Educational Scuba Articles

Whether we’re scuba diving in cold water or warm water, if we don’t take the right steps to preserve our body temperature it’s possible for any of us to feel …

Over on our Girls that Scuba Facebook group we ran a series called Safety Sunday, where our resident safety diver and GTS moderator Chloe Strauss created a post on a popular safety topic to explain …

There’s a reason some of the top scuba diving destinations in the world have stronger currents. Drift diving can lead to some impressive encounters. An abundance of algae may draw in manta …

To keep up with future Girls that Scuba group travel opportunities, take a look at Jordan trips here, check out our trip site for other destinations, and follow us on @girlsthatscubatrips on Instagram! I’m  …

On an unremarkable evening in July 2016, Sarah Richard created a Facebook group called “Girls that Scuba,” and then promptly shut her laptop and went to sleep. On waking up to over …

Have you completed your Advanced Open Water, got a decent number of scuba dives under your weight belt and started to feel ready for your next big scuba diving challenge? Then taking …

SCUBA STAR: Mersi, 20, is one of the only Indonesian female Dive Master currently working in Labuan Bajo, Flores Island – more commonly known in the scuba world as Komodo, famous …

Whether you’re looking to buy your first set of scuba diving gear or just upgrading your scuba equipment, it’s no easy ride. Read on to discover the benefits of owning your own …

As with any good hobby, there are numerous yearly shows and expos for us scuba divers to attend to share our love for being underwater! However, if you’ve never attended …

Thinking about becoming a marine biologist? Here at GTS we have interviewed a fellow GTS member and marine biologist, Rachel Hale from the UK, to tell us everything there is …

We’ve all met that scuba diver who passionately tells us they’ve logged all 732 of their dives, and whilst some of us feel envious that they have their dive history …

Roughly 1 million divers are certified every year, ONE MILLION. There’s no denying we are in one of the fasting growing industries, but what does the effect of all these …

GTS events are one of our favourite things about this community. Getting to meet so many likeminded divers, making new friends and doing something for a better good. And our …

Here at Girls That Scuba we’re all about empowering women, so this article is NOT about whether you should or shouldn’t get implants, but what the implications might be if you dive …

Becoming a Scientific Diver can be somewhat of a self-guided scavenger hunt. There isn’t very much information about it online, and since it doesn’t fall under the “recreational diving” umbrella, it can …

Have you always dreamed of owning your only dive centre? Buying a place in an exotic location and taking people out diving every day. Well, just like many other Girls that …

Do you eat seafood? If you do, are you aware of the impact of commercial fishing on our oceans? Why as divers do we try so hard to protect fish, never touch them, never …

Following the success of last year’s GTS Day in Cabo with Dive Ninjas, which included amazing all-female diving among schools of mobula ray in Cabo’s spectacular deep canyon, Girls That Scuba …

Why do I need to clean a brand new mask, what’s dirty about it? Well, it’s one of those little secrets that manufacturers and diveshops don’t always mention, but during …

We’ve come a long way from grainy phone snaps, so it’s no wonder that many divers are opting to take their powerful smartphone cameras on their adventures. Don’t want to …

Learning to scuba dive will be one of the best things you’ve ever done, but where do you start? What does it take? How much does it cost? We take a …

Let’s keep fit to scuba dive!! It’s January. We are all full of too much something at this time of year: turkey and mince pies, gin and wine, or the dreaded …

In his book ‘The Silent World’ Jacques Cousteau coined it ‘the rapture of the deep’. Some refer to it as the Martini Effect, comparing it to drinking one martini for every …

Having sight problems such as short-sightedness, needn’t stop you from enjoying scuba diving. We recommend first to consider investing in a diving mask that has prescriptions lenses. Manufacturers such as TUSA …