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Victoria Tubbs

Instructor Spotlight: Victoria Tubbs

This is the second of a series of instructor spotlights we will be running. We want you to get to know our instructor members and help you find the right person to continue your scuba journey. Victoria Tubbs has loved…

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Red Hind

Queer fish names

Let’s just start out with the obvious question: who’s in charge of naming marine animals, and can we go have a drink with them? They sound fabulous! We all know that the ocean is a vast and mysterious world, teeming…

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Instructor Spotlight: Skip VandeLinde

This is the first of a series of instructor spotlights we will be running. We want you to get to know our instructor members and help you find the right person to continue your scuba journey. Skip VandeLinde is passionate…

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Palancar Reef, Cozumel

Cozumel in June?

We’ve had some members express interest in a June trip to Cozumel, and we may have found a solution that bridges our club’s current capacities and allows us to partner with Barnacle Busters, the oldest gay & lesbian scuba club…

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Reef Octopus

Color morphing saltwater fish

Saltwater reef fish have some of the most interesting and confusing color morphs you can imagine. You aren’t the first novice scuba diver who thinks they’ve seen a new fish, but it’s actually just the juvenile version of a fish…

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DryFob

DryFob saves the day!

We’re so accustomed to bad news when it comes to customer service, it becomes imperative to spread the word when we have a great customer service experience. That’s been our experience with DryFob, and we want you to know it.…

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Boca Raton Inlet

Raw Sewage Reef… as gross as it sounds

The Raw Sewage Reef off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida, is an infamous and controversial environmental story that revolves around a reef being unintentionally created by the discharge of untreated or partially treated sewage into the ocean. The reef’s…

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Adult stoplight parrotfish

Gender roles underwater

A lot of time is spent talking about the LGBTQIA+ community and the different gender roles we play. Those of us of a certain age may have been asked “Are you the husband or the wife?” And so many pundits…

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woman at beach wearing a tee shirt that says "volunteer" on it

Volunteering won’t hurt, we promise

Andre and I have been so excited by the speed with which Out Scuba has grown. We’re approaching 20 card-carrying members and almost 30 people on our mailing list. The excitement seems to grow weekly as we get approval for…

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Co founder Andre Saade picking up jetsam on a dive

Flotsam and Jetsam

Flotsam and jetsam are terms used to describe types of debris or wreckage found in the water, like ocean pollution or after a shipwreck. While both refer to discarded materials in the water, they differ in how they end up…

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Allison Parnell

Fitness for Scuba Divers

Scuba divers’ physical fitness directly impacts their safety, performance, and overall enjoyment of diving. Physically fit divers have the strength and endurance needed to navigate through various underwater conditions, handle equipment, and manage the physical demands of diving. It also…

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