Join Our Dive Community
When we opened our doors in 2005, we built a dive shop where
everyone – from families with children to technical
and professional divers – could gather together to
meet, discuss diving and make new opportunities to dive.
In our community, dive buddies become lifelong friends.
We seek new friendships with divers and dive shops across
the
globe. We share the same sense of adventure. What is at the
center of our community is the one thing that links us together,
the love of the water and the majesty beneath it. It’s
where we long to be, happiest when we arrive, a place where
fond memories rest when we leave, and an underwater world
with so much left to explore. Without our waters, there is
no love for the sport, no magical encounters, no coral reefs
to admire, no caves to explore or wrecks to awe in the depths
of our imaginations. Our passion is below in the swells of
the great blue. There are several ways
you can become a part of the Atlantis Dive community. Join
us today…and bring your friends!
www.facebook.com
Atlantis
Divers in Richmond, Virginia is working to build a network
and a community for divers. We are a fun, friendly
and family oriented diver operation looking for people who
wish to grow as divers and meet new people. Tell your friends,
your family and dive buddies to come join us! Simply type
in “Atlantis Divers Virginia” in the search box.
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Dive Clubs/Message Boards
Splash-n-Dash
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Splash-n-dash/
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Travel Resources
TSA’s Information on transporting scuba gear
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1190.shtm
Online Flight Tracking 
http://flightaware.com/
Stormpulse – Hurricane Tracking & Mapping
http://www.stormpulse.com/
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Links of Interest
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Articles and Publications
Support Your
Local Dive Store
By Gary Worden
The best deal in diving is an active and thriving local
dive store. Dive stores are the driving force and center
of activity for our sport, and if they're not supported,
they go away. When that happens, a diver's easy access to
good advice and training, equipment, supplies, air, dive
travel, and camaraderie becomes limited and, perhaps, even
disappears.
Everyone wants good dive prices, but like so many other
things, price is only part of a "good deal." Making
sure that your local dive store is doing well keeps the supply
and communication lines open and ensures that the right environment
exists so you can easily continue to enjoy the adventures
and challenges that recreational diving offers.
A primary and crucial dive store responsibility is providing
initial and advanced training in a professional and safety-conscious
manner. With the guidance and help of the various certification
agencies, most dive stores provide excellent programs. As
a diver, you should consider increasing your diving knowledge
and abilities by adding to your basic certification card.
It's our hope that Dive Training magazine can also add another
dimension to your experience. As you go through our issues,
take a quick look at the lower left corner of each page.
You'll see six words that present the theme, direction, and
emphasis this publication takes.
"A good diver is always learning" is not only
a truism, but an attitude that should be nurtured and developed
by every diver, young or old, novice or professional. Dive
Training is intended to help foster and encourage this attitude.
Each monthly issue presents information that we hope will
nourish understanding of diving environments, heighten interest,
suggest concepts, promote additional training, and stress
dive safety. The publication tries to be realistic and honest
in its editorial approach.
In your early days of diving, learning the basics well is
an important responsibility. Periodically reviewing those
basics, and increasing your knowledge through continuing
education will help make diving a safer, more enjoyable activity.
You and your dive store are vital ingredients in this learning
process. It's a mutual partnership that benefits each of
you.
We hope Dive Training magazine can be of help to both of
you.
Gary Worden
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