Rescue Starts Before the Dive Stress, self-rescue, and why the best diving accident is the one that never happens By Benjamin Hadfield, Technical Instructor Trainer and Owner, Stuart Scuba Here’s the truth nobody likes hearing because it is not.. Read More

The Pursuit of Better Trim and Buoyancy For me, diving has always been my opportunity for applied progress. Not perfection. Perfection sounds exhausting, suspiciously religious, and frankly unavailable in my current life package. Progress, though? Th.. Read More

Sidemount Diving: Not Just for Cave Ninjas Anymore By Benjamin Hadfield, Stuart Scuba - Technical Instructor Trainer I have been diving sidemount for a lot of years now, and I am old enough to remember the days before there really was such a thing as.. Read More

Why You Should Consider Becoming a Divemaster By Benjamin Hadfield, Technical Instructor Trainer Let me begin with a mildly dangerous statement: Not everyone should become a Divemaster. There. I said it. If you are hoping to become a Divemaster becau.. Read More

Team Diving Beats the “Buddy System” When the Buddy System Gets Vague By Benjamin Hadfield, Technical Instructor Trainer, Stuart Scuba I’m going to say something mildly controversial: The buddy system sucks. Or, more accurately, the.. Read More

Your BCD Is Not an Elevator A slightly loving rant about better diving, calmer diving, and not being “that diver” By Benjamin Hadfield, Instructor Trainer – Stuart Scuba There are two kinds of divers in the world. The first kind loo.. Read More

The Day I Picked a Knife Fight With a Lionfish and the Lionfish Won There are moments in life when a man is offered a clean, shining choice between wisdom and nonsense. On this particular day, deep on a trimix deco dive, helium and misplaced confiden.. Read More

Blue Heron Bridge Diving with Stuart Scuba If you have never dove Blue Heron Bridge before, let’s get one thing straight right away: this is not a “big deep dramatic wall” kind of dive. This is better. This is a slow-motion treasure.. Read More

Three Leaves, Three Checks, One Safe Dive  A St. Patrick’s Day reminder from Benjamin Hadfield, Stuart Scuba Technical Instructor Trainer St. Patrick’s Day is a fine time for a little luck. Lucky socks. Lucky hat. Lucky shamrock. Luc.. Read More

Why Stuart Scuba Is Different Why Read This? If you are choosing where to begin your scuba journey — or where to continue it all the way through technical training — the shop you choose matters. Stuart Scuba is the #1 SDI/TDI Training Cen.. Read More