Scuba Marco Blog

Captain's Chronicles February 2024
Captain's Chronicles February 2024
Loop Current Woes / Tribe loss/ ‘Tisn’t the Season The loop current is warm water that enters the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean between Cuba and the Yucatan peninsula. It... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles 2024
Captain's Chronicles 2024
My DDC? Construct / Is it what it should be? First, let’s tackle the local diving report. I have a very small sample size to draw upon but the report... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles October 2023
Captain's Chronicles October 2023
Endangered Species / Ethical Ignorance / Chins Up I heard a short blurb on the radio last week about manatees being added to the endangered species list. I thought to... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles Sptember 2023
Captain's Chronicles Sptember 2023
Dodging Disasters / Circling Around / Good & Loud The weather this summer has been unlike any of the other 49 summers I’ve spent down here. That’s probably a true... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles August 2023
Captain's Chronicles August 2023
August 23,1998 / Air J&J / Good Ole Days Twenty-five years ago today I opened up the doors to Scuba Marco (we actually opened as Scubadventures w/ Captain Jeff Dawson)... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles July 2023
Captain's Chronicles July 2023
Marco Morphing / ‘I’m Melting / Damned Fools ‘Changes aren’t permanent but change is’ rings loud and true on Marco Island. New people continually come, and too often don’t always... Read more...
June Captain's Chronicle
June Captain's Chronicle
Tranquility or Anxiety / Happy Anniversary Baby / Rock Lobster!! There’s something special about those first initial breathes taken as you deflate your BC to drop below the surface for... Read more...
May Captain's Chronicles
May Captain's Chronicles
Rebooting / Michael Sipos: Eye D / The Heat! Reboot is a funny word. It’s what you would do after your dive buddy realizes you put on their boots instead... Read more...
March Captain's Chronicles
March Captain's Chronicles
Clarity / Straight Forward / Stretch Run My mental clarity is not unlike the clarity locally in the Gulf of Mexico… It fluctuates greatly! Like the reasons behind the fluctuations... Read more...
February Captain's Chronicles
February Captain's Chronicles
Overhauled / Slithering / Ebb & Flow  Overhauled is a beefy word. It insinuates that a lot of work needs to be done. It also implies that once the work... Read more...
January Captain's Chronicles
January Captain's Chronicles
Huge Orbit / Bouncing Back / Are You My Landlord? They say we know more about outer space than we do about the deep depths of the oceans. Perhaps, but... Read more...
November Captain's Chronicles
November Captain's Chronicles
Dry Gills / Seeing Red / Thanksgetting Are your gills dry fellow divers?  Mine are brittle and desperately in need of a submersion in seawater! We are approaching two months... Read more...