The Best Scuba Diving Gear

Diving Resources You Need To Know

The National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center is the bible for divers, residents and vacationers in this area of the world, with a special focus on hurricanes, tropical storms and cyclones that typically affect this region. Another essential guide to hurricane readiness resources, including evacuation routes, storm surge maps and emergency information, mostly … Read more

Scuba Diving Certifications in 2020

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Certifications are essential for scuba diving. They determine how deep you can go, what type of gear you can use, and other safety protocols that must be followed to dive safely. Certifications expire every five years so it’s important to stay up-to-date on your certifications throughout the year.  Certification requirements vary depending on where you’re … Read more

9 Items to Buy in Your First Set of Scuba Diving Gear

Have you ever wanted to buy your own set of scuba diving equipment and held off until you completed your Open Water Diver Certification? Not happy with hire equipment anymore but not sure what to buy first? If that’s the case, this article is ideal for you. However, before purchasing your first set of scuba … Read more

Things You Need To Know About The PADI EFR Course

The emergency first responder course teaches you how to manage medical emergencies, provide emergency care and relieve choking in a safe way. It’s a requirement that any diver who plans on doing deep dives has to complete the emergency first responder course. This is because of decompression illness (more commonly known as “the bends”). For … Read more

How to improve your buoyancy using a compensator

A buoyancy compensator device, commonly known as buoyancy compensator, BCD or BC for short is a piece of equipment worn by divers to help them maintain their buoyancy underwater. It is usually buoyant and provides positive buoyancy in water so that the diver does not have to rely on swimming skills alone. For experienced divers … Read more

Dry Suit Diving Questions

Advanced Recreation Diver Dry Suit Diver Practise Q & A which will help you prior to your knowledge reviews Here are some practice questions and answers to help you along: Question 1 Explain why even mild hypothermia can be a problem for divers, and how to avoid it. Question 2 How do you check for … Read more

Getting into Dry Suit Diving

Dry suit diving is a type of scuba diving that involves using dry suits for insulation. A drysuit diver will wear neoprene boots, gloves, hood and dry mask to protect the body against water. It’s great for people doing cold water diving, or ice diving and ensuring you keep warm. The dry suit diver wears … Read more

Learn about the PADI Rescue Diver course

A PADI Rescue Diver is someone who has the knowledge and first aid skills to help people in difficult situations or emergencies. This article will go over the PADI rescue diver certification! The PADI rescue diver course is a training course that is conducted under the Rescue Diver manual. Rescue divers are trained to dive … Read more

Create Your Dive LogBook

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The dive logbook (also referred to as dive diary or dive record book) is the most important piece of equipment for any diver. It can be thought about as an on-board dive computer, but without the bells and whistles that computers are famous for. The dive logbook is a record of all dives done by … Read more

12 Open Water Diver Safety Test Questions

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The PADI Open Water Diver final exam consists of 50 questions, so we have included a few general knowledge safety practice questions (and answers) to help you study for this test. Most of the PADI Open Water Diver final exam questions are multiple-choice questions, along with a couple of ‘ place the answers in the … Read more