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PADI Specialty Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) course

February 12, 2011

What is a DPV or Diver Propulsion Vehicle? A diver propulsion vehicle (DPV, also known as an underwater propulsion vehicle or underwater scooter) is an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers to increase range underwater. A DPV usually consists of a battery-powered electric motor, which drives a propeller. These machines are designed to [...]

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PADI AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Course

November 14, 2010

What is a Coral Reef Conservation Specialty? Out of all of PADI’s Diver Specialty courses, the AWARE Coral Reef Conservation course is perhaps the only pure non-diving course that is open to not just certified scuba divers where participants aren’t required to conduct open water dives to complete. The entire course is educational and more [...]

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PADI Boat Diver Specialty course

October 28, 2010

What is Boat Diving? Ordinarily recreational scuba diving points of entry take place from either the shore known as ‘shore diving’ or from a movable vessel or boat known as ‘Boat Diving’. Water entry and exit procedures are perhaps the main difference between diving from a boat or diving from the shore. Why do a [...]

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Common SCUBA Acronyms – II

July 19, 2010

Scuba diving whether recreational or professional is filled with acronyms making it confusing for someone starting out at the hobby. Here is a continuation of our list of commonly used Scuba Diving acronyms and their descriptions to help you get started. If you missed out on our first part click here. DM = Dive Master [...]

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Common SCUBA Acronyms – I

July 18, 2010

Scuba diving whether recreational or professional is filled with acronyms making it confusing for someone starting out at the hobby. Here is a list of a few commonly used Scuba Diving acronyms and their descriptions to help you get started. AAS = Alternate Air Source The Alternate Air Source can refer to your backup second [...]

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PADI Altitude Diver Specialty Course

July 17, 2010

What is Altitude Diving? Any dive performed in a water body at 300 to 3000 meters/1000 to 10,000 feet above sea level, is known as  altitude diving. Often a large variety of mountain lakes, springs or quarries may be nestled in mountain ranges and offer remarkable and often unexplored dive sites. Knowledge of Altitude dive [...]

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Is it true you don’t have to be a good swimmer to dive?

November 24, 2009

The simple and most commonly heard answer to this question is yes, it is true; you don’t have to be especially good at swimming to Scuba dive. I’ve heard this said a little too often and surprisingly by some experienced Scuba Instructors which is a little worrying to say in the least especially when the [...]

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