If you only want another plastic certification card, there are easier ways to spend a weekend. If you want to become the diver people trust, the buddy others are glad to see on the boat, and the person who can stay useful when something does not go a.. Read More

Letter to Our Stuart Scuba Family We have officially implemented a cold-water, continuous-flow system for our tank fills. This is not simply a tank of standing water. Fresh water flows through the system continuously, helping maintain a more consiste.. Read More

Florida Fall Diving: Your Wetsuit Changed, So Should Your Weight Check The most common fall diving problem in Florida is not cold water. It is divers changing exposure protection without checking how that change affects their buoyancy. During the sum.. Read More

Spearfishing, Hunting, and Not Being “That Diver” in Florida I love hunting underwater. There, I said it. I love a good lionfish hunt. I love watching a diver slowly build the skill, patience, control, awareness, and discipline it takes t.. Read More

The Card I Am Willing to Sign: A Love Letter to Dive Training Some moments in diving should make all of us stop talking for a minute. Not because we do not have opinions. Divers always have opinions. Ask five divers about fins, computers, tank pressu.. Read More

Scuba Gremlins: The Little Mistakes That Turn Good Dives Into Big Dumb Adventures Real advice from Benjamin at Stuart Scuba, offered with love, humor, and only mild judgment Let’s be honest. Most scuba problems do not start with some dramatic m.. Read More

The Risk Management Talk Every New Diver Needs to Hear From Benjamin Hadfield, Stuart Scuba Every new diver wants to talk about the fun stuff. The reefs, the turtles, the wrecks, the cool gear, the dive computer that looks like it could call in an ai.. Read More

Adaptive Scuba Diving:  Meeting Every Diver Where They Are! By Benjamin Hadfield Adaptive, Divers with Disabilities - Instructor Trainer Owner, Stuart Scuba There is a sentence I believe every scuba instructor needs to hear: Adaptive diving is n.. Read More

The “Undeserved Hit” Conversation Nobody Likes Having I hear it all the time. A diver gets decompression sickness, or what we commonly call DCS, and somewhere in the conversation, somebody says: “Well, they followed their computer. .. Read More

The Ocean Will Be There Tomorrow By Benjamin Hadfield, Technical Instructor Trainer One of the biggest mistakes I see in newer divers is not a lack of courage. It’s the exact opposite. It’s ambition without patience. A diver gets a few go.. Read More