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Scuba diving is a sport just like any, that comes with risks. Anyone, no matter how experienced can have a bad day or have something go wrong during a dive. However as divers, we are first trained to deal with difficulties and different scenarios, relying on your dive buddy for help. That’s why you always [...]
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 [...]
Scuba diving is just one of those sports where you can never know it all and you’re constantly learning new things. As you do different types of dives in different places or simply under different conditions, your experiences teach you more about the sport every dive. What’s more is, if you dive with different people, [...]
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 [...]
DCS or Decompression Illness as it’s known is a scuba diver’s worst nightmare. Unfortunately, it’s one of the biggest risks of scuba diving and literally thousands of divers, at some point or the other in their diving history have experienced less life threatening symptoms of decompression sickness in the form of minor skin tingling or [...]
Planning a scuba diving trip/liveaboard diving trip with your own scuba gear? Here are a few tips and tricks on taking care of your diving equipments and what not to forget…. 1. Mark your gear- Put a distinct mark or write your name on all your gear, big or small. While I’m not insinuating that [...]
Scuba Diving is one of those activities that changes you in many ways, not just through the training, but also by what you see and experience underwater has this lasting effect on how you experience the world above. A lot of sports and hobbies can reinforce your character and teach you valuable life lessons. So [...]
Navigation underwater is often one of the hardest things for a new scuba diver to grasp, and even for advanced scuba divers to get the hang of, especially when diving new sites. We are so used to following a Dive Master or dive guide that we often don’t even bother to get our bearings or [...]
Talking to divers on my last dive trip, I noticed a disturbing trend. In a discussion about deep dives, a novice diver pipped in that he had once dived to a depth of 45 meters (147 feet) with regular air, on his last dive trip. Knowing he hadn’t very many dives under his belt, I [...]
Air consumption is a big deal for divers. It’s not just for the sake of more bottom time and a longer dive anymore, but it’s become a means of competition and bragging rights. Many believe that, the more air you surface with in your scuba tanks, the better divers they are. But just how far [...]
