Have you ever had those dreams of flying – where you can actually feel yourself flying? It can be a strange sensation at first, one that quickly becomes and incredible experience… that is, until you wake up and its feet back on the ground again. What if you could capture that feeling in real life? It may be a little scary at first, but once you learn to trust your body (and the equipment), scuba diving is the closest human kind can get to that feeling of flying.  

We have all worked so hard (and paid enough to PADI) to get to where we are; whether it is at a professional rank, or starting off in Open Water. We’ve ALL sat through the tedious PADI videos, knocked out the knowledge reviews and quizzes, master the skills in the pool and finished off in the ocean. There were so many things to do, plan, organize and it’s all done in a flash of a second! The dreaded masks skills all seem to be a blurred, distant memory. So what’s next?  

Last Friday was going to be Nicole’s 100th dive, which in the diving community is a very big milestone. On this dive you are supposed to swallow your embarrassment and dive naked, however since we’re in the great white north and not in a warm tropical paradise we low the exceptions. So we let it slide for Nicole because we didn’t want her to freeze to death…. Little did I know I was going to be the one to freeze by bum off! The three Diving Locker girls all have our colours, just like the power rangers. Chelsea is black and pink, Nicole is blue and green and I’m red and blue. Only natural... 

It was going to be great. My 100th Dive! In the diving community, a diver’s 100th dive is a big deal. The consensus is that you are supposed to dive naked – which I would totally do… or at least I would have if it was, oh say, at least 30 degrees warmer! So I had to come up with something else silly to do (and I’ll take any excuse to do something silly… just try me – I dare you!). Luckily, it was Friday the 13th and already off to a good start. One of our favorite dive playlist songs, Somebody That I Used To Know, by Gotye, just played on our regular radio station at the shop for the... 

You see it every day. It’s a normal occurrence. You may scoff at it; give it a dirty look. Perhaps even utter your shame and disgust at its culprit. Still you keep walking. After all, you didn’t put it there. It’s ok. We all do it. In fact it is so common a sight, that quite often we don’t even actually see it. Litter. Garbage. Trash. Tossed away and left to decorate our streets, forests and oceans – forever.  

When the sun falls below the horizon it initiates a stir amongst the nocturnal ocean residents, those who harbor in cracks and crevices during the daylight hours now emerge. Shrimp begin to leap and wander, sea urchins appear to wobble along the bottom and even the Pacific Octo might make an appearance. If you’re up for it, night diving can be a unique opportunity to witness some of the most spectacular moments underwater. It allows us to experience old dive sites in different and exciting ways. If you’re a night diving pro and diving in complete darkness with only your torch to lead has lost...