Dive Guru

The Guru tries not to get in the habit of quoting hits from Three Dog Night but one truly is the loneliest number (although, to be fair, Australian legend John Farnham also covered the song, but I don’t know if that makes referencing Three Dog Night any more acceptable). Regardless, [...]

I have tons of virtual friends. I know what you’re thinking. Virtual doesn’t mean real. They’re real – cross my heart and hope to . . . cross my heart, they’re real. For years, I’ve attended PADI Diving Society events, joined in with dive clubs, gone on dive trips and [...]

The crusty, old Guru is back for more. That’s right…back in my day it was MUCH better. None of this new-fangled tek-know-lo-gee to help us with our ocean debris problems! We just swam through the trash and just tried to find fish that hadn’t choked on the plastic. And we [...]

In the life of every Guru, or Dive-Guru-to-be, there comes a critical time – a crossroads of sorts. It’s a point at which the Guru makes a decision that will shape not only that Guru’s life but the life of everyone that the Guru touches down the road. For the [...]

It’s time to celebrate the seasons…no, the Guru isn’t reading the calendar wrong – I’m not talking about the traditional winter holiday season. The Guru is talking about whatever season it is you’re in. For those of us in the Northern hemisphere, summer just started and that means it’s prime [...]

The guru recently received a letter from a self proclaimed “brown water diver”. Needless to say, the Guru’s interest was piqued and not just in the gutter humor sort of way. With a little bit of trepidation I started into the email and was relieved to read how the diver [...]