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September 24^th and 25^th was a great weekend of diving.  The seas were calm all weekend and the vis was great.  There were only a few jelly fish as compared to other weekends and John was still stung.  Someday, he may learn to swim away from the jellyfish.

 

We dove a number of great spots.  Saturday afternoon everyone was able to explore Pickles Reef and Pillar Reef.  That night we…

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Hi all,

 

Since we now have over 450 members on Scubaout.com we are going to try the t-shirt contest again.

Wouldn't it be cool to be walking around town and see the shirt that you designed being worn in front of you.

Scuba Outfitters is offering up a chance for our fellow divers to design our new t- shirts! The design must be emailed to Mike@Scubaout.com by November 1, 2011.…

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Wow, where to start! I guess from the beginning. On my way to Key Largo I gave my friend Valentin a ride to Dade Corners. Dade Corners is the intersection of US 41 and Krome Ave 95 miles across the Everglades from Scuba Outfitters. Valentin wanted to ride his road bike back to Naples. He made it in 5 1/2 hours averaging 16 miles per hour. There are not many people that can do that. Great job Valentin!!

The wind on Saturday was S/SE at 25 knots. No boats were running in Key Largo, so…

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Mike’s Scuba Clinics

Scuba is a sport, right? To play sports really well you must practice, right? When was the last time you “practiced” your sport of Scuba Diving? You’ve probably never “practiced” Scuba Diving. Over 75 percent of divers including “Advanced” divers have never practiced their skills since their Open Water class. Every professional athlete practices for hours every day so when game day comes they can perform to near perfection. So should we. When your next dive… Continue

This is a great article that I found on Divefitness.com. Enjoy.



Breathing Heavy: How to reduce your gas consumption



by Cameron L. Martz, ACSM H/FI



For some divers, being the first to hit turn pressure means nothing more than a good-

natured jibe from dive buddies once back on the boat. For others, a high rate of gas

consumption stands as an obstacle to their full enjoyment of diving.



There are more ways to solve this problem… Continue