scuba 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, [...]

Diving Deep Is All About The Planning

July 29, 2010

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 [...]

Zen Diving: Scuba Tips for Staying Calm and Stress-Free Underwater

June 11, 2010

The ability to take it easy and stay as calm as a sea turtle underwater, no matter the conditions, is one of the most prominent quality’s you’ll see in good and experienced scuba divers. While there aren’t really any direct training tips or steps as such to follow in order to achieve that level of [...]

Brushing Up Your Scuba Skills: How To Deploy A Surface Marker Buoy (SMB)

June 2, 2010

One of the best emergency signaling devices that can be carried by divers ad we recommend that every diver carry this, is the Inflatable signaling tube also known as s Safety sausage or a Surface Marker Buoy (SMB). With the increasing number of high-profile reports of lost divers and serious surface accidents involving boats, the [...]

Scuba Tips: Diving In Currents

May 17, 2010

Some of the best dive sites in the World have underwater currents. It’s a 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 [...]

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 Tips: Dealing With A Regulator Free-Flow

May 3, 2010

One of the most common problems you can face or expect to face at least once at some point in your diving life is a free flowing regulator. It can be quite nerve-wracking when it happens, as air is a divers lifeline underwater. It’s also been a top cause for ascent-related incidents, as divers tend [...]

Scuba Tips: Assisting a Panicked Diver

April 27, 2010

One of the most critical situations that can happen to a diver underwater is to panic. Panicking causes one to forget what they already know and loose the ability to think rationally which is one of the worst things that can happen to you when you’re tens or even hundreds of feet underwater with no [...]

Brushing Up Your Scuba Skills- Mask Clearing

April 26, 2010

One of the first diving skills you learn in your Open Water Certification training in mask clearing. A fairly simple skill yet, there are several divers with years of experience that aren’t very confident at performing this at the drop a hat. And why not? If you have a good fitting scuba mask and never [...]

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