• cold water diving
• pacific northwest
• scuba diving
• oregon coast

This is usually the first question we get from anyone new to diving here, and it’s a fair one. Oregon isn’t going to feel like Hawaii or the Caribbean, and it’s worth knowing exactly what you’re getting into before you book a .. Read More

• scuba diving courses
• scuba certification
• naui
• padi

If you’ve looked into getting scuba certified, you’ve probably run into two names more than any other: PADI and NAUI. PADI is the one most people have heard of. NAUI, which is what we teach here at Astoria Scuba, is less of a household na.. Read More

• cold water diving
• drysuit
• bare
• scuba diving

If you’re diving the Oregon coast, or anywhere the water sits in the 40s and 50s, a drysuit isn’t optional gear. It’s the difference between a dive you enjoy and one you’re counting the minutes through. The question isn’.. Read More

• oregon coast
• cold water diving
• pacific northwest
• scuba diving

Oregon isn’t the first place people picture when they think “scuba diving.” No coral reefs, no bathtub-warm water, no glass-clear visibility. What you get instead is cold, moody, and genuinely wild: sea lions, wolf eels, giant Pacif.. Read More