Scuba diving with Dan and Faith

During the summer of 1998, we started our adventures beneath the sea. Dan had tried SCUBA at an open house at the Harvard Ridge Pool Club, where used to swim. After some initial trepidation, this turned out to be interesting, and Faith soon went off and tried a short session in the pool as well. As she also enjoyed it, we signed up for private lessons for the two of us. A few weeks later, we'd done the classroom work and the sessions in the swimming pool, and were ready to head out to the open ocean. Our instructor, Wanda Christian, likes early mornings. We aren't particularly morning people, but did play along. At 5:30 AM one Sunday morning, we got ourselves geared up at Nubble Light in York Beach, Maine. The water was cold! During the first dive, Wanda found a baby lobster and handed it to us to look at. We also saw a sea raven which was quite docile.

Our training was completed a few days later, and we set off to the dive shop to select gear. It seems we always get involved with gear-intensive sports. Through the rest of the summer, we did a lot of shore diving off Rockport and Gloucester, and have kept at it since.

The pages on this website cronicle some of our adventures, and hopefully we'll have lots of pictures along with the pages. We also operate the DiveNewEngland website, and hope you'll take the time to stop over there, too. More of our photos adorn that site.

In the short time we've been diving, we've met a lot of great folks. In January 2001, one of these friends passed away unexpectedly and suddenly. I've created a page in tribute to Stephen Brannon.

Dive Trips

We try to get away on dive trips whenever we can. We enjoy diving in the cold waters of New England, but it's also enjoyable to get away to the Caribbean and enjoy some warm water. Below is a running list of trip reports. You'll find links to photos below or on the page for a given trip. You'll notice we visit Bonaire a lot. Our friends from college, Jake and Linda, moved to Bonaire several years back and are raising their kids there. Together we've built a company, Caribbean Webcams, and launched the company's first project, the Bonaire Webcams system. We hope you'll take a look.

Warm water trips:

Epcot DiveQuest, December 1998
Bonaire, February 1999 Text, Pictures
Bonaire, July 1999 Text
Bonaire, March 2000, webcam installation
Cayman Brac, Nikon School of Underwater Photography, July 2000, Dan's Pictures
Bonaire, September/October 2000 Dan's Pictures
Grand Cayman, January 2001
St. John, USVI, January 2002
Key Largo, February 2002
Bermuda, April 2002
Grand Cayman, December 2002

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Links

Organizations
Divers Alert Network
PADI
Clubs
The New England Aquarium Dive Club
Merrimack Valley Dive Club
Publications
Rodale's Scuba Diving
Dive Girl: UK Women's Diving Mag
Destinations
Florida Keys & Key West
Bonaire Information
Retailers
Northeast Scuba
Cape Ann Divers
 
Underwater Photo-Tech
Manufacturers
Official Dive Gear Page: Scuba Diving Equipment Manufacturers
DUI Home Page
Dacor Scuba Equipment
Ocean Management Systems
Dive Rite
Uwatec
Oceanic USA
Apollo USA
Pelican Products
Princeton Tec
Weather and Tides
Weather at Boston buoy
Interactive Marine Weather | Northeast
Northeast U.S. Regional Map
Tide Predictions for Boston, Massachusetts
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
Medicine
Scuba Diving Explained
Diving Medicine Online; Information for the diver and the non-diving professional. (The Ten Foot Stop)
Advice on Ear, Nose, and Throat Problems
List of Diving/Hyperbaric Facilities by State and Country
Sinusitis: A treatment plan that works for asthma and allergy too- WS Tichenor M.D.
Miscellaneous
DIVER DAN
Dave Barry Goes Scuba Diving