Read time- 10 minutesPublished April 30 2026 | Author: Nirupam Nigam | Read Time: 5 MinutesThe Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 macro lens is one of the most exciting things to happen to Sony underwater macro shooters in the last decade. It represents a significant update to the Sony 90mm f/2.8 mac …

Suunto Ocean Review: A powerful smartwatch and dive computer comboThe Suunto Ocean is a 2-in-1 dive computer and smartwatch that performs both underwater and on land.  The Ocean is particularly suited to recreational divers who live an active lifestyle and want high quality p …

Best Surface Marker Buoys for SCUBA DivingPublished April 2026 | Author: Jamie AyliffeJump straight to our top SMB picksAn essential, yet often over-looked, piece of equipment for any Scuba diver is the Surface Marker Buoy (SMB), also known as the safety sausage. SMBs are brightly colo …

Dumaguete is one of those places where you genuinely have to ration your shutter presses. A single 60‑minute dive on the Dauin coast can throw up three species of frogfish, a blue‑ringed octopus and a flamboyant cuttlefish, with a few dozen nudibranchs in between. Add Apo Island’s hard …

Nirupam Testing the Sony A7V in an Ikelite A7V Housing with Dual Ikelite DS 232 Strobes. Photo by Mark Hatter The Sony A7 V is Sony's newest prosumer hybrid full-frame mirrorless camera and the successor to the extremely popular Sony A7 IV. The A7 IV has been one of our best-selling cameras at Blue …

The Sony A7V is Sony's newest generation full frame mirrorless camera, bringing improved autofocus tracking, enhanced AI subject recognition, strong 33 megapixel image quality, and robust video features (including 4K/120p recording) into a very versatile body. The Sony A7V inherits Sony's new menu …

Why Scuba Boots Are Essential for Every DiverWhen assembling scuba diving gear, many divers focus on big-ticket items like regulators, wetsuits, and fins. However, one piece of equipment that is often overlooked—but just as essential—is a good pair of scuba boots. Whether you are divin …

Best Scuba MasksA mask is the divers window divers wear masks because of the differences between air and water. The human eye can't focus on water, which is significantly denser than air, and therefore transmits light differently. Masks restore the airspace before a diver's eyes, allow …

Carbon Fiber Backplates: Lightweight Innovation in Backplate & Wing DivingBackplate and wing systems have long been favored by technical and recreational divers for their simplicity, durability, and modularity. Traditionally, backplates have been made from stainless steel or alumin …

The Marelux SOFT (Smart Optical Flash Tube) Lite 2.0 is the world's top underwater snoot. Snoots are devices that reduce the beam of light from an underwater strobe in order to isolate macro subjects. They easily produce black background images because they light the primary subject, and they do no …

Read time: 15minBeing a PADI Staff Instructor myself, I have searched high and low over the years to find the perfect dive computer that suits my diving needs, and have been fortunate to test out some of the best dive computers on the market. As I often say to my students, your dive ex …

The Sea & Sea YS-D130R marks Sea & Sea’s return to the flagship strobe category—nearly two decades after the release of the original YS-250 Pro. The YS-250 Pro set the benchmark for professional underwater photographers in the early 2000s, and despite a long line of capable …