Scuba divers, get ready for Halloween! Surrounded by “spectator fish” against a coral reef background, divers off Key Largo will transform hollowed-out pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns during the Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest on Sunday, Oct. 24. Buddy teams can meet at Amy Slate’s Amoray Dive Resort, located at mile marker 104.5, to compete during the [...]

  Eleven Florida divers recently became the first “Wreck Trekkers” to complete nine wreck dives as part of the Florida Keys Wreck Trek Passport Program. The dive challenge, developed by tourism officials and area dive operators, showcases the Keys’ string of sunken vessels and artificial reefs. It also awards participants for completing a series of [...]

  A Wreck Trek Passport Program spotlighting the Florida Keys Shipwreck Trail now awaits divers visiting the Keys. Certified divers can explore the destination’s most appealing feature—a string of sunken vessels and artificial reefs—and be awarded for logging back-to-back wreck dives or dives on subsequent visits through Jan. 1, 2012. Divers taking up the challenge [...]

  Divers who want to merge their faith with their passion for scuba diving now have an opportunity. The Reef Ministries Scuba & Scripture Liveaboard Cruise is a liveaboard dive adventure. Divers enjoy Christian fellowship, scuba diving and worshiping God on a weeklong adventure aboard the Aqua Cat off islands of the Bahamas. Activities include snorkeling, [...]

  Diveheart, a national nonprofit that assists disabled scuba divers, is seeking nominations for its hall of fame. The mission of the hall is “to recognize and salute individuals both disabled and able-bodied who have displayed an exceptional commitment to the support, promotion and furtherance of scuba diving for children, adults and veterans with disabilities.” [...]

  Divers Alert Network, a leader in dive safety and emergency-assistance training, is looking for instructors nationally, including in South Florida. DAN claims that the demand for new instructors is due to the introduction of education programs like Basic Life Support and First Aid and Dive Medicine for Divers, as well as the success of [...]

  An American has been convicted of murdering his wife while scuba diving in the Caribbean, according to FoxNews.com. On Oct. 27 a jury in the British Virgin Islands convicted Rhode Island resident David Swain for killing his wife, Shelley Tyre, while they were scuba diving in 1999. Authorities originally ruled the death an accident [...]

  A new ministry presents the underwater world from a Biblical point of view. Fort Lauderdale-based Reef Ministries offers snorkeling and scuba diving adventures that are Christ-centered, which promotes environmental stewardship while instilling discipleship. “I’ve been blessed to teach scuba diving to thousands of students and instructors, and I repeatedly heard students say they felt closer [...]

  M/V Miss Lourdies, a 165-foot cargo freighter confiscated by US Customs in June 2008, was sunk on June 6 off Deerfield Beach.   In June 2008, according to Arilton Pavan of Pompano Beach-based Dixie Divers, during an inspection at the Port of Miami, customs agents noticed an irregular noise when they tapped the hull of [...]

Haven’t you always dreamed of scuba diving? Seeing amazing scenery, like shipwrecks, strange animals and colorful coral reefs while gliding effortlessly?   Learn with one of the best and friendliest(!) instructors in South Florida! Now based in Broward, I’ve been a scuba instructor for more than 20 years and previously worked as a commercial diver [...]