SCUBA Gear

A Guide To Full Face Scuba Masks

August 28, 2010

Full face scuba masks aren’t often used in recreational diving, unless you’re diving in very cold waters.A lot of serious cold-water/professional divers use full-face masks to help keep warm.However, these types of masks are commonly used commercial diving and by underwater videographers and TV show hosts as they can be fitted with intercom radio units [...]

Next-Gen Fins: Mares Introduces The X-Stream Fins

August 26, 2010

Is is a full blade fin? Is it a split fin?….It’s the new X-Stream fin from Mares. Looking nothing like traditional scuba fins we’re used to seeing, the Mares X-Stream fins look more like they arrived from the future. A result of some award winning design and technology, the new Mares fin gets it’s sleek [...]

Scuba Gear: A Guide To Scuba Reels

August 21, 2010

Scuba Reels aren’t your average fishing reels, but rather an important piece of scuba equipment especially in technical, wreck and cave diving. Reels and safety lines are a tried and true way for divers to return to their starting point. By simply anchoring a line to a point just outside the cave opening or at [...]

A Guide to Rash Guards

August 18, 2010

A rash guard, also known as a rashie, or a rash vest, is a tightly-fitted garment made from either lycra, nylon or polyester, that is specifically designed for athletic wear or water sports to prevent the upper body from chaffing or getting rashes. Originally designed to prevent surfers from chaffing or grazing their skin against [...]

PADI Equipment Specialist Course

August 15, 2010

What is a PADI Equipment Specialist Course? Are you a diver that is unfamiliar with how Scuba Equipment works? If there are minor equipment related problems are you able to correctly identify the cause of the problem and perform minor repairs? If the answers to the above questions is no, then this course is for [...]

Scuba Equipment Spares and Save-A-Dive Kits

August 2, 2010

Although scuba diving equipment is designed and tested to withstand a lot, they still may sometimes malfunction, leaving the diver having to abort the dive and possibly miss out of the day’s diving if there are no spares at hand. Most common Scuba equipment failures result due to poor maintenance, or excessive wear and tear [...]

Top 5 Scuba Gear Special Discounts Of The Summer

July 30, 2010

We’re well into the Summer months and there’s no better time to revamp your scuba kit with some shiny new scuba accessories or replace some of those old key pieces of gear with all new ones. Here’s a look at some of the best deals on offer at LeisurePro this summer you won’ be able [...]

Types of BCD’s

July 28, 2010

Vest Type or the Front-Adjustable Jacket The Vest Type BCD also known as the Jacket Type/Front adjustable Jacket is perhaps the most common type of BCD and has been in existence for a long time. The BCD consists of a wearable sleeveless jacket into which an air bladder is integrated that wraps around the diver. [...]

Top 5 Travel Friendly BCDs

July 27, 2010

With airline regulations on baggage weight restrictions getting more and more stringent, the need for easy to carry light weight scuba diving equipment becomes the need of the hour. Perhaps the bulkiest piece of Scuba Diving equipment is your BCD which can sometimes take up half your luggage space as well as half your weight [...]

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