers alike will tell you that nothing can sour a lovely dive as much as a foggy mask. Tricks for keeping the [...]
