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New beginnings start underwater. 🤿

Congratulations to our newest Open Water Divers: Kylee, Carter, Kyle Richter, Tasha, Kyle Scott, and Nathan Richter!

Six new certifications, six new divers, and a whole lot of diving ahead of them.

Kylee and Tasha also got an introduction to Girls That Scuba from our amazing Jeanette, connecting them with a global community of women who dive — because finding your dive community can be just as important as earning that first certification.

Welcome to the underwater world, everyone. This is only the beginning. 🌊

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Ever had a spool get messy, a buoy get away from you, or felt your buoyancy change the second you started deploying a DSMB?

That is exactly why we train it.

Join our DSMB Workshop and build practical, controlled deployment skills for real dives.

Upcoming session: September 30, 2026

Reserve your spot:
https://links.scubaplano.com/WKSHP_DSMB


https://links.scubaplano.com/WKSHP_DSMB

Before we introduce the new group at the lake today, here is a look at last weekend’s Open Water students!

This group trained with Barry and Autumn before completing their checkout dives with Enrique. Learning from multiple Scuba Adventures instructors gave them the benefit of different teaching styles and perspectives, all working toward the same goal: helping them become safe, comfortable, and confident divers.

Congratulations to last weekend’s group and good luck to the new students beginning their lake dives today! 🤿

🌴 What if your next dive trip wasn't where everyone else goes?

You've probably heard of Cozumel.

Maybe you've dived Roatán or Bonaire.

But have you ever considered Little Corn Island, Nicaragua?

Imagine...
🐢 Sea turtles cruising the reefs.
🌊 Crystal-clear Caribbean water.
🤿 Fourteen included dives.
🌙 Night dives with the opportunity to experience bioluminescence.
🏝️ A tiny island where golf carts don't exist, and life moves at island pace.

This isn't a crowded resort destination.

It's a small-group adventure designed for divers who want to experience something different.

📅 March 5–13, 2027

✔️ 12 Day Dives
✔️ 2 Night Dives
✔️ Single Occupancy Included
✔️ Domestic Nicaragua Flights & Transfers Included
✔️ Small Group Experience

👨‍🏫 Led by Derek Coleman

⚠️ Only 5 diver spots remain.

If Little Corn Island has been on your radar, or you've never heard of it but now you're curious...

👇 Comment "LITTLE CORN" below, and we'll get you more info.

Who knows... your next favorite dive destination might be one you've never considered.

DSMB deployment is one of those skills that feels simple until buoyancy, current, task loading, and team awareness all show up at once.

Our DSMB Workshop helps divers build cleaner deployment technique, better spool control, and more confidence underwater.

Upcoming session: September 30, 2026

Reserve your spot:
https://links.scubaplano.com/WKSHP_DSMB


https://links.scubaplano.com/WKSHP_DSMB

DSMB Workshop Want to feel more comfortable and confident deploying a DSMB? This workshop is designed to help divers safely and effectively launch surface marker buoys from depth while improving control, awareness, and equipment familiarity.

170 minutes underwater at The Scuba Ranch. Before certification.

Our Open Water students had a fantastic weekend, completing three 40-minute dives and finishing with a 50-minute dive.

That means they left the lake with 170 minutes of actual open-water dive time — nearly three hours of experience underwater before earning their certification.

Since the beginning, the owners of Scuba Adventures have believed that one of the best ways to develop better divers is pretty simple:

Give them more time diving.

There’s a reason the idea of 10,000 hours resonates: skills aren’t built by checking boxes. They’re built through time, repetition, practice, mistakes, adjustment, and experience.

We're certainly not getting anyone to 10,000 hours in an Open Water course, but we can make sure the first hours count.

Give students time to settle in, develop buoyancy and comfort, work with their buddy, learn from mistakes — and actually enjoy being underwater.

A certification card tells you that you've met the requirements to become an Open Water Diver.

Experience is what starts turning you into one.

Congratulations to this weekend's newest divers. You worked hard, had some great dives, and built a strong foundation for wherever diving takes you next.

And a special shoutout to That Scuba represented at the lake this weekend!

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Think you have good buoyancy? Try holding perfectly still underwater at a specific depth... and don’t move a muscle.

That’s part of the bar we set in a TDI Intro to Tech class.

This past weekend was the continuation of a journey that started back in January for four divers. They were introduced to the skills, given feedback, and then given something equally important: time to practice.

They came back ready to demonstrate that practice.

Intro to Tech isn’t about going deeper. It’s about building the foundation needed before moving into technical diving: precise buoyancy, trim, propulsion, situational awareness, equipment management, teamwork, and the ability to maintain control while performing skills.

Four students worked hard, practiced, returned, and earned their successful completion of Intro to Tech.

And there was another milestone this weekend.

Instructor Barry completed his evaluation with Instructor Trainer Jenny Lord and was signed off to teach TDI Intro to Tech. Congratulations, Barry!

Great diving isn’t built by rushing through certifications. It’s built through instruction, , practice, and demonstrating that you can actually perform the skills.

Want to find out how still you can really hover?

Come train with us.

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Built for your next dive. And the dives you haven't planned yet.

The Shearwater Perdix 3 is now available at Scuba Adventures.

The newest generation of the Perdix platform combines an ultra-bright 2.4" AMOLED display with the functionality that has made the Perdix a favorite among recreational, advanced and technical divers.

You get:

• Full recreational and technical dive modes
• Programmable quick-change settings
• Air integration capability
• User-replaceable AA battery
• Updated user interface and intuitive menu navigation
• A platform designed to grow with your diving

Whether you're looking for a premium recreational computer today or equipment that won't become the limiting factor as your diving progresses, the Perdix 3 deserves a look.

The Silver Perdix 3 is available now at Scuba Adventures.

Stop by the shop and see it in person.

Tomorrow is the Garmin & You Workshop.

Last chance to join us and learn how to get more from your Garmin — from settings and dive data to readiness, recovery, and real-world use.

Workshop date: Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Cost: $25

Register here:
https://links.scubaplano.com/WKSHP_GARMIN


https://links.scubaplano.com/WKSHP_GARMIN