Deep dives into ocean technology, marine life, and DIVEROUT updates.
A dive buddy is a redundant life support system. If that system is faulty you shut it down. Here is how to tell a diver they are a liability without starting a brawl on the boat deck.
You didn't run a marathon. You barely kicked your fins. Yet after a dive, you feel like you've gone twelve rounds with a sledgehammer. It's not just the exercise. It's the nitrogen, the cold, and the physics of survival.
Your ears hurt? That is because you are lazy. Tatay Santiago teaches you how to clear your ears properly using Valsalva, Frenzel, and Toynbee. Stop crying and read this.
You think you are expert? You think you don't need to check gear? Hay naku. Listen to Tatay. The ocean does not care about your ego or your fancy computer. Read why BWRAF saves lives before you splash.
My friend, sit down and have some tea. You whisper that you cannot swim, that the water is a stranger to you? Let me tell you a secret from the Red Sea: the fish do not swim for medals, and neither should you.
You think because you have a belly you cannot dive? Sus. The ocean does not care about your size. I explain why heavy people make great divers, but you must understand the physics of the fat.
The Red Sea is vast and full of secrets. I explain the choice between a quick 'Discover Scuba' experience and the lifelong ticket of the 'Open Water' course. It is the difference between being a passenger and becoming a true diver.
Here in Dahab, I see two types of people enter the water. One carries the weight of the world on their back, while the other carries only their heartbeat. Let us sit with some tea and decide which path calls to your spirit.
Everyone asks me how much money they need to see the fish. I tell them, the ocean is free, but staying alive costs money. Here is the truth about the budget, from your first breath to empty pockets.
