Advanced Open Water is not a magic card that suddenly makes you an expert diver. It is where you start building experience, adding task loading, sharpening your skills, and taking real ownership of what happens underwater. Here is why I think of AOW as “Open Water Plus,” and why that is a very good thing.
Two fathers, two sons, one very cold quarry, and a weekend that turned nervous students into more confident divers.
Scuba Diving, Dive Training, Dive Safety, Dive Stories
Excerpt: Every diver gets asked, “How deep have you gone?” After enough dives, the better question becomes, “What am I hoping to find when I get there?”
Liquid breathing sounds like pure science fiction, especially if your first exposure was The Abyss. But the real science behind oxygenated perfluorocarbons, deep diving, and liquid ventilation is much stranger than most people realize.
Megalodon tooth diving is equal parts treasure hunt, deep dive, and obsession. From giant fossil finds to close calls underwater, this is a firsthand look at the strange psychology of shark tooth fever and why divers keep returning to the fossil ledges off North Carolina.
Last weekend DWF finally made his way down to Wilmington, NC to end the summer with a weekend of wreck and megalodon shark tooth diving off the coast. This has been a disappointing summer...
There are good reasons to go deeper. Maybe there is a wreck sitting below 100 feet. Maybe the interesting part of a wall is farther down. Maybe you are getting into offshore diving where...
September 24 – October 4, 2026
Sun. Salt. Soft coral walls. The South Pacific done right.
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April 24 – May 1, 2027
Warm water. Caribbean reefs. Easy diving. Big adventure energy.
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Three trips. Plenty of teeth.
One heck of a season.
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