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Why Dive a Dry Suit | ScubaShea.com

ell the quarries are open here in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana area.  Haigh Quarry is open for visitors and water is nice and clear.  About 40 foot of visibility last time I was diving there.  Problem is that the water was less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit.    So as you can tell, without some sort...

Advanced Open Water Diver Class – What Is In It For Me?

Something sparked your interest and now you are a certified to go scuba diving anywhere in the world for the rest of your life.  The next step is to keep on diving, right?  Of course it is.  However, we reach a point with anything that we still need additional guidance to gain right experience in order...

This Weekends Dive | ScubaShea.com

This weekend we will be getting the gear together and taking a dive into the local waters here in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana area.  This weekend will find LeeAnn looking for a new certification and myself being a dive master again.  I always have fun as a dive master. What are we doing this weekend?...

Are you Qualified to Teach | ScubaShea.com

Talking with one of my good friends the other day and they were making the remark that a potential student turned them down because he was not part of a shop and wasn’t qualified to teach them.  This concept has festered with me a bit and then when I was reading an article in Crain’s, about social media...

Scuba Lessons In Chicago Are Underway

Spring is hitting Chicago in a weird way this year.  Snow in March is a little crazy if you ask me.  Then temperatures reaching as high as 60 degrees.  Only in Chicago you will have such a swing.  That does not stop scuba divers from hitting the water in the Midwest.  Scuba lessons, diving, will be in...

Technical Scuba Diving Is Not A Cult

Some people think technical diving is a cult of divers that drink the ‘juice’ of a certain way of doing things.  This can turn other scuba divers off the idea of technical diving.  Although there are exceptions to the rule, but this is not the general rule. Most scuba divers get into technical...

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