diving tips

Scuba Tips: Fine Tuning Your Buoyancy

August 22, 2010

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, [...]

Diver Fitness: Get Into Better Shape To Improve Your Diving

June 20, 2010

It’s always been debated whether one needs be a good strong swimmer to be a scuba diver and whether fitness actually plays an important part in this sport, cause of the weightlessness underwater when using a Buoyancy Control Device (BCD). But truth of the matter is that while almost anyone can dive irrespective of their [...]

Diver Fitness: Prevention of Scuba Related Foot & Calf Cramps

May 30, 2010

The occurrence of a foot cramp or a calf cramp while Scuba Diving, is an agonizing experience, which most divers have faced at some point or the other. Often considered a nuisance, these cramps can actually be dangerous if they impede you from swimming against a strong current or getting back to the dive boat. [...]

The Shore Way to Do It- Tips for Shore Diving

May 13, 2010

Shore diving offers diver a freedom unlike boat diving, unless ofcourse you own the boat. Apart from not having to take long boat rides to the dive sites a major plus for those that get sea sick easily, you’re not limited to the boats schedule and can dive for as long or short as you [...]

Scuba Basics: The Ins and Outs of Diving- Exit Methods

May 8, 2010

After you exit the bubble that is your scuba training, you’re faced with a whole world of different types of diving. You’re next dive trip could have you diving from a liveaboard, a small RIB dive boat or shore diving from a sandy beach or even an inland lake. Since chances are, you’ve only learned [...]

Scuba Basics: The Ins and Outs of Diving- Entry Methods

May 7, 2010

After you exit the bubble that is your scuba training, you’re faced with a whole world of different types of diving. You’re next dive trip could have you diving from a liveaboard, a small RIB dive boat or shore diving from a sandy beach or even an inland lake. Since chances are, you’ve only learned [...]

Scuba Tips: Underwater Finning and Kicking Techniques

April 2, 2010

When we first start scuba diving we don’t put too much thought into how we kick underwater to propel ourselves. As long as we’re moving in the direction we want, divers just sort of kick their way around forgetting the finning tips first taught to them by their open water certification instructors. However, with time [...]

A Scuba Divers Diet Questions Answered

February 21, 2010

A few questions that get asked a lot by divers are, what constitutes a good pre-dive breakfast? Is it okay to eat before you dive? Is having breakfast before a dive necessary? What kinds of surface interval snacks are beneficial? Today we attempt to answer some of these Scuba Diver Diet questions below. Breakfast and [...]

Scuba Diving Ear Woes: Techniques for Equalization

February 10, 2010

Stubborn ears are among the top reason divers pull the plug on a dive. Sounds easy to do but we all have good and bad days and even the best of divers can have trouble popping their ears on a dive. But with a few of these tricks and advanced techniques, we hope that on [...]

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