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How to Establish a Scuba Diving Career

When you develop a passion for something, you want to immerse yourself in it. This is literally true for those who enjoy scuba diving! What better way to spend your…

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How to Drift Dive

Drift diving is what it sounds like - the diver is transported by the currents and can travel great distances beneath the waves. In the current Drifting on strong currents…

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How to Examine Underwater Creatures While Scuba Diving

One of the thrills of scuba diving is seeing marine life up close. As your diving improves, you will have more time to examine the creatures you encounter and learn…

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How to Find a Scuba Diving Course

You have probably seen people scuba diving while on holiday. You may have even enjoyed a 'try-dive' session under the strict supervision of a local dive centre and experienced breathing…

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How to Find the Right Scuba Diving Instructor

Trainee divers learn to trust their instructors implicitly. This trust cuts both ways. Instructors expect would-be divers to be serious in their intention to learn. They should be dedicated to…

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How to Gain Confidence in Scuba Diving

Practice, practice, practice If you want to be good at anything, you need to practise. It's the same with scuba diving. All the skills you first learn in the pool,…

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How to Get Ready to Dive

Poor preparation makes people perform poorly. Preparing yourself and your equipment properly before you leave the surface is the key to enjoying a dive. What to expect First, you need…

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How to Handle Boat for Divers

Appreciating the job of the person driving the pick-up boat will help your boat driver to work quickly and efficiently and in the safest way possible. For most people who…

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How to Handle Emergency in Scuba Diving

When you are diving, one accident or mistake can lead to another. This is sometimes known as the incident pit. If a small thing goes wrong and is not corrected,…

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How to Know if You Are Fit to Dive

Free divers, who dive without scuba equipment, obviously need to be really fit to cope with the extremes of their sport, but how fit do you need to be to…

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How to Learn the Basic Skills of Scuba Diving

In the pool When you learn to dive, the first ingredient you need is some water to dive in! Swimming pools are a relatively safe and familiar environment so it…

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How to Know the Maritime Laws and Regulations before Planning a Diving Trip

Know the law Divers must obey the law in the countries where they dive. Some countries have very strict and specific laws regarding the use of underwater breathing apparatus, while…

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How to Look for Lost Items on the Sea Floor

It's amazing how something can get lost so easily underwater, especially if it has been dropped from the surface. Divers have developed some simple methods to look for lost items…

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How to Learn the Basic Theory on Scuba Diving

It's a pity that scuba diving is not simply a matter of swimming around underwater while breathing from an independent air supply. In the early days of the aqualung, some…

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How to Manage Risk in Scuba Diving

Risk management is your own responsibility. You've been told what conditions to expect; you know what equipment you have at your disposal; you know how much breathing gas you have…

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How to Navigate Underwater

The primary method of navigation underwater is simply to know where you are going and where you have come from. This allows you to retrace your route if need be.…

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How to Plan a Diving Trip

There are many factors that need to be considered when planning a diving trip. These include who is going, how much time you have and how far you are prepared…

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How to Practice Scuba Diving in the Pool

You should practise basic safety drills, such as clearing your mask and regulator mouthpiece, whenever you can. Both are essential skills, and a swimming pool is the ideal place to…

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How to Prepare Safety Equipments for Scuba Diving

Carrying a knife Divers use knives as tools for getting out of trouble. In the days when divers wore brass helmets and lead boots, a large brass-handled knife strapped to…

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How to Raise Heavy Objects Underwater

Lifting underwater One litre (a quart) of water weighs 1 kg (2 pounds). If you can displace this amount of water with 1 L (1 quart) of air underwater, you…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010