• Sidemount Cavern Class - Dive 6
    After a solid night of sleep, we are back to start the cavern part of the class. This dive was a simple cavern demo dive. We dropped down to the opening of the cavern and entered with TJ leading the dive and running the line....
  • Sidemount Cavern Class - Dive 5
    After a quick debrief from the previous dive, we entered the water for our final dive of the Sidemount tweaking day. We dropped down to the opening of the cavern and practiced some basic skills, trim, and buoyancy. We stayed out of the cavern and...
  • Sidemount Cavern Class - Dive 4
    This was our first sidemount practice at depth. We dropped down to the opening of the cavern and practiced some basic skills, trim, and buoyancy. We stayed out of the cavern and remained in open water as we continued to tweak tank trim.
  • Sidemount Cavern Class - Dive 3
    This dive was another short dive for continued gear setup and trim tweaking. This dive added kick practice and working on the frog kick.
  • Sidemount Cavern Class - Dive 2
    We continued to practice basic skills and adjusted our trim and gear configuration. The water was warm and murky green.
  • Sidemount Cavern Class - Dive 1
    This was our first dive of the Sidemount Cavern class. We started with a quick gear check and then entered the water for a short dive in Orange Grove Sink. We practiced some basic skills and adjusted our trim and gear configuration. The water was...
  • Paradise Springs Dive 3
    After a nice lunch at the site, still all to ourselves, we swapped tanks and did a final dive for the day. The plan was to drop down to the hole in the wall at around 80 feet and have a poke around to see...
  • Paradise Springs Dive 2
    This was a short dive to burn the last of the tanks we had. We both decided that we wanted to explore the shallow side of the debris cone and see what fossils we could see. I decided to take the camera back down in...
  • Paradise Springs Dive 1
    We arrived a little later then I wanted to and I expect the place to be a buzz with people. It turns out it was empty. There was no one there! This dive was a test dive for my new camera rig and my new...
  • Paradise Springs Dive 3
    This was a buoancy practice dive with Eesa and to burn down the tanks a bit. We did the rock passing practice and Eesa nailed it (of course). Her buoyancy is mos def better than mine at this point. I’m so extremely proud of how...

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