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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...

PADI Scuba Diver Course April 8, 15, 22, 2013

Posted by Scuba Butch on Apr 1, 2013 in Master Scuba Diver, Pool scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving Chicago, Scuba Lessons, Scuba Lessons Chicago, Scuba Review

Event Details PADI Scuba Diver Thinking of getting certified for an upcoming vacation, but don’t have the time to put into a regular diver course? Now there’s a quick and easy program designed especially for you! This is your chance to slap on some fins, strap on a mask and experience an...

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...

Achieving Better Buoyancy

Posted by Scuba Butch on Mar 16, 2013 in Advanced Open Water, Instructor Development Classes, Pool scuba Diving, Quarry Diving, Scuba Diving, Scuba Lessons, Scuba Review

In learning how to dive, some scuba instructors may point out a few things beyond the skills you learn. Many will not. Neutral buoyancy is an art and craft that must be worked on all the time. A friend and scuba instructor, Mike Shea, talks how buoyancy is a perishable skill that must be practiced. I...

A Weighty Matter

Posted by Scuba Butch on Mar 7, 2013 in Advanced Open Water, Instructor Development Classes, Master Scuba Diver, Nitrox Diver, Scuba Diving, Scuba Lessons, Scuba Review, Specialty Instructor, Technical Diving

The average person probably does not think about the weight of water. That average person is not like you and hold that coveted scuba diving certification. Have that understanding that water plays a critical role in what happens to our body while diving. Sure, we learned that a cubic foot of freshwater...

Who is this Archimedes Guy and what does he mean to Me?

Posted by Scuba Butch on Mar 6, 2013 in Divemaster, IDC Staff Insructor, Instructor Development Classes, Master Scuba Diver, Nitrox Diver, Scuba Diving, Scuba Lessons, Scuba Review, Specialty Instructor, Technical Diving

Do you happen to remember this statement; “An object wholly or partially immersed in liquid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object” That is Archimedes Principle; it is also one of the more important principles in diving. As scuba divers here in the Northwest...