Once upon a time I looked up and a school of perhaps 100 spanish barracudas were all looking at me. Another time, a squid smaller than my thumb looked up… Read More »Postcards

Buying diving equipment: What first, and what exactly?  You have started diving and realize that after all, you have got some money to put in you new activity. So… unless… Read More »what to buy as a starting diver? a non standard guide

Remember your begin yet stay in the present. Go diving. Go diving, emotions and experiences floating again. The fascination and the fear, the freedom and the constrains. Go underwater and… Read More »teaching notes

Nothing better than walk around the haven of a new town and search for the local dive center. With a bit of luck a chat can be stricken. How’s the… Read More »commercial diving is solo diving

Heb je ooit een dobber zien omkeren en omgekeerd blijven drijven? Dat kan eigenlijk niet. Een dobber is een systeem met twee delen: drijflichaam boven, gewicht onder. Met deze combinatie… Read More »side mounted

Above water, on deck, it’s a mess. The main bottles are heavy, most of the dive suits are uncomfortable, you have gloves and diving masks and extra bottles and reels… Read More »diving in Scapa Flow

Go down floating, as if you wouldn’t be sinking. A controlled flight, a sliding away. Slowly. Deeper. No references that you can see, but the suit’s pressure on your skin,… Read More »immersion