by Vero Punkfish | 15.04.2025 | Dive Pro, Diving Best Practice
Floating or kneeling? – Why I prefer to let my diving students take off early The question of whether diving students should kneel or float at the beginning is a constant source of debate – and not just among instructors. Over the years, I have seen many approaches,...
by Vero Punkfish | 02.03.2025 | Dive Pro, Diving Best Practice
The sun is hot, you’re all worked up – fiddling with each other again? Better not.But you should still do a buddy check. Buddy check when diving – essential, not just theory The buddy check, or more generally: the safety check in the team before the dive, is actually...
by Vero Punkfish | 14.02.2023 | Diving areas
Malpique: Where the soul is lost in black coral A friend once wrote to me that he had lost his soul at some point on the outer reef of Malpique and has been searching for it ever since. Still and again, it pulls him there just magically into the depths.Arguably...
by Vero Punkfish | 14.02.2023 | Uncategorized
The business with dreams Sun, beach, diving – even as beginners, many begin to dream of doing this as a profession. Or at least for a few years… Traveling, making money all over the world, doing exactly what you love to do most anyway –...
by Vero Punkfish | 13.02.2023 | Diving areas
Atlantic? Diving? Really? Always experiencing something new, exploring dive sites that surprise you, and still doing so after hundreds and thousands of dives – that is, at least for me, the most important thing about our beloved hobby.Many divers love warm...