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Short answer: Not all dive shop awards mean the same thing. Some are voted on by actual divers, some are earned through a certification agency's audit, some are generated by software reading Google reviews, and some are just a line a shop wrote a.. Read More

Short answer: A dive shop is a one-stop scuba center — the place you go to learn to dive, get certified, buy and rent gear, fill your tanks with air or nitrox, and have your equipment serviced. If you're looking for a dive shop in the Charl.. Read More

• Inmar
• Rescue Boats
• Public Safety Diving
• Hurricane Response
• Dive Team Equipment

Hurricane Isaias is bearing down, and agencies and first responders across the Carolinas are checking their boats, trailers, and gear right now. To everyone preparing to protect their communities: thank you, and stay safe out there. If your team is l.. Read More

• Public Safety Diving
• Interspiro Divator
• OTS Guardian
• ERDI
• Dive Team Equipment

When a call comes in for a submerged vehicle, a drowning, or evidence in the water, your dive team doesn't get to pick the conditions. In the lakes and rivers around Charlotte, that usually means zero visibility, cold water at depth, boat traffic.. Read More

• Public Safety Diving
• Hurricane Helene
• Lake Adger
• Interspiro
• OTS Guardian
• Underwater Recovery

For the better part of three weeks, our dive crew has been in the water at Lake Adger in Polk County, North Carolina — ten-hour days, seven days a week, no days off — rigging Hurricane Helene storm debris off the bottom at the Turner Shoa.. Read More

Every once in a while, someone walks through the door and the whole shop slows down for a minute. That happened this week when Andy, an older diver who’s been around the sport for decades, stopped by Sink or Swim. Andy was a name I’d hear.. Read More

If you're thinking about learning to scuba dive, one of the first questions is usually: what does it actually cost to get certified? It's a fair question, and the honest answer is that the price depends on what's included. At Sink or Swim.. Read More

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How to Choose a Scuba Diving Vacation: Is It a Dive Destination—or Just a Destination That Offers Diving? When you’re planning a scuba vacation, there is one distinction that I think every diver should understand: There are destinations p.. Read More

Public safety divers don’t get to choose their conditions. Submerged vehicles, missing-person recovery, crime-scene evidence — visibility is often zero, the water is contaminated, and the threat of entanglement is real. The best way to pr.. Read More

If you are comparing the Shearwater Peregrine TX, Perdix, and Teric, the good news is there is no wrong answer — all three are excellent, rugged, and share Shearwater's clear, no-nonsense interface. The real question is which one fits the d.. Read More