Rafting – A Great Exercise Experience
Deepest BluFitness October 23, 2013
Skiing For Exercise
Deepest BluFitness October 11, 2013
Paddleboarding – The Stand-Up Way to Surf
Deepest BluFitness August 12, 2013
Diving With Kids and Teenagers
Deepest BluFitnessNick Lakoff January 15, 2013
One essential element is for the dive professional to enjoy working with children and teens. This category of clientele is not for everyone. Secondly you have to make it fun for kids therefore creativity is a must. When you’re doing confined water with them you can play games…
Read moreBest Techniques To Get Close To Marine Life
Deepest BluFitnessNick Lakoff January 15, 2013
One of the best part of diving is by far the marine wildlife. It’s exciting to encounter a turtle, an eagle ray or even a shark and be able to approach it without scaring it off. Although there are no guarantees, keeping the following in mind when encountering an animal of interest will over time make you more successful at getting close to them in a way that is non-threatening to them…
Read moreNight Diving – A Different World
Deepest BluFitnessNick Lakoff January 15, 2013
I just returned home from guiding a night dive at Mandy’s Eel Garden in West Bay on the Island of Roatan. No matter how many times I do a night dive I’m always blown away by how different diving this site is once the sun has gone down. One of the reasons for this change is many creatures that during the day are dormant will come out at night in search of food and prey. ..
Read moreHow to Use Fins Underwater the Right Way
Deepest BluNick Lakoff December 4, 2012
As a diving instructor I have used all sorts of fins in all sorts of conditions but my observation over the years have led me to conclude that it’s more how they are used that determines how proficient your are underwater. Finning is very important in diving …
Read moreShortly after going down the steep Church Wall Reef we came upon a strip of about 250-300 feet where there was sediment and garbage from the top of the reef all the way down to about 150 feet along. Everything was dead or dying. From what I could tell it seems that people have been dumping here for a while since there was so much of it…
Read moreThe Importance of Marine Protected Areas
Deepest Blu December 4, 2012
The Jardines were declared a National Park in 1996 and a strict no catch policy is in effect for the entire 2200 KM2 of its territory. Sport fishing is catch and release only and limited lobster fishing is allowed outside the outer edges of the park limits…
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