Whether you are interested in technical diving or going pro some time in the future, you will need a dive log showing you have enough experience to move to the next level. Some resorts even insist on seeing dive logs before they will take you to some more advanced dive sites. In these days of increasing litigation it is good for them and for you to know that your fellow divers are experienced enough for the dive.
2. you can track how much you breathe and see it improve

We all want to spend as much time underwater as we can. Usually are limits are set by how fast we breathe our air. It is really nice to see how much we relax over time and our breathing slows to give us more time underwater.
3. its a journal of your diving adventures you can show and tell

You come back from your vacation buzzing with great stories of your dives. Pull out your dive log with your photos and you can answer all the ‘how deep/how long/how warm’ questions. When you get your buddy to sign your log book you can put names to faces on your group photos as well!
4. the quickest way to check the weights you need for different kit

If you dive throughout the year in different waters you will be snugged up on some and minimal on others. Why waste any time on your first day of your vacation testing for weight when you can look it up directly from last year?
5. its where you collect your shop chops

Some of them are funky, some plain. Shop chops (or stamps) are only available from the dive resort after a dive. How many do you have?
6. a great excuse to get that cute diving guide to share his/her email

No diver is going to refuse to sign your dive log and while you are standing there its easy to suggest you stay in contact. Need we say more?
7. your manta ray sighting is recorded for all time

You might want to frame it and put it on the wall (or record it on an online dive log for all to see) but you definitely want to record it for posterity!
8. helps you learn fish identification

Your dive log is the perfect place to keep notes and sketches of fish you could not identify underwater. It already contains information about the dive site and depth you were at, both of which help narrow down potential species. You never know when you will bump into a marine biologist and you can whip out your dive log and impress them with your drawing!

9. easy comparison of dive sites year on year

Do you have a favourite vacation destination? If you go back to the same dive sites often, just a few notes in your dive log will help you track changes in fish life and environmental changes.
10. its got all the stats of your favourite sport

How many? how deep? what countries? how often? Its all there with a dive log. With a paper log you have to add things up yourself but there are many software dive logs and online dive logs that will do it automatically for you. It’s not everyone’s bag, but well all love to compare and discuss so let some somewhere do it for you and you always have the information at hand.

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The Sea of Cortez, one of the most unique bodies of water on the planet, is the closest "salt water" for Scuba divers in Arizona.  This amazing place has lured folks like John Steinbeck, Jacques Cousteau and millions of others for its romance, sea life and quaint oceanside hamlets. 

Legendary diver Jacques Cousteau described the Sea of Cortez as the "world's aquarium" and the "Galapagos of North America". Cousteau was referencing the plethora of sea life that travels up and down the Baja and Sonora coasts throughout the year. It is an amazing and impressive collection that could entertain even the most seasoned diver with new and exciting finds dive after dive.

Now there is a new species traveling up and down the coast of the Baja Peninsula and the Sonoran Coast.  This species however is known as the "Liveaboard Dive Adventurer". The Rocio del Mar is a new luxury liveaboard that, after three years of construction and ocean testing, launched this summer.  After the first few moments on the boat, you will see that "no corners were cut".  This 110 foot luxury liveaboard screams attention to detail and demonstrates from the spacious dive deck that it was designed by a "diver".  The Rocio del Mar has 10 private cabins, each with its own full and private bathroom, and sleeps 23 guests. 

Much like the accommodations, the menu is second to none.  The Rocio del Mar serves up local Sonoran and Baja Mexican cuisine as well as some American fare for those who may get homesick.  Whatever a passenger may desire, the galley staff is there to take care of its guests, all day long. 

The Rocio del Mar has full week (7-day) and weekend (3 or 4 day) itineraries.  These itineraries are available out of Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point) and Kino Bay.  Rocky Point is a quick 3 1/2 hour drive from Phoenix.  Kino Bay (about 1 hour west of Hermosillo) is about an 8 hour drive from Phoenix.  Once on board, the objective is to take you to some of the most incredible and infrequently visited dive spots. 

For the week long itinerary, the Rocio Del Mar departs each Saturday afternoon from Puerto Penasco.  The week-long trips offer a unique itinerary that begins at the Midriff Islands and continues to many remote sites where divers can encounter a wide range of marine life including whales, manta rays, whale sharks and more than 800 different species (depending on the time of year).

During the summer of 2009, Ned and Anna Deloach of New World Publications ventured to the Midriff Islands on the Rocio del Mar.  During the Deloach's week long expedition, they took over 4000 awe-inspiring pictures.  While they spent much of their time visiting with the unparallel quantity of fish species, Anna Deloach noted, one of her most favorite times on board the Rocio del Mar was "watching the whales swimming alonside the boat".

Cruising along the cactus lined coasts of Baja and Sonora, the Rocio del Mar is taking divers to the remote Midriff Islands and other isolated dive spots in the Sea of Cortez.  In the footsteps of Cousteau and Steinbeck, Scuba divers are Giant Striding into the world's aquarium; living the adventure and realizing the dream!

If you have questions about the Rocio del Mar, talk to your favorite dive professional or contact us at the Academy of Scuba.

Dive safe and have fun!

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John C. Flanders, Jr., a seasoned and well traveled diver for over 20 years, is a recognized leader in both the dive and business communities.

Mr. Flanders is an SDI/TDI Instructor Trainer, NAUI Instructor Trainer and a PADI Master Instructor. Mr. Flanders is a SeaSigns Instructor Examiner and the Director of International Training. Mr. Flanders is also trains divers in over 50 different specialties, technical diving and public safety diving. As an Instructor Trainer for both Emergency First Response and Divers Alert Network Courses, he assists in training instructors to teach these valuable safety courses.

John has published numerous articles and manuals for the dive industry and is a frequent contributor to Diverwire, an industry leading portal for Scuba Divers.

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The Maldives is known as one of the world's greatest dive destinations and almost the whole country can be dived. The island of Maldives is a low lying country and the highest point is only 2.4m above sea level.

The Maldives is made up of 1,190 islands stretches 800km from North to South, diving can be done from day trips or liveaboards. Out of the 1,190 islands only around 200 have people on them and most visitors will spend time on the 89 resort islands.

Visitors will land at the capital called Male from where they can take a sea plane what they call an air taxi or a boat if you're staying at North Male or South Male. The capital is a nice place to see the lifestyle of the locals but most people just land and move on to their resort.

There really are thousands of dive sites around the Maldives and the locals have developed an extensive vocabulary for the various types of reef islands. A faru, for example will mean the reef sticks out the water at low tide, while a falhu is a reef that encircles a lagoon. A thila is a coral pinnacle that does not quite reach the surface.

The diving is all year round, with live-aboards doing different routes depending on the winds. Normally one side of the Maldives as good visibility while at the same time the other side has poor visibility, but the murkier plankton rich waters are where you will see the whale sharks and manta rays.

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Micronesia stretches across the pacific, the 2,300 islands start at the Philippines in the East and goes West to Hawaii. The islands are grouped into several independent states and other territories overseen by other countries such as the United States.

Probably the most famous island is Palau thanks to the tv series Survivor but there are world renowned dive sites such as Blue Corner. The strong currents surge up a drop off and divers are attached by reef hooks and just hang on and watch the grey reef sharks, tunas and other big fish just feed in the surge.

Guam is the hub of travel in this region and will offer some good diving in itself. It is a wired place of Americana with people wearing Hawaii shirts and hard rock cafes and is populated by Japanese tourists. The Northern Mairana Islands to Guams north provide a good chance to get away from it all and Rota, Siapan and Tinian are worth exploring both under water and on land.

The Federated States of Micronesia stretch across an expanse of ocean to Palau's east with the famous Yap for its manta rays while Chuuk is one the best destinations for wreck diving. Approx 60 ships from the Japanese Imperial Fleet were caught unawares and sunk in 1944 operation hailstone, which is the Japanese equivalent of Pearl Harbour.

The Marshall Islands are a fairly new dive destination but famous for bikini Atoll where the U.S nuclear testing was carried out. Divers can explore wrecks such as USS Saratoga which is one of the few diveable aircraft carriers in the world.

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if you are talking about the Large inflatable tow behind raft yes it is banned -- If you need to use it then I would go out during the week and start using it at sunrise and be done in an hour -- good chance you wont see anyone and no one will see you -- good luck

1) Donsol, Philippines In this little town in southern Luzon just off the coast in a spot where Whale Sharks - the largest fish in the sea come to feed. From here you can go out for a day with a boat and swim with the sharks. As they only feed on plankton they swim close to the surface and swim fairly slowly so you are able to keep up with them. You are only allowed to snorkel with the sharks but it is just an amazing experience to be so close to a shark of this size.

2) Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, Indonesia In this town in northern Sumatra there is miles of forest which is inhabited with many orangutans, the treks here are great with some of the best guides I have ever used. After only 4 hours into the trek I had seen 8 orangutans and that included a 6 month old baby one.

3) Angkor Wat, Cambodia The site of Angkor in Cambodia is a must on anyone's trip to South East Asia. Angkor Way is the largest temple in the world and seeing the sunrise over it is just a view you cannot view anywhere else in this world. You can spend so much time here looking and the vast amount of temples here and never get bored.

4) Full moon party, Koh Pan gan, Thailand The legendary full moon party has been going on for years starting with only a few people now with a minimum of 10,000 people a month. This party is just a rite of passage for anyone who comes to Thailand to travel. You meet up with so many people and dance the till morning.

5) Motorbike tour round Vietnam Riding your own motorbike (or if you can't you can hire a driver) round Vietnam going to villages and towns where no tourists go is one of the highlights of this trip. Do the tour to Dalat on the scenic roads for a truly spectacular view which you can only find in Vietnam.

6) Palawan, Philippines This Island which is the South West of the Philippines is a hidden gem of all of South East Asia. At any point you will not find more than 50 backpackers on the island and it's a large island. The locals are the friendliest I have ever met and the beaches are I think the best in the world. Image a cross between the islands around Krabi, Thailand and mix it with Ha Long bay, Vietnam and this makes the coast line of the town of El Nido. There is some of the best diving and snorkeling to be done at the many coral reefs off the many white sand beaches or swim in lagoons with tiny sharks or just relax and soak up the sun. Also the island has the one of the longest underground rivers in the world.

7) Ha Long Bay, Vietnam This is a must for anyone in the area as it is UNESCO heritage site and is for a good reason. The bay has close to 2000 limestone islands with of caves to explore and a few lagoons to go kayaking in. When you go out to the bay you go out on a traditional junk ship where you will get your own room and dinner and breakfast served.

Vang Vieng, Laos This is a big party town. You get a tractor inner tube and float down a river and stop off at bars on route and get free shots of lao lao whiskey and then drink buckets of more lao lao whiskey and coke until 6pm then when you think you have enough you go over to an island which is just bars (smile is the best) until middnight when the curfew kicks in. Try the rope swings at each of the bars. The first bar has the biggest whatever other bars may claim.

9) Gili Islands, Indonesia The Gilis is made up of three islands, with Gili Trawangan the biggest of all. When I say big it will take you ten minutes to walk the entire length of the main beach. There are no cars on this these islands with only horse and cart to get you around. You come here to relax on the beaches and go diving with sharks and manta ray at some on the best site on Earth.

10) Hoi An, Vietnam Hoi An is located on the coast and has a pretty decent beach. It is the also the place to come for tailor-made clothes. There are too many tailors to mention here with the main road pretty much consisting of them. You can get literally anything made here all you need to do is take a photo of the item you want and they will make it for you. A good quality suit will cost around $50-$100.

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