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TEAM BODY GLOVE with Whale Shark in La Paz

August 26, 2009

One of my goals is to spend 6 months in Egypt learning to freedive so I can spend 3 minutes under water in the Baja with one of these amazing creatures. Learn to dive in Seattle, with Girl Diver…we’ll take you down in the Puget Sound where you may have the chance to capture a [...]

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Cressi Big Eyes – The Evolution

August 22, 2009

  Cressi has been the leader in mask innovation since 1946 when they first designed the Pinocchio mask.   In the late 90′s, Cressi introduced the “Big Eyes” mask.  This was the first mask with a pantoscopic tilt, allowing divers to see not only what was right in front of their boxy mask, but also to [...]

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Surfer Holly Beck swims with Whale Shark

August 21, 2009
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PADI Discover Scuba

August 15, 2009

Discover Scuba on your next tropical adventure.The PADI Discover Scuba program allows you to scuba dive with only a brief orientation, quick pool session and small ratios between divemasters/instructors and participants. Typically, this is the “quickie course” offered at most dive resorts worldwide. It’s designed to give tourists a “taste” of diving, just as they’ll [...]

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GirlDiver: Tropical Vacations

August 14, 2009

What if I want to SCUBA on my next vacation? As winter approaches, many will seek out the warmth of vacation spots like Maui, Cancun, Belize or Honduras. And each of those hot spots hold amazement both above AND below the water. While most people will choose to snorkel these sites, more people each year [...]

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GirlDiver Spotlight: Janna Nichols, REEF Instructor

August 9, 2009

Janna is a Master Scuba Diver Trainer for PADI, but more notably, the Pacific Northwest’s premier REEF Instructor. She’s been diving for 5 years and has logged almost 500 dives. What originally piqued your interest in diving? In sixth grade, I checked out a book from the library. And of course, as kids, we always [...]

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PADI Scuba – Get College Credit for Learning to Scuba Dive

May 3, 2009

When I was in college, I was not…well, shall we say, “athletically gifted”. I’ve always lived by the philosophy, if it’s flying at you, DUCK! So, volleyball, softball and basketball were never sports I spent very much time with. I did take PE in college…one quarter of badmitton and two quarters of golf. This taught [...]

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Learn Scuba in Seattle: Diving with Isaiah

March 3, 2009

Isaiah is a 17 year old boy who likes to dive. Oh…he won’t show it purposefully, as he needs to be cool. But…as an instructor, I can see it in his eyes. He started with me as an Open Water student in my teen class, and for Christmas, his family pitched in an paid for [...]

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