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Why Dive a Dry Suit | ScubaShea.com

Posted by Scuba Butch on May 14, 2013 in Advanced Open Water, Dry Suit Diver, Master Scuba Diver, Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Nitrox Diver, Scuba Lessons, Scuba Lessons Chicago, 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?

Posted by Scuba Butch on May 13, 2013 in Advanced Open Water, Divemaster, IDC Staff Insructor, Instructor Development Classes, Master Scuba Diver, Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Nitrox Diver, Pool scuba Diving, Quarry Diving, Rescue Diver, Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving Chicago, Scuba Lessons, Scuba Lessons Chicago, Scuba Review

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

Posted by Scuba Butch on May 9, 2013 in Advanced Open Water, Deco Diving, Decompression Diving, Divemaster, Instructor Development Classes, Master Scuba Diver, Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Nitrox Diver, Scuba Diving Chicago, Scuba Lessons, Scuba Lessons Chicago, ScubaShea.com, Specialty Instructor, Technical Diving

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

Posted by Scuba Butch on May 3, 2013 in Advanced Open Water, CPR Classes, Divemaster, EFR Instructor, IDC Staff Insructor, Instructor Development Classes, Master Scuba Diver, Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Nitrox Diver, Pool scuba Diving, Quarry Diving, Rescue Diver, Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving Chicago, Scuba Lessons, Scuba Lessons Chicago, ScubaShea.com, Specialty Instructor, Technical Diving, Try Scuba Diving

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

Posted by Scuba Butch on Apr 1, 2013 in Master Scuba Diver, Nitrox Diver, Quarry Diving, Rescue Diver, Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving Chicago, Scuba Lessons, Scuba Lessons Chicago, Scuba Review, Specialty Instructor, Technical Diving

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

Posted by Scuba Butch on Mar 18, 2013 in Advanced Open Water, Master Scuba Diver, Nitrox Diver, Pool scuba Diving, Quarry Diving, Scuba Diving, Scuba Lessons, Technical Diving

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...