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Reef Clean-Up
Reef Clean-Up
Calling all Boaters, Divers, & Ocean Lovers...Reef Clean-up of the 5 Mile Reef!Volunteers needed:- Boats - Divers- Spotters/Assistants- Collection HelpersWhat: Clean-up of debris and trash on 5 Mile ReefWhen: Saturday... Read more...
February Captain's Chronicles
February Captain's Chronicles
I’ve been looking at this blank screen way too long, I have dismissed all the topics that I’ve contemplated writing about: Read more...
Boat Diver Ettiquette
Boat Diver Ettiquette
Now that you are out diving, you will find that most of your dives will be from a boat, especially here in Florida. So, diving is diving, you say? True,... Read more...
First Captain's Chronicles of 2020
First Captain's Chronicles of 2020
I’ve been in a serious funk lately! That always happens around Christmas, but it was especially bad this year. I know the spirit of Christmas is giving, but I cannot... Read more...
Student Rental Gear Package Sale
Student Rental Gear Package Sale
Student Rental Gear Package Sale.  $999 complete Regulator System and BCD. Read more...
Captain's Chronicles October 2019
Captain's Chronicles October 2019
Ad Feedback, Monkey La La’s, Autumn Colors Good help is hard to find, especially in SW Florida in the dive industry. Pay is basically a few shekels, diving for free,... Read more...
5 Mile Reef Piles Clean-Up
5 Mile Reef Piles Clean-Up
Another successful Reef Clean-Up on the 5 Mile Reef Piles!  Scuba Marco would like to thank all our volunteers that helped remove 190 items weighing up to 200 lbs from... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles September 2019
Captain's Chronicles September 2019
My head is in a funky place right now just thinking about all of the negative environmental news feeds (not that other aspects of the news are any more positive).... Read more...
I’m a certified diver, now What?
I’m a certified diver, now What?
So, you finished your Open Water Course, Congratulations! Now What? Go dive!! Practice your new skills, work on your buoyancy, have some fun. The common question for a large percentage... Read more...
Captain's Chronicles May 2019
Captain's Chronicles May 2019
Amazing Vis/Funky Seaweed, Modern Day Prophets, Chief Seattle’s Letter Read more...
Captain's Chronicles April 2019
Captain's Chronicles April 2019
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.... There is plenty of good transpiring in Southwest Florida currently and my calendar has a very optimistic aura to it right now.  Read more...
Captain's Chronicles February 2019
Captain's Chronicles February 2019
Unfortunately the song remains the same; there is not much to chronicle under southwest Florida’s water so far this year. The bulk of our diving has been search and recovery...... Read more...