Entries by Lauren Smith

Professional Underwater Photography in Hawaii

Scuba Diving is one of the best opportunities to capture unique moments in our lives.  But do you want to spend your experience behind a camera lens? Are you not quite confident in your buoyancy to take decent pictures yourself? Island Divers Hawaii offers you the best alternative.  Each Dive Instructor has a Go Pro […]

A Great Way to Try Diving before Signing up for a Scuba Class

There are different scuba diving experiences you can try before committing to your certification. You might not be sure how you will like diving underwater and to make a financial commitment can to something you have never experienced before can be daunting. Island Divers Hawaii offers a few different programs to give you your first experience of breathing underwater without being certified.

How to Get a Scuba Dive in During the Week

It’s only Wednesday, and it’s already been a long week. If you need a way to relax, diving after work can be a huge stress reliever, and can help you get through the rest of your week. It takes as little as 2 hours of your day, and you will leave feeling good as new!

10 Things You Shouldn’t Do While Scuba Diving in Waikiki

There are some dive organizations that market to tourists as “private” dive instructors and or divemasters. Some might be certified by authoritative organizations but they do not have the security provided by a dive shop like Island Divers Hawaii, which has a meticulous emergency plan in case of a diving related accident. Insured dive shops can also provide much more reassurance that you won’t be left alone to deal with any situation that may arise.

3 Things You Should Do If You See a Shark While Scuba Diving

Most people believe that our ocean is teaming with ravenous, human eating sharks. This is not the case. Maybe shark encounters were frequent at one point in history, but not so much today. Our island is a great place to see some of the magnificent shark species inhabiting our waters but first, there are three things you should remember to do that will ensure you enjoy your first, and many other encounters with this wondrous underwater predator. So, what do you do when you see a shark while diving?

The Cheapest Way to Get Certified on the Island of Oahu

There are many ways to get certified in Oahu, but one of the best options is the least expensive certification. This could, however, be a dangerous thing to seek out. You must first make sure you are working with a safe, reliable, and reputable Dive Shop… not just a guy walking up to you on the beach with some second hand scuba equipment and a few tanks saying “you want to get certified?”

Westside EnZo Two tank and Burger BBQ

We set off for the Westside with an amazing group of divers and 30 full tanks. What a beautiful drive to that side of the island! The mountains develop the deep grooves where the waterfalls plunge after high rainfalls. We boarded the Enzo and headed to the Mahi an old Navy mind sweeper ship. Max […]

3 Tanker Monk Seal Spanker

WRITTEN BY ANDREW CORELY Epic advanced 3 tank dive charter today off the Seafox. Our first dive we headed over to the side-by-side YO-257 and San Pedro wrecks (max depth: 90 ft, bottom time: 29 mins). On top of the San Pedro we witnessed 2 enormous Green Sea Turtles battling each other for the best […]