Scuba Marco Blog

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...
Captain's Chronicles October 2022
Captain's Chronicles October 2022
Thankfulness. Healing. Gulf Access for Everybody! It seems to me that for the most part Ian spared the majority of us Islanders significant damage. The south side of the island... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles August 2022
Captain's Chronicles August 2022
Dying Selflessness / The Honesty Policy / Man Overboard Preface to my newsletter: Jessi and I have been dealing with more than our fair share of family matters here recently.... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles July 2022
Captain's Chronicles July 2022
Red Tide? / Thanks Sahara / Ocean Salvors First let’s summarize local diving conditions recently. Viz: below average. Temperature: beautiful. Feel: wet and wonderful. Marine Life: abundant when you’re close... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles May 2022
Captain's Chronicles May 2022
Conflicted / Endangered Species / Goldilocks in Rehab / Anger or Depression? Conflicted, in so many ways. Most of the time I wish I could collectively slap all of humanity... Read more...