• Events

March 29th is International Mermaid Day!  And today we're thrilled to announce that you can become a PADI Mermaid with Blue Planet Scuba. Mermaid Jen blowing a kissJen Downey, a PADI IDC Staff Instructor, freediver and PADI Mermaid Instructo.. Read More

• Conservation

The thirtieth annual DC Environmental Film Festival is on! The films will be showing from March 17-27. A huge range of topics are available, and while we may have a bias towards the ocean related films, there is a a ton to check out. Click here to vi.. Read More

• Gear Specials

We love the new Descent Series of wearables from Garmin! If you've been looking for a wrist mounted watch that tracks your sleep and your heart rate while working out, provides a map and GPS while hiking AND is also a great dive computer, then co.. Read More

• Conservation

The days are getting longer and warmer and the Spring storms are washing all sorts of trash down Rock Creek, so it's time for another clean up! Anyone joining this clean up will need to complete the RCC online waiver linked to below. You will als.. Read More

• Conservation

It's time for this year's Extreme Clean Up! Each year, thousands of volunteers head out into their section of Rock Creek Park and conduct clean ups as part of this movement. Anyone joining this clean up will need to complete the RCC online wa.. Read More

• Events

Does this describe you? Are you passionate about diving and love to share stories of your dive adventures with everyone you know? Or maybe you love a challenge and want to expand your diving knowledge and underwater skills beyond that of a recreation.. Read More

• gear
• wetsuits

Suitability: Ensuring Comfort Underwater In order to fully enjoy your time underwater, you need to be comfortable. We all know this as divers, but figuring out exactly how to make that happen for us individually can be somewhat of a challenge.  .. Read More

• conservation
• travel

Tips For Planning An Eco-minded Dive Trip Have you ever been on a vacation and been shocked at the amount of debris floating in the water and littering the beach? Or wondered if the local people are benefiting from your tourism dollars? As divers, we.. Read More

• fish id
• fish
• critters
• photography

  How To Spot Some Of Our Favorite Cryptic Critters On Your Next Dive Remember when you first started diving? There was so much to see that you hardly knew where to look! Colorful parrot fish chomping on corals. Schools of wrasse streaming over .. Read More

• fish
• behavior
• photography

  7 Secrets To Better Underwater Photos (and Encounters) By Understanding Fish Behavior   We know how it goes: you dry off from a dive, eager to load your photos onto your laptop or iPad to see if THAT SHOT actually came out. The one with t.. Read More