hotel scuba

Humorous adventures teaching scuba at a hotel pool in Acapulco.

At first, I couldn’t believe my luck!  I began my career as a scuba instructor at a huge resort in Acapulco. Teaching vacationers to dive in the warm Mexican water seemed like a dream come true. There was only one problem with the job – the free pool scuba demo. “Demo,” as it became known [...]

Don’t drink and dive.

A guy with ear problems goes to Greece, parties a little too much the night before going diving, and ends up faced with a life-threatening situation. Moral: don’t drink and dive. A submerged shoal is an area of the seabed that is shallower than the surrounding area. Also known as “pinnacles,” you can see lots [...]