introduction to diving

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 [...]

Pre-Dive Safety Check Guidelines

December 31, 2009

The Buddy Pre-Dive Safety check is an important safety check that should be performed by every diver no matter what level of diving proficiency. This check is performed by a Scuba Diver with his/her buddy before descending on a dive as a final inspection of the dive equipment before diving. The Pre-Dive safety check ensures [...]

Getting Over Initial Scuba Diving Jitters

October 30, 2009

Whether you’re new to Scuba diving or it has just been a very long gap after your last dive, many divers experience some jitters usually from unpreparedness. You often hear new divers say “I felt claustrophobic”, “I couldn’t breathe properly” or even experienced divers blame their dive equipment – “There was something wrong with my [...]

Scuba Diving Water Entry Methods

October 19, 2009

A question that gets asked a lot by beginner and intermediate divers alike is, what is the best way to enter the water from a dive boat or platform? The truth is, that there is no one good method, and the method one should choose is usually determined by a combination of the type of [...]

An Introduction to Scuba Gas Laws – Part 3: Henry’s Law

September 26, 2009

Henry’s Law William Henry was an English physician and chemist who in 1803 proposed what is now called Henry’s law, which states that “At a constant temperature, the amount of a given gas dissolved in a given type and volume of liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas in equilibrium with [...]

SCUBA Certification Agencies- PADI, NAUI, BSAC, CMAS and more

September 9, 2009

In order to successfully complete any Scuba Diving training, a student receives what is called a C-Card or a Certification Card. This card acts like a license to dive and all dive shops are required to ask to see this card before renting out any dive gear and equipment. As a sport recreational scuba diving [...]

3 Steps to Becoming a Certified Scuba Diver

September 4, 2009

Here are 3 steps to help getting you to take that first plunge underwater as a certified Scuba Diver…

Why do divers spit in their masks?

August 16, 2009

I can distinctly remember my first day at my open water dive class, when our dive instructor asked us all to spit into our dive masks and put them on. Eyebrows went up in disbelief everywhere, and not to mention a few chuckles as well. When we asked our instructor why, his reply was simply [...]

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