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Gear | Jun 2026
Hollis Prism 2 eCCR Review
A radial-scrubber rebreather that wants you to fly it — and the friction points the brochure skips.
Seasonal | Dec 2025
Florida Winter Diving: Wetsuit, Drysuit, or Tough It Out
Water in the low 70s, the best viz of the year, and the exposure question: 7mm, semidry, or finally go dry.
Buyer’s Guide | Nov 2025
Shearwater Perdix 2 vs Teric: Pick by Use Case, Not the Spec Sheet
Same algorithm, same modes. The choice is form factor, battery, and screen — here is how I would pick.
Tech Diving | Sep 2025
The Honest Cost of Getting on a CCR
Course, unit, sensors, sorb, service. The real ledger of crossing from open circuit to a rebreather.
Tech Diving | Aug 2025
Bailout Gas Planning for South Florida CCR Drift Dives
Why rock-bottom math does not port to the loop, and the bailout I actually carry for the Jupiter wrecks.
Field Guide | Jul 2025
Reading the Slack Window at Blue Heron Bridge
The lagoon does not care about waves — it cares about slack. Reading station 8722670 and picking your hour.
Gear | Jun 2025
Big Blue AL1300 Review: A Real Primary Light Without the Premium
A bright, wide-beam day-and-backup light that punches well above its price on the reefs.
Gear | May 2025
Scubapro Hydros Pro Review: The Travel BCD That Doesn’t Feel Like One
A moldable Monprene BCD that packs flat, drains fast, and shrugs off saltwater abuse.
Gear | Apr 2025
Shearwater Teric Review: A Dive Computer You’ll Actually Wear
Full tech capability in a watch you will actually wear to dinner — and the cost of shrinking it.
Gear | Mar 2025
Shearwater Perdix 2 Review: The Tech Diver’s Default, Earned
The big-screen, field-swappable-battery computer that became the tech default for a reason.
Gear | Feb 2025
Scubapro MK25 EVO / S620Ti Review: Breathes Like It Owes You Money
An effortless high-flow breathe for warm water and travel, with the maintenance reality of a piston.
Gear | Jan 2025
Apeks XTX200 Review: A Cold-Water Workhorse in Warm Water
An overbuilt cold-water regulator I dive in 80-degree water anyway. Here is why.
Field Report | Dec 2024
Shark Diving in Jupiter Florida
Big sharks circling beneath you. Heart pounding, regulator steady. This is Jupiter.
Opinion | Dec 2024
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Safety | Nov 2024
Boating & Diving Safety
The most dangerous part of diving isn't the dive.
Gear | Oct 2024
Fourth Element Proteus II Review: The Wetsuit That Earns Its Price
A warm, well-cut 5mm that holds up to year-round Florida diving — and earns its price.
Gear | Sep 2024
Halcyon Backplate & Wing Review: Buy Once, Dive for Twenty Years
Simple, bombproof, infinitely serviceable. It fixes your trim and outlives every jacket BCD.
Gear | Aug 2024
Garmin Descent Mk2i Review: The Dive Smartwatch, Honestly Assessed
A genuine multisport smartwatch that also dives. Where it wins, and where a dedicated computer still does.
Field Report | Aug 2024
When and Where to Dive Goliath Grouper Season in Jupiter
Hundreds of giant grouper stack the Jupiter wrecks to spawn. The single best month of the year here.
Gear | Jul 2024
Scubapro Jet Fins Review: Fifty Years Old and Still the Right Answer
Heavy negative rubber, fifty years old, and still the right answer for drift and tech.
Gear | Oct 2023
Garmin Mk2i vs Shearwater Perdix 2
One's a smartwatch that dives. The other's a dive computer, period.
Education | Sep 2023
Dive Planning with Nitrox
Longer bottom times. But only if you plan correctly.
Destinations | Aug 2023
Why Dive in Jupiter, Florida?
The Gulf Stream runs right past the coast. Almost nobody knows.