Looking for a great volunteer opportunity after your Thanksgiving feast while also maintaining social distance? Join Blue Planet Scuba for a independent clean up of Rock Creek and #OptOutside! Get to know one of our favorite local greenspaces while giving back to our community by keeping […]

As the New Year rapidly approaches we are beginning to look hopefully look towards more diving ahead! To celebrate the brighter times ahead this holiday season we have put together a gift guide with all of the things you or your favorite diver would love […]

Photo: Byron Conroy With COVID-19 upending much of the world’s diving plans for the year, many of us are looking for ways to get in the water closer to home. For a lot of us, this means we need to think about drysuits!  Unfortunately, drysuits […]

You’ve probably seen headlines popping up all over saying things like “Palau is first country to ban ‘reef toxic’ sun cream,” “People over Coral: Florida could ban sunscreen bans,” and “Hawaii Passes Bill Banning Sunscreen that can Harm Coral Reefs.” Or maybe you watched our "Friday […]

Fall is here but there is still lots of diving to be done!  While we still don't have access to our normal training pool, we can conduct in-water classes at nearby scuba parks! Join us for a weekend getaway to Lake Phoenix in southern Virginia or Dutch Springs in […]

It’s that time of year again...AWARE Week is right around the corner! For AWARE Week 2020 we are going to take a look at how COVID-19 has impacted the oceans and dive into how we can ensure we are still actively doing all we can […]

Feeling like a fish out of water? Trying to figure out what to do with your newfound land legs? Why not put your dried out dive gills to work for a great cause! REEF, our favorite marine community science organization, is hosting a virtual Fish […]

July 18, 2020 will mark the 6th annual PADI Women’s Dive day! Diving has traditionally been a sport dominated by men. Even today, women are still far outnumbered in many types of diving, shops, clubs and training organizations. Globally, Women’s Dive Day helps women divers […]

It’s Plastic Free July! This month we encourage all of you to challenge yourself when it comes to your use of plastics. If you have been thinking about making a switch from a traditional plastic based product to a non-plastic based one, learning how to […]

The dive industry has a racism problem. In her 2019 article “Finding Color Below the Surface,” Mariah Shore asked the following question:  “Why did I rarely see people who looked like me in the dive community? Where were all the women of color? Of all […]