Today I Found Out Episodes Referencing Sealife

"Whales Don’t Spray Water Out of Their Blowholes and Other Interesting Whale Facts"
"The Shark 30 Times the Size of a Great White"
"Can Lobsters Really Not Die of Old Age?"
"Do Sharks Really Not Like How Humans Taste?"
"What Exactly are Sea Monkeys?"
"The Fish That Talk with Farts"
"Do Fish Get Thirsty and Why Most Fish are Exclusively Freshwater or Saltwater Fish"
"Can Sharks Really Grow an Unlimited Number of Teeth"

Amazing animal life found in the Puget Sound. Mammals, Fish, Crabs, Inve...

Amazing animal life found in the Puget Sound. Mammals, Fish, Crabs, Invertebrates and Octopus

 1) Killer Whale
 2) Grunt Sculpin
 3) Yelloweye Rockfish
 4) Hudson's Dorid
 5) Striped Nudibranch
 6) Orange Social Ascidian
 7) Scalloped Jellyfish
 8) Harbor Seal
 9) Pink Tipped Anemone
10) Treefish
11) Diamondback Nudibranch
12) Striped Sun Star
13) Kelp Greenling
14) Cloud Sponge
15) Hopkin's Rose Nudibranch
16) Northern Feather Duster
17) White-Spotted Rose Anemone
18) Snake Prickleback
19) Starry Flounder
20) Red Rock Crab
21) Black Rockfish
22) Crescent Gunnel
23) Sailfin Sculpin
24) Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker
25) Bay Pipefish
26) 6-Gill Shark
27) Spiny Dogfish
28) Ratfish
29) Lingcod
30) Striped Perch
31) Cabezon
32) Wolf Eel
33) Shaggy Mouse Nudibranch
34) Sea Pen
35) River Otter
36) Moon Snail
37) Dungeness Crab
38) Alabaster Nudibranch
39) Lion's Mane Jellyfish
40) Sea Cucumber
41) Plumose Anemone
42) Monterey Sea Lemon
43) Mosshead Warbonnet
44) Hermit Crab
45) Northern Kelp Crab
46) Purple Sea Urchin
47) Leather Star
48) Red Octopus
49) Copper Rockfish
50) Giant Pacific Octopus

So, you want to learn how to scuba dive on your vacation. Learn locally!

#scuba #scubadiving #scubareferral #scubalessons #scubaabroad #scubavacation #divevacation #referral

So you want to learn how to scuba dive...

LEARN WHERE YOU LIVE!

When you arrive at your dive destination, have fun.

If you’re not going to learn here, there are some important things to keep in mind... some important things to ask when you get there!

It doesn't take long to get fully certified so if you have several consecutive days available.

I can finish you up without having to stretch out certification over several weeks.

Sometimes prospective students go elsewhere. It's not that I get dissapointed if students go elsewhere, but when I compare private lessons on your schedule, and at your convenience, with idividualized attention, rates similar to a shop's group rates while being taught on a private basis, something seems a miss...

I know that my program is more involved than the traditional dive shop course, and for what it's worth, I'll never adopt a business model that encourages less education, cutting corners, and churning out divers that are prone to dropping out just for additional business.

A popular program that many chose to sign up for is the "referral."

A referral certificatons mean that the students does all the education and pool work where they live, and do the certification dives at a destination of their choice.

When the student has two instructors, sometimes completing their certification becomes problematic.

If the dive shop recieving the student is of a different certifying agency, the issue tends to be the overall extent to which the thoroughness of their training really endsup being.

To this point, even when students choose instruction elsewhere or do their cert dives in only warm, tropical waters, I still want them to have the best, safest, thorough, and amazing experiences scuba diving.

Because of this, there are several things that the referral student should consider; several things to make sure to do in order to ensure they get what they deserve.

Listed below are several things that the new prospective student, referral student, and traveler should be sure to do:

-- find out how many students the instructor takes out at once
-- will a medical release be required?
-- does the instructor have liability insurance? what about the dive shop?
-- while a lot of the previous items mentioned happen infrequently, they are considerations that often go without saying
-- if you commited and enrolled, there are some things that should happen during your training
-- who's the barber, here?
-- ask your instructor how many dives they have logged
-- divemastes are NOT instructors
-- just dive
-- you're not as good as you think you are
-- this ain't no conga line
-- do, or do not, there is no try
-- it's NOT a numbers game
-- the blind leading the blind
-- those that can, WILL
-- those that can't, MAKE EXCUSES
-- accidents happen so infrequently, that it is not practical to bring it along
-- don't hide the truth and personal experiences even if the outcomes weren't the best
-- everybody rides for free
-- don't just sit there
-- i just want to try it and see if i like it

WANT MORE INFORMATION, FOLLOW THESE LINKS:

"Portland woman missing after scuba diving in Tacoma"
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/06/portland_woman_missing_after_r.html

"Theodoric of York: Medieval Barber"
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/theodoric-of-york/n8661?snl=1

"No try. Do, or do not. There is no try."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YkbgvRMpW0

"Justin Theroux suffered scuba diving scare during honeymoon"
http://blog.jcaelitescuba.com/2015/12/justin-theroux-suffered-scuba-diving.html

"Dive Training Today: A Perspective"
https://jcaelitescuba.com/articles/Dive-Training-Today-A-Perspective.htm

"Addressing the Issue of Diver Competence"
https://jcaelitescuba.com/articles/Address-the-Issue-of-Diver-Competence.htm

Don't let your dangling bits drag in the sand and muck. Use quick discon...

Quick disconnectors and octo holders are not promoted or talked about much during most scuba courses. Keeping your life-support equipment from dragging behind you means that it will be in sight and in mind. In the event of an out of air emergency, you don't want to spend several seconds trying to look for your octopus.

#outofair #OOAsituation #octokeeper #draggingyourregulatorthroughthemud #snorkelkeeper #quickdisconnectors #boltsnaps #doubleenders

What I say to students when they complete the Open Water Certification d...

I've tried to create a clever congratulations message before but they never seem to fit or I couldn't remember it. So, I've got one I'll try to keep using and I'm sure I'll eventually know it by memory.

My program goes beyond the classroom with additional focus on diver confidence and ability. By the time my students are done, they really have become part of the scuba diving community!

#congratulations #youarecertifed #nauicertified #newdiver #congratsmessage #ijustgotscubacertified #iamadivernow #divecommunity

A full tour of all the things to see at Sunrise Motel & Dive Resort in H...

https://youtu.be/3C14Px0lBzE

Sunrise Motel & Dive Resort
24520 HWY 101 N
Hoodsport, WA 98548
360-877-5301

Diving in the Puget Sound is the best scuba diving around. If you would like a tour, send me a message, email, or give me a call.

This video is over an hour long...

My dive ended up being 85 minutes long with a maximum depth of 96 feet.

Check out the many cool things to see! #nudibranch #crabs #rockfish #lingcod #giantpacificoctopus #marinemammals #anemones #invertebrates #echinoderms #wreckdiving #sunkenboats

Visibilty can vary greatly, but for the most part, this is what it usually looks like...!!!

#sunrisemotel #hoodsportwashington #pugetsound #divingPNW #coldwaterdiving #diveresort #drysuitdiving

Ben and Benny leave for their 1st post certification dive.