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Your first SMB come with a tricky rope « I just bought my new Surface Marker Buoy. And surprise, there was only the SMB itself. Where is the rope ? How to keep my SMB underwater ? » Indeed, when you buy your SMB, often it comes alone, and in the best case with a light rope.…
And what if we continue where we left off. These past weeks have been jerky. The publication of the photos for the project 52 was suspended, as the weekly publication of the posts. I assure you, I’m fine. The activity on the site, blog and social media pages will restart slowly. I made a new…
A SMB is a useful device for your safety The surface marker buoy (SMB) is an exercise that may seem complex. Yet if you were to have a permanent safety equipment on your scuba unit, it is a SMB. It allows you to signal your presence on the surface and has the advantage to provide…
Ask an experienced diver how to use a compass You have just bought an underwater compass and there is the drama, because you do not remember what your instructor had explained you during your PADI Open Water course. Reading your Open Water manual is not explicit. Better than words, I invite you to watch a…
The compass could become your best friend Among the equipment of autonomous diver, there is an instrument that everyone scares : the compass. Using a compass underwater is not obvious. Between frustration and fear of making mistakes, how to choose a compass ? The diver tends to ignore this device. The Open Water training does…
A dive knife is a tool, not a weapon After choosing your dive knife, the next question is : « where to set up your knife ? » The stereotype of the diver with his knife attached to the leg is over. Not really. There are still irreducible. Traditional settings The first place we think…
