One of the keys to having an enjoyable and safe dive is staying warm once you go under. You need to have a thermal protection suit in order to achieve this and there are two choices – a drysuit or a wetsuit. In addition to the temperature of the water, there are other considerations to […]
Enriched air is commonly referred to as Nitrox. It is breathing gas that has more oxygen in it by percentage, than is commonly found in regular atmospheric air. The name Nitrox is derived from Nitrogen and Oxygen, but the proper term is actually Enriched Air Nitrox or EANx. Like with everything else, there are advantages […]
Motion sickness or seasickness when scuba diving, as it is commonly referred to, occurs to people when they are overwhelmed or when they are over processing things in their surroundings. The mind and body begin to get mixed signals that make you sick. The messages that reach the body, ears and eyes become contradictory. The […]
Diving Wearing Contact Lenses
If you use glasses or contact lenses and are interested in diving, when you are diving wearing contact lenses you may wonder if your dream is even a possibility. Lucky for you, it is! If you are visually impaired and have to use contact lenses or glasses, you can still dive, so contact lens users […]
breathing techniques
Scuba diving or free diving is one of the most thrilling, enjoyable activities one could indulge in. However, not anyone can just jump into these activities without prior training. Scuba divers need to be trained in swimming and handling extreme underwater pressure, amongst other things. Free divers should be more athletic and be capable of […]
You might have seen images of marine animals hopelessly ensnared in the plastic rings (Six-packs Rings). The images are just haunting us. But, Florida based Saltwater Brewery has been working on new edible six-pack rings that are friendlier for marine animals. Even more, to save the lives. The Delray Beach team up with ad agency […]
If you ever wondered about muck diving, we will now provide a short appetizer explaining why, where and how to muck dive. As a diver you probably know that you still have a lot to explore, there are thousands of dive sites still to dive and you are not sure where to go next. Not […]
If you are new shooter with your new camera, it’s time to realize that DSLR camera have so many settings, menu items for customization and features which are not easy to navigate around. Sometimes one simple change in the settings can solve all the problems of your underwater shooting. So now we provide you with […]
If you can affirm more than five of the following, you are a Scuba addict and will probably never let go of this addiction. Is that a watch? Non-divers always wonder what you are wearing and why it’s so big. Fellow divers will know that your prized timepiece is not only a watch, but a dive […]