Scuba Diving Blog & Forum
James Cameron scuba diving celebrity and film director. Holding the accolade to have two of the four films that grossed over $2 billion. But he’s also been to the deepest part of planet earth, the Challenger Deep. Which gave Cameron the title for being the first person to successfully solo dive to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench.
Jessica Alba began her scuba diving at the age of just 13 when she appeared in the remake of Flipper in 1995. It was 10 years later when she starred in underwater adventure movie Into the Blue that she used her scuba diving skills once more. Advanced PADI certified scuba diver Jessica Alba was taught to swim by her lifeguard mother at the age of three.
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.
A good scuba diving descent acronym is SORT BADEL. This acronym stands for Signal; Orientation; Regulator; Time; Buddy; Air; Descent; Equalise; Look.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There are up to 134 species of shark found on the Great Barrier Reef. Shark species found there include whitetip sharks, blacktip sharks, hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks and the strange looking Wobbegong shark.
The best airport to fly to for visiting the Great Barrier Reef is Cairns international airport. Cairns is in the northern part of the State of Queensland and is the closest coastal town to the Great Barrier Reef. You can either get a direct international flight into Cairns, or get a domestic flight from one of the other Australian cities, like Sydney, Perth or Melbourne.
The world’s best shore diving is in Bonaire where you can buy unlimited scuba diving packages The best shore dives in Bonaire can be enjoyed by experienced and certified scuba divers. Go as a buddy-pair and dive the shore dive sites around this Netherlands Antilles island. Bonaire’s shore dives are so good they have been vote […]
Jardines de la Reina National Park is Cuba’s second largest archipelago. Situated along the southern coast of mainland Cuba, it’s a protected marine park. The only way to scuba dive this top dive destination is by liveaboard. An almost guarantee to see reef and silky sharks and the area has many giant and Goliath groupers to enjoy.
