SDI vs. PADI vs. SSI vs. NAUI: What the Agency on Your Card Changes If you've started looking into getting certified, you've probably run into four names: PADI, SDI, SSI, and NAUI. Course brochures rarely explain what separates them, so it.. Read More

Wreck Diving Beyond Arizona: From Lake Mohave to San Diego and San Carlos Arizona doesn't have a shipwreck. What it has is a sunken school bus at Lake Mohave, the right place to start. From there, three of the best wreck-diving destinations in th.. Read More

Why Every Arizona Dive Is Already an Altitude Dive You logged your Open Water checkout dives at Lake Pleasant, checked your no-decompression limits against a table or a computer, and never thought twice about where you were standing while you did it... Read More

Full Face Masks for Diving: Ocean Reef vs OTS A full face mask seals your whole face and lets you breathe through your nose, no mouthpiece required. The first time you breathe through a full face mask, the whole dive changes. Your nose is inside the .. Read More

Lake Pleasant Diving: What New Divers Should Know Lake Pleasant is the closest open water dive site to Phoenix, about an hour from Queen Creek. New divers should plan for cold water below the thermocline, visibility that swings from 40-plus feet in w.. Read More

Open Water Certified, Now What? The Dive Arizona Roadmap for New Divers The card is the start line, not the finish. What you do in the next few weeks decides the kind of diver you become. You just got Open Water certified in Arizona, so what comes ne.. Read More

How to Choose Your First BCD Written by Amanda Krugen Your first BCD is a bigger decision than most new divers expect, because it is the one piece of gear you wear on every dive. It holds your tank, controls your buoyancy, and keeps you balanced and .. Read More

Nitrox 101: Is It Worth It? Written by Amanda Krugen For most divers, yes, and it's about the cheapest upgrade you'll ever make to how a dive day feels. Nitrox, sometimes called enriched air, is regular air with more oxygen and less nitrogen .. Read More

What It Actually Costs to Get Scuba Certified in Arizona, No Surprises Written by Amanda Krugen If you have started pricing out scuba certification around Phoenix, you have probably run into the same frustration. Half the shops give you a number, the.. Read More

How Often Should You Dive After Getting Certified? Written by Liz Robinson Most new divers should aim to dive every 4 to 6 weeks during their first year, then settle into a dive every couple of months after that. The exact number matters less than th.. Read More