Clint Eastwood would say it: “A diver’s got to know his limitations.”

A scuba diver discusses the inherent dangers of diving, what can go wrong and especially with bad ears, or tubes in your ears. How dangerous is diving? Great question.  And the answer is: as dangerous or as safe as you want it to be. What’s really dangerous is diving with bad ears, or if you [...]

This was not my idea of an “ice breaker.” Then I moved to Florida.

This is the story of a guy who lived in Massachusetts, would be on his boat on Christmas Day. Then he moved to Florida, gets skin cancer, meets his wife and she learns to dive with him. I moved to Florida from Massachusetts in 1986. I moved there because I absolutely hated the cold weather. [...]

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I always wanted to try diving until my dad drowned.

A girl who really loves swimming and all water activities is tempted to go diving, but the death of her father in a drowning accident while diving dissuades her. Water, water, everywhere. Water was always a part of my life here in Canada, from swimming in the St. Clair River and Lake Huron, to swimming [...]