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…I watched the video on Youtube! The man is the picture is Mike. Let’s call him that because it’s his real name. He’s the guy that keeps my gear in tip-top condition and makes sure that I can breath underwater when I need to. Uncle Cal’s Story Time I’ve been diving now for 11+ years …
My whole point with this newsletter is to give divers all the information they need to be confident divers. The problem with this is that I run the risk of some of you becoming OVER confident. So let me tell you right now, dive confidently, just not too confidently. What do I mean by too …
Students ask me a lot of times about gear. What gear they should buy, where they should buy it, etc. I am always happy to help people find the right gear for their scuba diving needs. It is easy for me since i don’t make any of my revenue from selling scuba gear. As soon …
First, contrary to what you may have seen in movies like “Thunderball”, underwater knife-fights don’t happen. I just needed to get that out of the way. A lot of divers ask me this question and my standard answer is “maybe”. Honestly, I believe that every diver should dive with some kind of cutting device but …
Deckhand: What did y’all see? Me: We saw so many turtles that I stopped counting turtles at 10. This was a conversation I had as we came up for our surface interval recently on a boat here in Jupiter, Florida. I was serious; I probably saw around 14-16, but I stopped counting at 10. For …
Hi! In my upcoming book “Uncle Cal’s Guide for New Scuba Divers” I have an entire section on tipping because it’s an important thing for new divers to know. I’m not going to go over everything I cover in the book, but consider this a quick “cheat sheet” for when and what you should expect …
Recently I was on a night dive and one of the participants was a fairly new diver. (less than 50 dives) As we walked out we were discussing the dive and he made the statement “I’ve got to get a better light”. I asked him which light he was using and he replied “The $25 …
Greetings! I’ve written a lot about how to buy scuba gear, but that assumes that you’ve already made the decision to buy. If you are still struggling with that decision, then lets talk about that for the moment. Here is a quick test. If you can afford the gear you need If you think you …
Hi! This came up in class recently and I thought I’d share it with everyone. If you really want to make diving a regular part of your life, you need to find your “thing”. My “thing” is the technical aspect of diving. I love the computers, the logs, the analytics, and the feeling of having …
