SCUBA
Diving
PADI diving guides, safety procedures, and a deep respect for the ocean — from a certified instructor who still believes every dive is a gift.
Open Water Fundamentals
Core concepts and skills every diver needs. Buoyancy, equalization, mask clearing, and the principles that keep you alive at depth.
Dive Planning & Safety
Pre-dive planning, dive tables, NDL management, emergency ascents, and the buddy system. Safety is everything at depth.
Marine Life & Conservation
Identifying marine life, understanding ecosystems, and the diver's responsibility to protect what we are privileged to witness.
PADI Instructor Notes
Teaching techniques, course management, confined water skills, and what it means to be responsible for another person's underwater education.
Patron of Mariners & Divers
Prayer of Saint Brendan the Navigator
Shall I abandon, O King of mysteries,
the soft comforts of home?
Shall I turn my back on my native land,
and my face towards the sea?Shall I put myself wholly into the hands of God
without silver, without a horse, without fame or honor?
Shall I throw myself wholly on the King of kings
without sword and shield, without food and drink,
without a bed to lie on?Shall I take my tiny coracle
— Voyage Prayer, attributed to Saint Brendan the Navigator (c. 484–577) · Feast Day: May 16 · Patron of Sailors, Mariners, and Divers
across the wide, sparkling ocean?
O King of the Glorious Heaven,
shall I go of my own choice upon the sea?
O Christ, will You help me on the wild waves?
“The sea and dry land belong to God, who made them, formed them by hand.”
— Psalm 95:5