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10 Top Safety Tips For Scuba Diving (Making Scuba Safe)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Learn to Scuba Dive, Scuba Diving Tips & SafetyTagged , 4 Comments on 10 Top Safety Tips For Scuba Diving (Making Scuba Safe)

The top 10 safety tips for scuba diving include: 1. Never hold your breath. 2. Never dive alone. 3. Ascend slowly from every dive. 4. Perform a safety stop at 5-6 metres (16-20 feet) on every dive. 5. Plan your dive and dive the plan. 6. Know your limits and dive within your limitations. 7. Check your air contents gauge regularly. 8. Always dive with an alternative air source or octopus. 9. Always perform the ABC buddy check before your dive. 10. Only dive if you’re fit to dive.

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How Does A Scuba Mouthpiece Work (How Do Scuba Divers Breathe)?

By Russell BowyerPosted in Learn to Scuba Dive, Scuba Diving Tips & SafetyTagged , , , No Comments on How Does A Scuba Mouthpiece Work (How Do Scuba Divers Breathe)?

A scuba mouth piece works by reducing the air pressure in your dive tank from around 200 bar (2,900 psi) down to ambient pressure. Ambient pressure is the pressure of the water that surrounds you on a dive. The 1st stage vs. 2nd stage of your regulator is where the magic happens. The first stage reduces the pressure to around 8-11 bar (116-160 psi) or intermediate pressure. The second stage is where the intermediate pressure is reduced down to ambient pressure, where it’s safe to breathe.

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5 Scuba Diving Entry Techniques (Tips For Entering The Water Safely)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Liveaboard, Scuba Diving Tips & SafetyTagged , , , , No Comments on 5 Scuba Diving Entry Techniques (Tips For Entering The Water Safely)

Five scuba diving entry techniques include the most common, which is the giant stride entry. But deep water entries also include the back roll entry and the forward roll entry methods. There’s also the seated entry method for entering shallow water or for entering the water quietly. The fifth way for entering the water scuba diving is the shore entry wade, which includes the backwards fin walk.

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Is Scuba Diving More Dangerous Than Skydiving?

By Russell BowyerPosted in Scuba Diving Tips & SafetyTagged , , , 18 Comments on Is Scuba Diving More Dangerous Than Skydiving?

The question: ‘Is scuba diving more dangerous than skydiving;’ the answer is yes. The odds of dying scuba diving are nearly three times that of the odds of dying skydiving. But the odds of dying whilst driving in a car on the way to scuba dive or skydive are far worse. In fact you’re five times more likely to die in a car crash than you are scuba diving.

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Why Is It Dangerous To Hold Your Breath While Scuba Diving?

By Russell BowyerPosted in Learn to Scuba Dive, Scuba Diving Tips & SafetyTagged , , No Comments on Why Is It Dangerous To Hold Your Breath While Scuba Diving?

It’s dangerous to hold your breath while scuba diving because if you do you risk a lung over expansion. A lung over expansion can lead to a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) or an arterial gas embolism (which can lead to a stroke). You’ll learn in your diver training the most important rule in scuba diving is to not hold your breath. You’ll learn about Boyle’s law, where the air in a diver’s lungs expands during ascent and contracts during descent. Breath holding underwater can result in one of the above two serious injuries and even death.

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How Deep Can You Dive With An Open Water Certification?

By Russell BowyerPosted in Learn to Scuba Dive, Scuba Diving Tips & SafetyTagged , , , No Comments on How Deep Can You Dive With An Open Water Certification?

The depth you can you dive with an open water certification with diving organisations like PADI and SSI is 18 metres (60 feet). But there are other diving organisations that also call their first certification level ‘open water diver.’ Some use the 18 metres depth level, whereas others use 20 metres (66 feet) as their safe depth for newly certified scuba divers. BSAC call their first certification level Ocean Diver, where the depth limit is set at 20 metres.

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Best Places To Scuba Dive For Beginners (10 Best Beginner Scuba Destinations)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Learn to Scuba Dive, Liveaboard, Scuba Diving Tips & Safety, Scuba TravelTagged , No Comments on Best Places To Scuba Dive For Beginners (10 Best Beginner Scuba Destinations)

The best place to scuba dive for beginners include Bonaire, The Great Barrier Reef, the Red Sea, the Maldives, Barbados, Antigua, Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, the Florida Keys and Koh Tao. A dive site for a beginner scuba diver should satisfy the follow characteristics: The depth should be shallower than 20 metres (66 feet); There shouldn’t be an underwater current so it’s not a drift dive; The dive should ideally not be a wall dive where good buoyancy control is a key requirement; The dive must have a key interest, be it a shallow wreck, an interesting reef etc.

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How To Scuba Dive For Beginners (7 Skills To Master As A Beginner Diver)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Learn to Scuba Dive, Scuba Diving Tips & SafetyTagged No Comments on How To Scuba Dive For Beginners (7 Skills To Master As A Beginner Diver)

How to scuba dive for beginners is all about learning to scuba dive safely. Included in this article are 7 top skills to learn as a beginner scuba diver. These are: Skill #1: Never hold your breath; Skill #2: Equalise your ears early and often; Skill #3: Learn buoyancy control and to become neutrally buoyant; Skill #4: Learn to clear your mask; Skill #5: Learn to clear your regulator; Skill # 6: Release air from your BCD on your ascent; Skill #7: Always perform a safety stop at 5-6 metres (16-20 feet).

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Best Place To Scuba Dive With Whale Sharks (18 Whale Shark Hot Spots)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Liveaboard, Scuba Diving Tips & Safety, Scuba TravelTagged No Comments on Best Place To Scuba Dive With Whale Sharks (18 Whale Shark Hot Spots)

The best place to scuba dive with whale sharks is in warm waters of 21°C (70°F) or more in temperature. The largest extant fish in the ocean and a filter feeder, the whale shark is on the endangered list of creatures. Places like the Ningaloo Reef, Australia and Isla Mujeres off the coast of Mexico near Cancun are some of the best places to see whale sharks.

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Where Can You Swim And Dive With Seahorses (Top 3 Places)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Liveaboard, Scuba Diving Tips & Safety, Scuba TravelTagged , , , , 2 Comments on Where Can You Swim And Dive With Seahorses (Top 3 Places)

One of the best places in the world to scuba dive or swim with seahorses is Barbados. At the Cement Works dive site, you are almost guaranteed sightings of seahorses in and around the pier piles. For pygmy seahorses, the best dive site for these is Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

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Night Diving Bioluminescence (A Night Diving Experience To Enjoy)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Liveaboard, Scuba Diving Tips & SafetyTagged , , No Comments on Night Diving Bioluminescence (A Night Diving Experience To Enjoy)

Night diving bioluminescence is a phenomenon you can see underwater when you switch off your dive torch and wave your arms. When you do this tiny plankton light up blue underwater. Scientists are still unsure as to why so many creatures are bioluminescent, but either way it’s something that scuba divers can enjoy on a night dive.

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