Adventures Under the Sea is a PADI dive center conveniently located in sunny South Tampa, Florida. We are located close to Tampa International Airport, International Mall, Channel-Side shopping district and historic Y-bor City. Since 2003, we have proudly provided an array of services to our patrons, from the highest level of education & instruction, to a vast variety of merchandise sales & service. Our experienced staff will prepare you to participate in one of life's most rewarding sports by helping you gain the necessary knowledge and confidence needed to become a safe & skilled diver.
We offer all PADI courses from Discover Scuba & Snorkeling Classes, through Assistant Instructor, Emergency Oxygen Handler & Administration, as well as Emergency First Responder First Aid. We carry many of the best select brands in the diving Industry including, Aqualung, Sea-Quest, Dive-Rite, Mares, Sherwood, Zeagle, JBL, Spearfishing Speacialty's, Ikelite, Underwater Kinetics and many more.
We offer half-day dive trips to the sparkling Gulf of Mexico year-round from Clearwater and Anna-Maria Island. There are snorkeling trips (with instruction) to Eggmont Key in the summer. Our local diving in the natural freshwater springs are spectacular---and with 73 degree year-round temps---our customers return time after time.
We offer air fills, and bank nitrox at 32% for your filling convenience. We can provide custom nitrox mixes as well, and can also offer trimix from our nitrox-clean compressor system!
We are a full service scuba shop. We service what we sell & most other brands as well. Remember the key to peak performance is having your gear maintained on a regular basis. Our techs can keep your gear performing in “like new” condition. We are proud to be one of the only Certified Marespneumatic spear-gun repair facilities in the Southeast. We can service and turn around your gun faster than other shops so you can be out, having fun and even putting food on the table.
Even if it's not yet time to buy,we rent just about anything you might need to dive. All of our rental gear is in an up-to-date and well-maintained condition, in a variety sizes and styles. We offer Nitrox-compatible dive computers, high capacity steel tanks, digital cameras, D.I.N. setups and metric gauges, as well. Check out our equipment rentals for details.
Whatever your needs, at Adventures Under the Sea, we are committed to your dive safety and enjoyment!
GOLIATH IN THE GULF. WEEKI WACHEE DIVING! HOW TO MAKE AN ALUMINUM SCUBA TANK! HOW TO MAKE A STEEL SCUBA TANK!
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Robert Malone went fishing for shrimp and pulled in a surprise: a 27-pound Maine lobster that could never be viewed as shrimpy. The beast, caught in the vicinity of Rockland, Maine, was dubbed Rocky, reports the Associated Press. Of course, the size of the lobster's fearsome claws also bring to mind the meaty fists of that boxer named Balboa.
Malone opted to donate the nearly 40-inch-long crustacean to the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor, the AP says. That's pretty magnanimous -- depending on how you look at it. Lobster prices aren't what they once were, having fallen along with the economy around 2008. But they were above $3.30 a pound in 2010, and the Maine lobster industry is bubbling over what looks to be a record haul in 2011, the new site says. And, as the AP reported last year, the harvest in 2010 was one to exclaim over, with 93.4 million pounds valued at $308 million. By the pound, Rocky should be a valuable lobster. But this crustacean's size could indicate a long life. And geezer lobsters don't make great eating. Times Food Editor Russ Parsons on Thursday said he would avoid making dinner out of Rocky. "The generally accepted wisdom on lobsters is that any time you get above, say, 3 pounds, bigger is certainly not better," Parsons said. "These are old beasts and they tend to be tough. An aquarium is almost certainly its highest and best use. Preferably a very large aquarium." ALSO:
If you think that meeting a great white is bad while scuba diving, then you think twice… specially if you go SCUBA DIVING in Florida… because … well, you never know what kind of Gator you will find.
Hello new marine life! hello PADI Gator Specialty.
As I cruised along the sand, from the hazy distance I could see a dark shadow,” Ruda writes. “Not being able to discern its shape too well, I thought to myself, ‘Holy cow! That’s a huge stingray.’”
Ruda said when he got closer, he couldn’t believe his eyes.
“This creature was so out of place that I thought it was nothing more than a well-planned out hoax by my good friends,” he said. I took a photo from a distance in case it wasn't a hoax so I would have some kind of proof. As I approached closer I looked carefully at its mouth for the tell-tale sign of what I thought it was -- a salt water crocodile (in 60 feet of water!). But I could tell it wasn't a crocodile. It was, in fact, a 5 - 6 foot American alligator. Its eyes were closed and it did not move so I was almost certain this was one heck of a joke my friends were playing on me. I mean, no one can expect to see an alligator miles out in the ocean. So I approached within inches of it to get some pictures you know to play along with the joke. But suddenly its eyes opened and it moved its legs. Oh my goodness!! I could not believe this gator was the REAL thing.
FUN FACTS & SCUBA TRIVIA
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<>THOUGH Cousteau is given credit for the invention of SCUBA, Leonardo da Vinci had drawn up plans for a leather scuba suit about 300 years earlier.
<>EVER wonder why everything appears blue in underwater pictures and movies? The water above divers filters all the red and yellow light, making everything appear to have a blue hue. *Diving with an artificial light source will allow you to see true color under water.
<>IF you decide you really like to dive, it is possible to get married underwater!
<>HUMANS kill close to 100 million sharks per year, while the number of shark attacks of humans resulting in death is only 8-12 per year.
<>THE world record for longest dive is 69 days and 19 minutes and is held by Richard Presley. He completed this dive in 1992 in an deep-water module at Key Largo, Florida.
<>OVER 90% of all volcanic activity happens in the ocean!
<>SCIENTIST estimate that up to 80% of all life on earth is found under the ocean surface.
<>THE largest living organism on earth is Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. It has a larger surface area than all of England!
<>THE Blue Whale is the largest known animal on the planet, with a heart the size of a small car.
<>FISH can change sex during their lives, and some even have both male and female sex organs. Intrigued? Come explore the ocean with us to see for yourself, and bring a friend!
