Revised PADI Open Water Course

The diving industry is constantly changing. That means our classes have to evolve as well.  PADI recognizes this and has always been at the fore front of diver education.  Dive Utah realizes this as well and thus we try to implement changes to classes sooner rather than later. The latest change to come down the...

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Advanced Class or Ice Dive?

So the football season is over and you are sitting around over the weekend thinking about what to do. I have the perfect answer for you whether you like it hot or cold! Next weekend, Dive Utah will go extreme! We have extreme warm with an Advanced Open Water class at the Crater and we...

Mask Issues

Last Thursday I had a class in the pool for their second night. That means mask removal and replacement will be the fun skill of the night. I knew we were destined for trouble because I wasn't able to practise mask clearing as much as I would have liked the first night. The pool heater...

Old Dogs & New Tricks

This fall I was given the opportunity to try my hand as a student in the Global Underwater Explorers Fundamentals class. Like many in the dive industry, I had heard a bit about GUE. Like many groups whose practices stand out from the normal way of doing things, they have been labeled extremists by some,...

Is Diving Difficult?

I have people ask me all the time if learning to dive is hard. My answer would have to be that it's not supposed to be. Nor is it supposed to be hard to stay diving. With that in mind, I wanted to take a second and complain about all those people, places and things...