Homegrown Articles

Articles by us and other local dive Instructors,
dive Professionals or Club Members.

Article Title

Diving with the Deep Sea Detectives
by TDC Instructor, James Vafeas
In May of 2006, Jim Vafeas and Craig Morris participated in a fundraiser sponsored by Blue Water Divers for the Divers Alert Network / Michael J. Noorwood Fund.  This event featured a day of diving and dining with The History Channels Deep Sea Detectives, Richie Kohler and John Chatterton.

Kiss the Water Hello before you dive and Keep that Mask on!
by Andrea Zaferes and Walt Hendrick of Lifeguard Systems, Inc.
An article exposing the surprising findings and relationships between diver comfort, and no mask breathing and stress.

Purchasing your first set of Scuba Cylinders
by TDC Instructor, James Vafeas
An article designed to guide the diver looking to invest in their first set of Scuba cylinders.

PSI vs. Cu. Ft.
by TDC Instructor, James Vafeas
An article explaining why knowing you Air Consumption rate in psi per minutes, may not be enough.  Learn the proper conversion methods to base your SAC rates on Cubic Feet per minutes.

Scuba Cylinder Common Sense
An article about Aluminum Cylinders and how proper inspections are done.  Another reason why we have chosen to use Visual Plus during all future Aluminum cylinder inspections.

We Have a Serious Problem...
by Tiedemann's Diving Center
An open letter from Tiedemann's Diving Center to the dive community.

Why Dry?
by O.S. Systems Sales Representative, Frank A. Copren
Explains the benefits of diving using a dry suit and why you may need one.