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Our Girls that Scuba contributor Jennifer has just come back from a dive trip in Barbados and as an Open Water diver she completed her most challenging and beautiful dives yet. From diving …

Describe scuba diving?  Awesome, calming, therapeutic, delivering a huge feel-happy factor.  But, how do you make non-divers get just as excited about it, understand it, want to protect it?  By taking underwater …

Set scene: One day, a girl went scuba diving in Palau. During her safety stop at the end of the dive she looked up to the surface and saw a colourful pattern. She …

Aqaba, the southernmost part of Jordan in the Middle East, is a bustling ocean town, known only to those who give Jordan a chance and visit to see more than just Petra. Sitting …

As new divers maybe you know what you SHOULD be doing, but do you know what you SHOULDN’T be doing after diving? In fact, this is not just for new divers, as many …

When Deepblu reached out and asked if we would be interested in reviewing their dive computer we were pretty excited after being introduced to it just earlier that month on a liveaboard …

Sharm el Sheikh is one of the best dive destinations in the world; The Red Sea, pristine coral, abundant marine life, big animals, small animals, warm water and vis for days! Thousands upon …

Diving is about having fun! We are all just happy to be in the water and excited about learning to dive.  We do not often think about the more difficult …

The ear is an incredibly important organ responsible for our hearing as well as our balance. Scuba divers do have to be careful to take good care of their ears …

It’s one of our passions here at Girls that Scuba; finding women who are making waves in the professional dive industry, and there is none quite like Richa Malik – a tech …

Anxiety in scuba diving, or in every day life, is a psychological state that can cause emotional and physical symptoms which can range from a quickened heartbeat to the paralyzing …

So you’ve booked your first liveaboard? You’re going to have the best time! And if you’re yet to book we suggest browsing through Divebookers or PADI Travel to find yourself a suitable one. So …

We first heard Amber’s story a few months ago when a video of her was shared to our Girls that Scuba group, and it was one of our most interacted posts. Scuba …

When a member of our GTS community came forward to talk about how she achieved her dream of scuba diving after being diagnosed with Non Hodgkin Lymphoma in August 2008 which …

First of all CONGRATULATIONS on starting (passing?) your Open Water! Welcome to the best club in the world! You’re struggling to clear your mask right? Donnnn’t worry! We’ve all been there – so much …

How often do you spend your dive looking at, or searching for coral? Coral reefs are the foundation of the marine environment but often get overlooked for flashy fish, tiny …

We’ve all hear about scuba diving in Silfra – the only place in the world you can dive between the American and Eurasian continental plates, and touch both continents at the same …

Ok, so what exactly is it NITROX? What is Enriched Air? Which one is better? If you’ve just started scuba diving you’ve probably heard the word Nitrox thrown around a fair few times now. But …

Decompression illness is a serious subject and one here at Girls that Scuba we talk about often. While every case of DCS is different there are some similarities between women who have …

Scuba diving with Dugongs is on your scuba bucket list, right? Well, you just might be able to tick that one off if you head over to Marsa Alam in Egypt! What is …

We’ve seen 70% more of the world than you – a world you don’t even know exists, animals that you’ll never see outside of water. We are scuba divers, and here’s why …

Girls that Scuba contributor Jeanette Smith wanted to share her experience as a dive instructor, and tells us all the things she wishes she could say to her students. What do all you instructors …

Being able to scuba dive with manta rays is on most people’s bucket list, but these interactions are becoming harder to obtain as mantas become vulnerable to extinction. Thankfully, there are scuba stars out …

I’ll admit it, I’m totally obsessed with scuba diving. Every country I visit I go out of my way to head to the ocean and dive straight in. I’ll miss …