• Classes and Training
• Equipment
• scuba skills update

  So you were a diver “BC” (i.e. before children) and your children are now old enough that you would like to start diving again, right?  So what do you need to do to jump back into the water?  Well, the answer is not as st.. Read More

• New Students
• diving skills
• Leadership Training
• Scuba Dive Training

It was a cold stormy night; the air was as thick as a rubber duck.  The team was stuck inside wondering when the weather would break so they could go submerge in the tropical waters.  It was at this point that the duo decided that they need.. Read More

• Classes and Training
• continuing education
• diving skills
• Scuba Dive Training
• specialties
• Training

         Let’s Go Diving! Wade is hosting a Specialty Diver Weekend!  Now, before you tune it out, it isn’t until May so the water will be warm and the weather will be stunning (ok, the water w.. 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

• Scuba Dive Training
• Skills
• diving skills
• Training

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

• Scuba Dive Training
• Skills
• advanced training
• Recreational Training
• Training

During a scuba dive you are immersed in water – an alien environment – relying on your equipment, skills and knowledge to keep you alive. But an equally important tool that you can use to ensure that you make the most of the experience an.. Read More

• Staff
• diving
• diving skills
• drysuit
• Scuba Dive Training
• Training

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye!  Let it be known that Oceanic Ventures Has Four New Scuba Diving Instructors! New Scuba Diving Instructors John Davis, Joe Henry, Joel Hershey and Steve Soulen. Also Pictured are Ann Keibler, Eric Keibler and Alex Wits.. Read More

• Photography
• Rebreather
• Rebreathers
• diving skills
• Scuba Dive Training
• Technical Diving
• Rebreather Diving
• Training

I am often asked why I prefer to dive a rebreather over open-circuit scuba.  My reasons are mixed and sometimes maybe a little hard to quantify.  But the simple answer is, for me, it has a number of advantages over traditional scuba. Key Ad.. Read More

• Caribbean
• Dry Suit Diving
• Local Diving
• Pacific
• Scuba Dive Training
• Scuba Diving Activities
• Scuba Diving Equipment
• Skills
• Travel
• buoyancy

   Susan Long Relaxing in Fiji I have been scuba diving for over two years – since December 2012. Not only that, I had 100 dives within 10 months, and I had another 100 dives within another 10 months. I LOVE it! I am 59 years old, a r.. Read More

• Marine Life
• Photography
• Rebreather
• Underwater
• diving
• diving skills
• marine life
• Technical Diving
• Rebreather Diving
• underwater photography

Warning: Undefined array key "file" in /home/oceanicventures/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 1763 Photograph (c) Robert Hew magine just floating and watching a parrot fish or a grouper in a cleaning station. While you are there, y.. Read More