A Thousand Dollars a Day as a Commercial Diver?

When the economy took a dump in 2008 many people were desperate to find jobs or change career paths. That being said, another resession is on its way. Some of those people were enticed by the ‘big pay’ of commerical diving. That search for the perfect job consisting of big pay with a challenging environment often led them to explore the option of becoming a commercial deep sea diver. This in and of itself is very understandable in that the diving industry can possibly provide these things and more.

Climate Change Can Not Be Stopped: How That Impacts The Diving Industry

How climate change will impact the commercial diving industry. How do you get BILLIONS of people to stop eating meat? How do you get them to stop driving cars or buying things made of plastic?

Commercial Diving Is More Than Underwater Welding

Commercial divers are also underwater burners.

6 Reasons Not To Be A Commercial Diver

While on a dive job at a nuclear plant in the Chicago-land area years ago the lead diver told me that this profession is anything but glamorous. He went on…

The Great Flood of 1993.

Do you remember the flood myth from the epic Gilgamesh? Or how about the Great Dayton Flood of 1913? The memories of  most people are short indeed.

Diver Finances: Money Survival

Being a commercial diver is hard enough on the ole’ pocket book as it is, so one must ask; Are you ready for the next recession? As a matter of…

Implications of a Diver’s union

The dive industry is cutthroat at best. There is no other way to describe it other than competitive and that would be an understatement. It seems much of the blame…