Scuba Diving Blog & Forum
There’s no doubting that a dive trip to Indonesia’s Raja Ampat is top of many scuba diver’s bucket list. But if you’re on a budget, then an affordable option needs to be considered. Raja Ampat is a photographers heaven, with some of the best marine bio-diversity on the planet and has nine affordable liveaboard boats to choose from.
There’s no doubting that a dive trip to Indonesia’s Raja Ampat on luxury liveaboard Dewi Nusantara is a diver’s bucket list trip. A photographers heaven and with some of the best marine bio-diversity on the planet! The Dewi Nusantara diving liveaboard has great reviews and a great schedule.
Your question ‘can you scuba dive if you smoke cigarettes,’ I would argue no you shouldn’t. But if you choose to mix scuba diving and smoking, then you ought to be aware of the added risks of being a ‘scuba diver that smokes.’ If you’re finding it hard to quit smoking. Is your urge to experience ‘being underwater and breathing’ outweighing your need for nicotine, but you’re still struggling to make that step. Or if you’re thinking about curbing your habit down or switching to vaping and scuba diving, please read on.
Boyle’s Law scuba diving in simple terms means the volume of gases in a diver’s body cavities and flexible spaces in their diving equipment decrease in size as they descend and water pressure increases. But in reverse these same air spaces increase in size as the scuba diver returns to the surface.
Can you survive 47 metres underwater?’ The simple answer is yes. But there’s a catch. The catch is you must have the necessary training and experience as a scuba diver to dive to 47 metres (154 feet) deep.
‘Is it dangerous to scuba dive‘ is a question asked by many looking to try scuba diving out. The answer to this question is yes, but only if you don’t get properly trained and then by not follow the training you receive. The biggest dangers divers face and number one reason why scuba divers die is because they run out of air. This is due to carelessness on behalf of the diver and in most cases can be avoided.
14 decompression sickness risk factors in scuba diving include: Number and depth of previous dives, age, fitness, exertion, obesity, smoking and other drugs, alcohol consumption, fatigue, dehydration, injuries or birth defects, flying too soon being female and the menstrual cycle. When planning your next scuba dive, be aware of your own personal circumstances before simply relying on decompression tables or your dive computer.
Socorro Island’s giant pacific manta rays can grow to have wingspans up to 7 metres (23f). Scuba diving with Socorro Island mantas can only be achieved by Socorro Island liveaboard as the islands are 390 kilometres (240m) off the main land, making it a 24 hour boat ride from Cabo San Lucas.
Safety stop diving is recommended safe practice to ensure you enjoy safe diving every time you scuba dive. A safety stop is best performed at between 5-6 metres (16-20 feet) for 3 minutes. A safety stop is to make sure you’re properly decompressed from your scuba dive.
The top 10 liveaboard diving for beginners includes: The Great Barrier Reef, The Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, The Maldives, Thailand, Malaysia, Egypt and the Red Sea, Fiji and Mexico. All have shallow clear blue warm waters, which are ideal for beginner scuba divers.
The blue whale size is 30 metres (100 feet) in length. They can weigh as much as 200 tons and have a heart that can pump between 200-300 litres (44-65 gallons) of blood with every beat. The largest animal that’s ever lived on planet earth can live for over 100 years and has a tongue which weighs as much as a female African elephant.
Scuba dive Fiji from a liveaboard to experience the ‘soft coral capital of the world.’ Fiji has some of the best diving in the world with pristine corals and abundant sea life. Some of the best scuba diving locations in Fiji include the area known as the Bligh Waters. This is better explored by way of a liveaboard dive trip. This allows for the exploration and enjoyment of the more remote dive sites in the region where less scuba divers go.
