• Far East
• Photography
• Travel
• pacific

  Cheryl, Coad, Rich and Ann at the airport in                          Houston. The first wave of divers departed Houston’s Intercontinent.. Read More

• Travel
• Dive Travel
• Packing

    My TSA defense mechanism or ..don’t let your things be molested in route. My friend and fellow diver, Lauren has been asking for articles for a newsletter and I have been wanting to write a series of blog posts: “Tips f.. Read More

• Scuba Diver Health
• gasses
• safety
• Scuba Diving

Nitrogen is commonly painted as the bogeyman gas for divers, but there are two other gases that can cause scuba divers problems. Carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) are the real black gases of scuba diving. By Simon Pridmore Simon is the be.. Read More

• Digital
• Photography
• Underwater
• Video
• Wild Life

Wow!  We have had some website issues behind the scenes so we are very late in getting the Photography Contest rules uploaded onto the web.  However, they are here now as well as the 2014 and 2015 photo submissions.  So, hopefully you .. Read More

• Presentations
• Scuba Dive Training
• Dive Mom
• diving
• Great Day Houston
• Texas

Dive Mom, Ann Keibler, was Debra Duncan’s guest on Great Day Houston on Monday talking about scuba diving and scuba dive training. She was joined in the audience by some of Oceanic Venture’s Junior Scuba Divers including Yasmine, Andrew a.. Read More

• Open Circuit
• Scuba Dive Training
• Skills
• diving
• diving skills
• Training

There is nothing to fear about accidentally going into deco as long as you know what to do when it happens. Simon is the best-selling author of Scuba Confidential – An Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Better Diver and Scuba Professional &nda.. Read More

• Digital
• Photography
• photo
• Surface Photography

Let’s face it, on any adventure, the food is as important as the other activities.  Most of us are not on backpacking trips where freeze-dried or dehydrated food is the standard but rather we are there to experience the small part of the w.. Read More

• Scuba Dive Training
• Scuba Diver Health
• Training

Simon is the best-selling author of Scuba Confidential – An Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Better Diver and Scuba Professional – Insights into Scuba Diver Training & Operations. Both books are available now from Oceanic Ventures... Read More

• Photography
• Uncategorized
• Underwater
• Photograph
• Surface Photography

In reading Helen Jung’s article, Secrets to Traveling like a Local, I thought about how to apply some of her hints to diving travel photography.   We have a lot of the same issues but when you add underwater photography to the mix, it.. Read More

• Open Circuit
• buoyancy
• Scuba Dive Training
• scuba equipment

A note about the author – Simon is the best-selling author of Scuba Confidential – An Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Better Diver and Scuba Professional – Insights into Scuba Diver Training & Operations. Both books are avai.. Read More