Reid Diving

03/01/2025

I know how easy we can become complacent but quick orderly action saves the day!

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10/03/2024

I find this fascinating

The Bajau people are the first tribe in the world to have evolved to adapt to life under the sea. They spend their entire lives living on the sea and searching for food on the ocean floor. They live in temporary stilt houses and on their boats, scattered throughout the seas of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. They have lived this way for over 1000 years, and their food is entirely dependent on the surrounding seafood. This forces them to work underwater all day to catch shrimp, crab, fish, and squid.

Therefore, the Bajau puncture their eardrums to balance the pressure between the outer ear and middle ear, helping them avoid discomfort when diving deep underwater. However, puncturing the eardrum can also reduce their hearing ability and make them susceptible to ear infections. This is a trade-off that the Bajau must accept in order to live underwater.

What is extremely unusual is that they can dive for over 13 minutes at a depth of 60m below the ocean floor. Why can they do this? It turns out that they have a much larger spleen than normal people. It has the ability to pump more oxygen into the blood and works no differently than a biological scuba tank. Their spleen has a volume greater than normal people by more than 50 percent.

What is special is that this feature is not only found in divers but also in other members of the tribe, including children who have never dived before. This means that they have evolved to live more easily under the sea."

📸 A Sama-Bajau fisherman swims to the surface with an octopus caught in the Banda Sea in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Credit: James Morgan

10/01/2024

💡 Shining Light 💡

Divers League Scuba gear & training personalized torch is here – built to perform, built to last, and "ready for anything except compromise". With this torch in hand, we never sacrifice quality, whether above or below the surface.

This is how we dive – bold, prepared, and always pushing the limits without cutting corners.

Ready for a brighter future in diving? Contact your nearest RAID center and make the crossover today. We’re not just lighting the way – we’re redefining it.

09/29/2024

Just a few of the beautiful moments, I enjoyed in the Philippines for a month. I have yet to download the GoPro with the underwater view.

12/08/2023

09/23/2023

Wow!

This beautiful arc of leaping dolphins isn’t a time lapse capture of the same dolphin- it’s three different dolphins mid leap. Although dolphins tend to travel in pods, they’re able to swim together cohesively and not crash into each other by constantly communicating. Oftentimes, while they’re bow riding, you can hear their clicks and whistles to each other even from above the water on the boat. We’ve probably heard “on your left” in dolphin hundreds of times and never known!

(📷: Jay Spring Photography 8.30.23)
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09/19/2023

🤔 How often do you think about submarines?

You can’t see them but they’re always out there! Fast attack, ballistic missile, guided missile… there’s so much to think about. Just look at this photo of the Los Angeles-class USS San Juan (SSN 751)!

09/19/2023

09/19/2023

This came out when I was too young to talk, but I was fascinated with every moment that the camera was in the water or I was able to get a glimpse of any dive gear.