Dealing With Sea Sickness When Diving

March 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
Mal de MerDon’t you just hate it when your all geared up and ready for the days dive, sitting in the dive boat when suddenly you feel that queasiness… mistaking it at first to be butterflies in your stomach, the excitement and anticipation of the dive when suddenly you realize, your getting seasick. The worse part of Read more »

Underwater World Singapore

March 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Underwater World SingaporeThe Underwater World Singapore opened its doors in 1991, showing off over 2,500 marine animals in it’s oceanarium, much to the delight of ocean lovers the world over. Located on Sentosa Island of Singapore, it’s exploits are seen mostly from underground as it features a 272 Foot (83 meter) long travelator, which moves people along Read more »

Top 5 Tips To Avoid Decompression Sickness

March 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
How to avoid decompressionDCS or Decompression Illness as it’s known is a scuba diver’s worst nightmare. Unfortunately, it’s one of the biggest risks of scuba diving and literally thousands of divers, at some point or the other in their diving history have experienced less life threatening symptoms of decompression sickness in the form of minor skin tingling or Read more »

The Fascinating Claws Of A Mantis Shrimp

March 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mantis ShrimpNeither a mantis nor a shrimp, but bearing a striking resemblance to both, the Mantis Shrimp is adored by underwater photographers, scuba divers and marine enthusiasts everywhere, both for it’s looks and the fascinating story behind it’s claw. This crustacean from the Stomatopoda family looks and poses like a mantis while it’s tail and claws Read more »

The Bizarre Transparent Headed Barreleye Fish

February 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
transparent-head-barreleye fishThe ocean is home to some of the most bizarre creatures on our planet.  Here’s yet another another example of a creature that makes you scratch your head about just how complex and advanced mother nature can be. The deep sea Barreleye fish looks like a, a glass domed submarine with the front top part Read more »

Water World Pictures

February 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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A Complete Guide For Scuba Compressors (Part II)

February 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Max-Air 35 CompressorIn our last post, A Complete Guide For Scuba Compressors (Part I) we discussed the difference between a scuba air compressor and other regular air compressors along with how a scuba air compressor works. In this post we’ll take a look at factors to consider when buying a portable scuba compressor, for the average recreational Read more »

A Complete Guide For Scuba Compressors (Part I)

February 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Max-Air 90 Standard Gas CompressorAir is the single most important thing to a diver when scuba diving. Most recreational divers aren’t concerned with how or even when their scuba tanks get filled, just as long as the have them before a dive. While that’s all well and good for the holiday scuba diver that rents, for dive professionals and Read more »

The Long Term Effects Of Scuba Diving

February 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Long term effects of scuba divingMost divers are aware of the immediate risks of Scuba diving like Decompression Sickness (DCS), Nitrogen Narcosis, Barotraumas etc. however, because of the  extended exposure to increased pressure underwater, there are some long term effects of Scuba diving that appear gradually and away from the dive site. Studies on the long term effects in both Read more »

Panic Can Be Your Worst Enemy Underwater

February 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
Sanctum-new-PosterHaving recently watched James Cameron’s Scuba movie “Santum”, a scuba lesson that really stood out to me in the movie, was the fact that panic can be your downfall when scuba diving. Even in the most difficult of situations, staying calm when you’re underwater is the underlying principle of all scuba diving safety. The first Read more »