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Some of the best dive sites in the World have underwater currents. It’s the simple fact that currents carry in food (plankton) to an area, which in turn draws fish and more fish and animals that feed on that fish and so on, making it a lively dive site to explore. However, currents can often [...]
1. Be a Solo Diver: This rule doesn’t entail ditching your dive buddy and diving alone. By all means stay close to your buddy and be ready to help him. But as far as your own safety is concerned, pretend he’s not there or won’t be when you need him, in other words be self [...]
If you’re an avid diver and tend to plan your vacations around destinations you can go scuba diving, then liveaboard diving maybe just the thing for you. Many people shy away from doing liveaboard trips as they look at it as being stuck with a bunch of strangers on a boat, far away from civilization [...]
Released in early September 2010 ScubaDo Lite 1.0.1 an easy to use Recreational Dive Planner Application for the iPhone was released by Pieus Productions. The application which features a smart looking Scuba Diving Organizer with an easy to use interface lets you plan your dives based on a classic restrictive RDP algorithm. The interface is [...]
Why do a PADI Night Diver Course? Night Dives are offered by almost every dive facility to allow divers to experience the same dive sites they explored during the day, the opportunity to witness the transformation once the sun sets. There are certain changes that occur underwater when night falls, as well as certain species [...]
On a recent dive trip to the the Andaman Sea, I experienced first hand the nightmare of being swept away by a current and surfacing about 100 feet away from the boat. Luckily, I had my dive buddy right there by me and the boat was in plain sight. So, you might ask what the [...]
In past posts we’ve discussed the fundamentals of buoyancy control, looked at tips to achieve neutral buoyancy and even shed light on how to perform a weight check in order to determine the correct amount of weights one should wear when diving to achieve that buoyancy. But buoyancy still remains and issue for many divers, [...]
There’s something a bit attractive, exciting and mysterious about diving deep, to or beyond a depth of 40 meters/ 130 feet the recommended edge of recreational diving. Intrigued with the challenge deep diving presents, divers are often tempted to take that all so thrilling plunge into the depths. However, descending below 40 meters with a [...]
Dive computers are rapidly becoming an integral part of recreational Scuba diving equipment, and most divers will seldom dive without one. However, like any piece of diving equipment dive computers too can sometimes fail, and if a failure occurs in the middle of a dive, this can often cause divers to panic. In the unlikely [...]
Scuba diving is a sport that offers everyone a window to the underwater world, even people faced with physical barriers. The water which has always been used in physical therapy and recovery treatments, is a wonderful medium for those with disabilities to discover not only a whole new world but some freedom of movement in [...]
