Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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,…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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,…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

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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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

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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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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.…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

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…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

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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

Sports & Fitness

How to Record Video Underwater

Shooting video Video cameras were miniaturised even before digital still cameras, and for this reason many divers have taken up underwater video-recording. Miniaturisation has meant that submarine housings for video…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

How to Understand Floating and Sinking

Understanding density The Greek mathematician Archimedes discovered in the second century BC that when a body is immersed in a fluid, a force equal to the weight of the fluid…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010

Sports & Fitness

How to Snorkel and Be Safe

Snorkeling is something worth trying the next time you are near water that is suitable for swimming. It's the sort of activity that most people discover when they are on…

Cody Riffel April 14, 2010