Archive for the 'Scuba Diving' Category
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
A wetsuit is one of the essentials to diving comfort. Among your various dive gear, you have to choose the right wetsuit to help you maintain proper body temperature even if you are submerged in ice-cold water. This vital piece of diving gear is like another layer of skin between you and the water.
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Only a person who has experienced scuba diving will know the real joy of being able to explore a world under the ocean. Aside from the obvious fun that you will experience there is the benefit of enjoying physical as well as mental stimulation. In the first place, you have to be physically fit to [...]
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
I’m a water person. I feel more at home in water than on land. I love to sail, kayak or snorkel. I even have more scuba dive boots than rubber shoes. If I had it my way I’ll wear them all the time.
Scuba dive boots are essential footwear when you’re on or near water. They [...]
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
You are an earth activist. You know that the earth is dying. And if people don’t start getting educated about the negative effects of human irresponsibility to the earth, the earth could die soon. You want to tell people about it. It is your share in preserving the only home we have. You are very [...]
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
One of my favorite Superheroes of all time is Aquaman. Anybody who can communicate with fishes and breathe underwater is so cool. To be my own Aquaman, I decided to take up scuba. I may not be able to talk to talk to fishes but I can breathe underwater thanks to a diving regulator.
A diving [...]
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Divers use different equipment to keep safe underwater. One of these is a depth gauge that is used in tandem with decompression tables and a watch to avoid decompression sickness. A depth gauge is a pressure gauge that displays the equivalent depth in water. It is an essential piece of diving equipment.
A depth gauge and [...]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving where the diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater. This activity is usually done for recreation, commercial, or industrial reasons. Scuba divers carry their own source of breathing gas, usually compressed air, allowing them more freedom of movement as opposed to using and air line. These [...]
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Next to breathing, your vision is also important underwater. The human eye is not able to fully focus underwater. This is why you need a dive mask to enhance your vision and focus so you can see clearly underwater as if you were on land. It is designed to provide an air pocket that prevents [...]
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
This is a watch designed for under water diving. It can be analog or digital; but it has very stringent feature requirements. Aside from being water resistant, a dive watch is expected to have other features such as:
The standards and features for diver’s watches are regulated by the International Organization for Standardization in [...]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
When the human eye is in direct contact with water, light entering the eye is refracted by a different angle and the eye is unable to focus light. It needs air space in front of the eyes so that light can enter normally and the eye can focus correctly. This is the primary purpose of [...]
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