Category: Advice
Scuba gear: Is it worth buying your own diving equipment?
As scuba divers, we have the superpower of breathing underwater. To do it, we need scuba diving gear. To do it safely and comfortably, we need even more scuba diving equipment. Nevertheless, I feel like a superhero every time I don my wetsuit and BCD. This is also why scuba diving is perceived as an expensive sport. Our scuba gear doesn’t come cheap in …
5 reasons to adopt the Aqualung i330R dive computer
My dive computer is the only piece of my scuba gear I can keep close to me every day. I use it as a watch; it is my link to the ocean, reminding me my next dive is only a matter of time. While I can’t do this with the i330R, it was, nonetheless, love at first dive. Saying the Aqualung i330R changes everything …
Drysuit diving: things to know before giving it a go
As more divers look into local diving opportunities to halt a way too long surface interval, they all face the same struggle of potentially freezing once underwater. Indeed, for scuba divers in Europe or North America, local diving usually means cold water diving, especially in the winter months. But is freezing underwater inevitable? No, thanks to drysuits! This essential piece of any scuba diving …
How to be a good dive buddy in 15 tips
Dive buddies can make or break a dive. Safety in recreational diving is based on the redundancy of equipment between two scuba divers; who your dive buddy is can determine whether or not you will enjoy your dive while feeling safe underwater. After 10 years of solo scuba diving trips worldwide, I learnt a thing or two about how a good dive buddy team …
Bringing your phone underwater: is it such a good idea?
As our phones are getting more and more evolved, embedding always higher quality cameras, some of us just ditched the idea of owning a separate camera. To be fair, the perspective of travelling light without any bulky photography equipment is appealing. This is especially the case for us scuba divers when we already travel with our beloved scuba diving gear. Until this year, I …
Enter the LEG3ND: my review of Aqualung signature regulators
The third generation of Aqualung famous Legend regulators what the product release everyone was talking about on the floor of the latest DEMA and BOOT shows, in Florida and Germany, but also the Paris Dive Show. As I returned to the French Riviera to spend the summer, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to pay a visit to Aqualung France which has been …
Diving in French Polynesia: a first-timer guide
Here is my final post of travel tips to go diving in French Polynesia! I wanted to sum up all the things I learnt from the experience of my first trip to French Polynesia, which lasted 3 weeks from mid-September to the beginner of October. I cover of course the best diving as this is one of the most fun things to do in …
Diving in Tahiti & Moorea: a road trip in French Polynesia
While French Polynesia is the ultimate destination for island hopping, travelling around Tahiti and its hundred islands is like going across Europe distance wise. For my first trip, I knew it would be better to focus only on a few islands to go scuba diving in French Polynesia. While preparing for my trip, I made the surprising discovery that it is possible to go …