Scuba Steph

09/03/2026

07/10/2026

07/01/2026

🔴Coral Bleaching Monitoring Tool🔴

NOAA Coral Reef Watch has many different ways to view data and information about what is happening near you, like their set of experimental daily 5km Regional Virtual Stations (219 total). A virtual station is like having a temperature sensor in the water next to a coral reef, but data are completely based on satellite remote sensing measurements.

Strengths of Regional Virtual Stations:

🟢Uses higher resolution data
🟢Quick guidance for an entire jurisdiction or sub-region
🟢Better sense of regional impacts

Limitations of Regional Virtual Stations:

🟡Lower geographic specificity for individual islands and reefs
🟡Less information on patterns within jurisdictions or sub-regions

These Regional Virtual Stations are important in helping local jurisdictions prepare for forecasted bleaching events!

Check out your coral bleaching alert levels here on an interactive map : https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/map.php

06/03/2026

Check this out!

Join us for a celebratory evening with local author Jared Bronson as he hosts a ribbon cutting and book signing for his newly released book Spiegel Grove: A Diver’s Guide on June 15th from 5:00 to 6:30 PM at the Key Largo Chamber of Commerce & Florida Visitor Center. A skilled scuba assistant instructor and advanced wreck diver, Jared brings firsthand expertise to his work, including his co-authored title Histories & Mysteries: The Shipwrecks of Key Largo, Revisited. Enjoy light refreshments, meet the author, purchase signed copies, and connect over the fascinating underwater history of Key Largo’s renowned shipwrecks. This is a free event!

05/31/2026

05/28/2026

The reviews are glowing. I’m thrilled for my dive buddy! Get you a copy of his FIRST book!

A great weekend. Several Key Largo dive shops and gift shops are now carrying Spiegel Grove: A Diver’s Guide. I had fun signing all the copies divers were purchasing over the weekend. Be sure to tell your favorite dive shop to carry it. Send them my way and I’ll get them copies. Key Largo Chamber of Commerce & Florida Keys Visitor Center, Bad Karma Press, The Florida Keys Visitor Center

Paperback Edition:
https://amzn.to/4wehDPW

Kindle Edition:
https://amzn.to/4cCI2On

Hardcover Collector’s Edition:
https://amzn.to/4dbU6I0

Dive Shops and Retailers, get your copies at:
https://badkarmapress.com
[email protected]

05/15/2026

05/11/2026

Totally awesome!

Over 200 Photos • Custom Deck Plans • Recommended Routes

"What Jared Bronson has achieved in Spiegel Grove: A Diver’s Guide is both incredible and vital. This book has massive value for divers of all levels and is an indispensable companion.”
—James Blackman, Miami Technical Diving

Spiegel Grove: A Diver’s Guide takes you inside the wreck—corridor by corridor, room by room, hatch by hatch—immersing you in the world of the perfect wreck dive. Drawing on years of experience diving the Spiegel Grove and using his custom-designed deck plans, Jared Bronson guides you through the entire wreck, providing you with detailed descriptions of each deck, both recreational and technical.

Paperback Edition:
https://amzn.to/4wehDPW

Kindle Edition:
https://amzn.to/4cCI2On

Hardcover Collector's Edition:
https://amzn.to/4dbU6I0