7 articles
A practical guide to your first drysuit dives: how buoyancy really differs from a wetsuit, the inversion trap, squeeze, cuff dumps and the training to do before kelp diving.
Tom Okafor ·
A clear-eyed guide to open-water scuba certification: what agencies really differ on, course structure and cost, referral options, and bridging from the pool to kelp.
Tom Okafor ·
A beginner-intermediate guide to wreck diving on temperate kelp coasts: how sunken ships become living reefs, penetration hazards, buoyancy skills and famous wrecks.
Tom Okafor ·
The two dive flags, what the law requires of divers and boaters, standoff distances, and how reality on the water differs from the textbook.
Tom Okafor ·
A complete pre-dive briefing framework for kelp forests — the headings that matter, kelp-specific hazards, and the minutiae that make briefings real.
Tom Okafor ·
How to choose an SMB or dSMB and deploy it cleanly — the tube that keeps boats off your head and surfaces safe. Sizes, types, reels and kelp-country tips.
Tom Okafor ·
Rent or buy? A diver's honest order of purchase — mask, fins, computer, exposure suit, BCD, regs — with the math on when owning beats renting.
Tom Okafor ·