SMB and DSMB: Identifying Your Marker Buoys
SMB or DSMB is short for Surface Marker Buoy or Delayed Surface Marker Buoy. Searching…
Solo Diving: Would You?
It was not until 1999 that solo diving was formally entered into the certification roll…
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Wall to Wall: A Turks and Caicos Dive Trip in Three Acts
Superlatives about the world’s best beach get thrown around with regularity: I’m here to tell you they’re all wrong. Grace…
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Garmin Adds MARQ Diver to Its Gen 3 Watch Collection
Garmin has introduced the MARQ Diver as part of its third-generation MARQ watch collection, announced on October 13, 2026. The…
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