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This question is directed more at the instructors out there. I was captain on a large boat that took out intro dives with the Japanese tourists. They'd supply them with gear including aluminum 50's. They's set up a rope system down around 15ft so as the diver was brought down, they'd stand on...

I've been lucky to dive a lifetime in the warm waters of the Marianas and enjoy all the beautiful coral and the colorful fish that live there. Since I've never dove in cold water environments I'm curious about the coral. Does it grow in cold water? If so, what kinds are found there? Are...

While trying to remember unique dives on Guam it flashed on me the few times we upset the Navy. Apra Harbor is normally for ships from other lands to come in and dock on Guam. It is also the entrance to the navy's inner harbor. At times when the navy move their warships or some new ones...

A friend of mine recently asked me "what is the coolest thing you've ever seen underwater?" This turns out to be a difficult question to answer. After diving a lifetime I realize I have seen a lot of very cool stuff. My answer to him was: I got to see one of America's nuclear submarines...

I was reading some replies on the bangstick thread and came across divers who said they haven't seen sharks on their dives. On Guam, it was very common to see black tip and white tip sharks. Occasionally we'd see a Tiger Shark or Hammerhead. We had a rule about hunting around sharks. If we...

A friend of mine took his first dive in a beautiful place only 15 ft deep with a nice coral head to view. He was only at 10 ft when he popped his eardrum. The doctor told him his eardrums were very thin due to playing guitar in a rock band and standing too close to the amp. He could no longer...

I know I'm not the only one with this experience but perhaps I'm the only one sharing it. I did a lot of traveling when younger and developed a pretty touchie stomach. I was on a dive with a couple friends spearfishing. We normally split up so I took off to a great area with a small drop off...

A woman named Carly Hallam shared this picture. Living proof that people really do accidently shoot their fishing buddies. Twice I had spears accidently sent in my direction. Neither were too close but seeing this picture makes me realize the nightmare I could have had. Though I don't...

This seems like a great format to get information about nitrogen narcosis. Guam, being the top of an underwater mountain is for the most part a deep place to dive. Everywhere around the island you could swim out to the drop offs, that were often spectacular and full of fish. Being a scuba...

I posted this video in the non diving related forum but decided to share this in the Pacific Island forum. I image some of you were there for this storm. This is a video shot at the Marine Lab on Guam July 4th 2002. It shows the wind velocity of 125mph or higher during the eye passage of...

On the 4th of July 2002, Guam was hit by Typhoon Chataan. Maximum winds were recorded approximately 125mph. Four days later while out at sea Chataan turned into a super typhoon. When the typhoon hit Guam, my son and I drove down to the Marine Lab during the calmness of the eye. When the...

My son told me he and his friends bought some bullets and were trying to use this bang stick on their dive. It didn't work. So after the dive they all stood around it wondering what was wrong when, with the safety pin out, my son reached up and just slightly tapped the bullet. That was all it...

Though I know there are a lot of products out there used to de-fog our masks, on Guam the locals have used the leaf off a vine that grows right up to the water for many years. It worked better than spitting on the lens or some of the products sold at the dive shops. We just crushed a leaf on...

I imagine this has been offered up more than once on SB but I thought I'd mention it. The easiest way I've learned to put on a full wetsuit is to put plastic baggies over my feet and hands. You just need one bag. Slip it on your foot and it will glide all the way down the leg very nicely. Do...

I did all my diving in warm ocean water. Many years ago I was taking my wife and son on a dive to a sunken ship. There was a mooring bouy tied by rope to the ships helm. My wife always used gloves when she dove but I rarely used them and my son also did not use them. I glided down the line...

Many years ago I was going on a awesome dive with a couple of friends. We went to a place called Galvez Banks. It's an underwater mountain about 20 miles south of Guam in the Marianas. We catch a lot of fish there bottom fishing and trolling. We knew it is the home of a lot of sharks so...

One of the university students I use to take out had an interesting concern. She'd always want us to check for turtles before she'd flip over the side backwards and enter the water. She said it actually happened once to her, she'd truly landed on one. We always had a good laugh when she'd be...

After a lifetime of diving and logging thousands of dives I was fortunate to provide air in an emergency ascent only one time. For me it worked just like the book. My buddy came up to me signaled he was near out of air. Since I had an octopus we slowly ascended together the 80ft without a...

After 20 years of diving with Marine Biologists we made very slow progress enforcing a dive safety program. We had little problems from the incoming students. They followed a very strict criteria before ever getting to dive and were watched closely until they finished they're scientific diving...

Everyone who gets certified is taught several times and ways that buddy diving is a must. To most divers it's a no brainer. Sometimes the experienced and over condident diver has a tendancy to cheat on the ABC's. My friend was working with a company who was, of all things treasure hunting...