Category Archives: Environment

Look! Scuba Diver’s Portal to the Underwater World

Look! Scuba Diver’s Portal to the Underwater World

Are you one of those people who is interested in diving but don’t know how to begin with? If your answer is a yes, then the SSI Open Water Diver Course is just what you need to officially start your emprises underwater! What is the Portal to the Underwater World? The Open Water Diver Course […]

Sharks Killing: 1 of the Amazing Serial Killers of the Seven Seas

Sharks: Serial Killers of the Seven Seas?

 For decades, sharks have been the rebels of the seven seas thanks to sensationalized stories and stereotyping from movies and novels.  

3 Reasons Why Anilao is Every Underwater Photographer’s Destination

3 REASONS WHY ANILAO IS EVERY UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER’S DESTINATION

Most dives would not be complete if you did not capture the best moments underwater. Anilao is considered as one the greatest underwater photographer’s destination in the Philippines. Here are the 3 reasons why: 1. Dive sites There’s a lot dive destinations in Anilao which makes it popular among divers. With over 40 dives sites […]

5 Scuba Diving Mistakes You Should Avoid Now

5 SCUBA DIVING MISTAKES YOU SHOULD AVOID NOW

Remembering these scuba diving mistakes you should avoid during your dives will help you achieve not only safe and successful dives. You also make your every dive purposeful. 1. Lack of Buddy Communication Although it is now accepted to dive without a diving buddy, it is best if you have one. After all it is […]

Marine Life Lovers! Here’s something for you!

SSI Marine Ecology Specialty Course

Marine Lovers! Scuba Diving will never be the same after you learnt them all! During your Open Water Diver days, I bet you’ve seen a marine life but wasn’t able to identify it or describe it sufficiently for you friends to help you decipher what was it. Overtime, I’m sure you’re becoming better and better […]

Phase 2 : The Dive-Life Support Equipments- Item No. 3 – Buoyancy Compensators

Poseidon OneWing

Gill Divers’ Guide : Buying Your Own Equipment Head down to Gill Divers, our crew can advise and get you outfitted in no time. Let’s breakdown Dive Equipment into Two Phases Phase 1 : The Basic Dive Equipments (Masks, Snorkels, Fins, Wetsuits) Phase 2 : The Dive-Life Support Equipments (BCs, Regulators, Dive Computers) Phase 2 […]

#oceanoptimism

Yes, you’ve read that right. When we talk about the environment and conservation, most people think of forest destruction, global warming, overfishing (basically everything dying).  However, we’re here to tell you that its not all doom and gloom. As we begin 2016, we reflect on the 15 conservation wins in the year of 2015, and […]

PLANE SEARCH SHOWS WORLD’S OCEANS ARE FULL OF TRASH

Ocean Trash

Search for missing Malaysian plane shines spotlight on giant ocean garbage patches. By: Laura Parker | National Geographic Before Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing, sea trash was not a global headliner.   But as hundreds of objects sighted off the Australian coast as possible aircraft debris turn out to be discarded fishing equipment, cargo container […]