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How to Clear Your Ears in Scuba Diving

Ear problems Many people say that they cannot learn to dive because they get pain in their ears when they swim underwater. This is not surprising because if you don't…

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How to Conquer Your Fears in Scuba Diving

First fears When you first struggle into a wetsuit and strap on that heavy tank and those big weights, it's quite disconcerting. You could be forgiven for thinking you might…

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How to Control Your Buoyancy in Scuba Diving

Perfect weightlessness The art of diving is to achieve perfect weightlessness. This means having control of your buoyancy - to be neither floating up nor sinking down and to be…

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How to Dive in Lakes and Flooded Quarries

Lakes and flooded quarries are favourite places for new divers to gain experience. They are unaffected by windy conditions and rarely have any currents. You can go diving in them…

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How to Dive in Currents

Understanding tides The sun and moon have a gravitational pull on the Earth's oceans, causing water levels to rise and fall. The changes in water levels are the tides. When…

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How to Dive a Wreck

There is always something special about diving on the remains of a mighty ship that now lies on the seabed in its watery grave. Some shipwrecks got there because of…

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How to Deal with Equipments Failure While Diving

There are very few incidents of equipment failing underwater, but it's sensible to consider what can go wrong. If you do experience a problem, your training should mean you take…

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How to Cope with Illness before Diving

If you become ill just before setting off on an expensive diving trip or while you are away, it can ruin your holiday. However, there are things you can do…

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How to Dive in Temperate Waters

Temperate waters can provide excellent diving, but because the water is cold for most of the year, it's best to use a drysuit. Wrapped up well to avoid getting cold,…

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How to Dive in the Artificial Reefs

Sinking unwanted vessels as artificial reefs has been an ecological success. It has proved cost effective because it reduces scrapping costs, and provided a vessel is previously prepared so that…

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How to Dive in the Caribbean

The Caribbean is the first-choice foreign destination for divers from the United States and Canada. The area is sub-tropical and stretches from the north coast of South America to the…

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How to Dive in the Dark

Lighting up the details of the reef at night with your underwater light reveals everything in a full spectrum of vibrant colour that you would never see during the day.…

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How to Dive in the Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is a vast tropical body of water that stretches from the coast of East Africa to the coast of Western Australia and is bordered by India and…

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How to Dive in the Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean covers a third of the surface of the Earth. It stretches from Asia and Australia in the west to the Americas in the east and from Russia…

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How to Dive in the Red Sea

Where is it? The Red Sea is a flooded continuation of the Great Rift Valley between Africa and Arabia and is bordered on all sides by arid desert. The countries…

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How to Dive in the Shark-Infested Waters

Years ago, scuba divers were taught that if they saw a shark they should leave the water immediately. Today, we are more enlightened. Experienced and inexperienced divers alike travel the…

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How to Dive into Water

That sinking feeling To leave the surface of the water, you need to jettison all the air previously put in your BC because this air is causing you to float.…

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How to Dive Under Ice

Diving in icy water may not seem appealing, but there are a lot of reasons to try it. Why do it? Underneath the ice, the water is actually warmer than…

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How to Dive with a Buddy

Spare air Divers learn early on in their training how to share air with another diver. Most divers carry an 'octopus rig' - a spare regulator enabling them to share…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

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How to Dive with Big Animals

It's a thrill to find yourself diving alongside a creature that is bigger than you and totally wild, even if at first it seems daunting. Diving with sharks Of all…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010