As the pandemic is —slowly but steadily being left behind, thanks to governments’ and people’s efforts all over the world, travel industry experts project a steep increase in travel sales in 2021. If you are a scuba/adventure traveler, as we are, you probably had some of your 2020 travel plans delayed or canceled all together.…
On January 12th, the CDC issued an Order effective January 26, 2021. It requires all air passengers arriving to the US from a foreign country to get tested for COVID-19 infection no more than 3 days before their flight departs and to provide proof of the negative result or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19…
As we are going to Cozumel, Mexico this coming February, 2021 and probably many of you are wondering how it is to dive in Cozumel on these unprecedented times, I decided to repost an excerpt of a trip report posted on undercurrent.org by Gregory S. Bruce from WA, USA. And by the way, I used…
The pandemic of 2020 rapidly changed the way we do things in many aspects of our life, as we all know. Here at Rey Diving we are adapting to these current times, and as the world changes, we too are changing the logistics of our scuba classes. Even though the way we now do every…
I always believed that we scuba divers are a community of adventure seekers and travel fanatics. And as we share similar interests, here I wanted to share with you the 7 Rey Diving’s principles which we hold to when conducting the Rey Diving operation. We don’t just teach you how to scuba dive and organize…
The Mirage: A pandemic Dream is a short film by C2G2 Productions. During the COVID-19 quarentine, Cathryn Castle Garcia, and Gui Garcia found themselves social distancing in the Sonoran Desert. There they found some similarities between the desert landscape and the underwater realm, and the idea of a short film was born. The film’s description…
After months of uncertainty and struggling with the pandemic, many industries are starting to cautiously reopen. Inclusive with that reopening are scuba diving operations and scuba training. Although, our industry is reopening in many places, we are not offering traveling for now (not even domestic) until further notice. Thus, we are keeping all our training locally. Our local…
Governor Cuomo announced that pools can reopen as early as June 22, however, I was told by management at the McBurney YMCA, where we conduct our scuba classes, that they won’t risk it, and they are taking serious actions to make sure we all are COVID-19 safe during classes in the pool. Thus, the estimated…
Good news! Florida Keys officials announced they are targeting Monday, June 1, to reopen the Keys to visitors following the island chain’s closure to tourists March 22 to minimize the potential spread of COVID-19. Read more here. We contacted our favorite dive shop in Key Largo, and confirmed that they will be opening for scuba…
NY State is reopening by regions and based on scientific data and metrics. In addition, regions are allowed to reopen based on 7 required metrics. The reopening is going slowly though. To see where your region stands please click here. Regarding major sport teams reopening, Governor Cuomo said: “I encourage major sports teams to plan…