Welcome to The Mad Dogs Dive Team pages
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This is the new home page for our diving adventures. Diving is a fun and exciting sport that we can enjoy as part of our cruising lifestyle however, it is important to have the right gear to protect you and keep you safe.

The Mad Dogs are certified divers and have gear onboard our sailboat Mad Dog Voyager to allow us to dive in all but the coldest waters. Our Bare dry suits and Neptune Space full face masks keep us warm and comfortable in cold waters like Alaska and the BC coast, but it is our lightweight wetsuits, particularly suited for the WARM tropical waters, still combined with our Neptune full face masks with integrated communications are the gear of choice.

Diving photos by The Mad Dogs
Underwater photography is a skill that is much more difficult to master than regular photography, but our choice of the Canon EOS 20D and an Ikelite underwater housing help us to achieve the best photos we can.

Follow the link below to view some of our diving photos

Photo album: Diving photos from the Cayman Islands
                      now updated with informative text!

About our current SCUBA & diving gear
● Canon EOS 20D digital SLR camera
● Ikelite watertight underwater camera housing
● MaxAir / Honda dive "air" compressor
● Ocean Reef Neptune Space full face mask with communication


To make photos under water we use the following camera equipment
Most of the diving photos where taken using our Canon EOS 20D (digital) SLR camera mounted inside of an Ikelite watertight underwater housing (the “watertight” aspect is the important one!). This Ikelite (Not Ikelight) housing is designed specifically for the Canon 20D digital camera and allows full control of all camera functions. All seals and button accesses are kept waterproof using multiple O-ring seals. An optically clear front lens allows very clear underwater pictures. The Ikelite is a little bulky and clumsy to use but we are very pleased with it as an excellent system for our underwater photography portion.

Filling our air tanks while traveling on our sailboat is a breeze with our MaxAir air compressor
Dive shops are not always close at hand to refill SCUBA tanks when you are exploring cool underwater locations. To allow us to refill our own SCUBA tanks and continue exploring these areas, we have a MaxAir / Honda dive compressor onboard our sailboat Mad Dog Voyager. The multi-step filtration system provides for the best quality, cleanest air refills for our SCUBA tanks. No more having to leave exciting dive sites just to have our bottles refilled!

Communications under water
We recently upgraded our dive gear with a pair of Ocean Reef Neptune Space full face mask with integrated GSM DC underwater communications (very handy when one of the Mad Dogs spots a Great White Shark looking for a “Dog treat”!). The Neptune Space mask is a full face mask, meaning it actually covers our entire faces, providing protection from cold waters while allowing us to breath and talk to each normally via the high-tech ultrasonic communications system. We will provide feedback and updates on how the system works once we’ve had a chance to try them out.


Mad Dog Diving Services:
The Mad Dogs are are certified PADI divers and are able to dive in cold and warm waters with our dive gear. Need photos of your vessel below the waterline? We have digital camera gear available for underwater photography. Services only available in our current sailing area but not where local dive services are available (The Mad Dogs respect the local dive companies and will not compete with them but would refer any request made to us to the local dive shops when possible)

The Mad Dogs,
Exploring to inspire... ^TM