I've written about the small commercial diving jobs we are called to do from time to time. Last January we got a call about recovering a snowmobile that had fallen through the ice at Fish Lake. Fish Lake is located about three hours south of Salt Lake near Richfield, just about right in the center...
This article was guest written by one of our instructors, Mike Walters.I am often asked by students, "Of all the places you've dived, where is your favorite?" I have been to some great destinations, but I still have to answer, "The Bahamas."In December Dive Utah took a live aboard trip aboard the beautiful Aqua Cat....
In the weeks preceding the Winter Olympics arrival in Salt Lake, locals in the valley were told to expect crowds on the freeways, crowds downtown, crowds at the venues and did I mention crowds on the freeways? With this in mind I was only too happy to head south for the first week of the...
Working full time at a dive shop gives you lots of interesting diving opportunities. I'm not talking about the clear, warm waters of the Caribbean dive trips that they make me go on. (Perhaps make is a strong word.) No, I'm talking about the commercial and salvage work we do here locally a couple times...
You've got your Ultra-light regulator from Scubapro, your multi-functional BCD from Dive Rite, new Citizen watch, Aeris computer, Titanium knife, shorty and drysuit. You make other so-called gear-heads look like guppies. Only problem is, how you gonna carry all this stuff?Dive bags are the often forgotten about piece of high performance scuba equipment. People will...
Those of you who know me, know I love diving Catalina Island. Many of you have gone with Dive Utah on one of our Catalina adventures, either staying on the island or diving off a live-aboard boat. For the last few years I've taken many groups down on a unique boat called the Psalty V...
In this month's column I'd like to talk about the most important toy we take underwater with us, the regulator. Since this is the life support of our scuba system, let's talk about the best of the best; high performance first and second stages. Scubapro‚ has long been a leader in regulator innovation and they've...
As many of you know, Dive Utah has moved around a bit since it's beginnings almost 20 years ago. We started out on Redwood Road, moved to Main Street in 1986 and finally came to rest on the second floor of an old ski shop in Holladay in 1989. The location was a bit odd,...