The ultimate BCD choice: Jacket or Backplate and Wing? Many of my students ask me why I have a ‘different’ BCD. To clarify: I dive with an Aquamundo aluminium backplate and wing. They ask me what the benefits are and if those steel bolts don’t hurt my back. My answer is always the same: I …
Gobies Every diver will remember this on at least one of their dives: a small burrow in the sand, a shrimp busy shovelling out all of the sediment and a tiny fish guarding the entrance to their little Batcave. These little bodyguards are called gobies. With this statement however I do highlight the more well-known …
Have you ever been into the blue? Have you ever felt tiny? And by this I mean in the scheme of the universe that feeling when you realize that you are a minuscule element; part of something massive; yet slightly insignificant! Ominous I know, but honestly it’s an amazing feeling and one that not many …
Shore diving When most people think about diving they picture themselves on a big boat on a sunny day cruising the tropical waters of the Philippines. I am going to paint you a different picture in this blog and I will convince you why shore diving is just as much fun! At Liquid, we do …
Diving with a stick Do you go diving with a stick? Personally I don’t as I really do not see the point unless I have a camera and intend to use the stick as a measuring device. This is originally what ‘dive sticks’ were designed for, a tool for underwater photographers to gauge the distance …
Coral There are many different types of divers out there. Some love diving on sandy slopes where they spend hours searching for tiny critters that you barely see with the naked eye. Others love jumping off a boat in the middle of the ocean and floating in the blue, waiting; hoping that something large and …
Teaching my first course After I took my PADI Instructor Development Course I was looking forward to teaching my first course and couldn’t wait to see who my first students would be. I wanted to introduce others to the sport that I had fallen in love with. The opportunity to take someone underwater for the first time …
Dive Technology There is a well-known phrase for anglers, walk into a tackle shop and it’s the angler who gets hooked – I think it’s safe to say it is probably the same for divers and new dive technology. With so many things to catch the magpie’s eye, we can draw a lot of parallels …
Sidemount Diving It has been an extremely busy March and April for Sidemount divers here at Liquid. But why so many? I am fortunate to say that with the high traffic of PADI Divemasters and Instructors that frequent our doors there are plenty of candidates for the technical diving world. Unfortunately, not everyone is sold …
Learn to Scuba Dive in the Philippines “Well, what to say about Liquid!? Approach with caution because you will become hooked (it’s hard not be sucked in when you have such brilliant instructors like Berlinda and Michelle). Learn to scuba dive in the philippines with Liquid it’s fun, fascinating and fabulous! Upon arrival we were …
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