Scuba Diving

How to Become a Deep Sea Diver

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Deep sea diving, also known as scuba diving, is a sporting/commercial skill that enables people to dive far below the surface for a variety of purposes. A scuba diver can go sightseeing over a fabled shipwreck or help construct or repair a ... more »

How to Buy Scuba Diving Flippers

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Flippers are one of your primary tools whenever you go scuba diving. Your flippers provide you with added mobility and a greater amount of propulsion as you dive. When you first start out in scuba diving it's usually all right to rent or borrow ... more »

How to Buy Sky Diving Equipment

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Sky diving can be an expensive sport. Between lessons, flight time and equipment you can expect to spend $100 to $1,000 right off the bat, depending on your level of commitment. If you plan to do it once or twice then you can usually get away ... more »

How to empty the water out of your diving mask under water

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When your dive mask fills with water you want to quickly empty it out as water will cause problems with your nose and your eyes and it can be unpleasent in the long run under water.. more »

How to Equalize Your Ears While Scuba Diving

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Equalization while diving is extremely important. As you dive, the pressure of the water around you will increase, causing the air pressure in small cavities such as in your inner ear to decrease. If you don't equalize, it can cause severe ... more »

How to Maintain Your Scuba Gear

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Scuba diving is an expensive sport to participate in with a lot of equipment to buy. Be sure to get the most out of your equipment by properly maintaining it. This will ensure a long life for your scuba gear and additional safety for you... more »

How to Prepare for a Nighttime Scuba Dive

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Scuba diving at night is a wonderful experience but it takes some extra preparation and some extra gear to enjoy this experience safely... more »

How to Protect the Environment When Scuba Diving

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Scuba is a way to explore the underwater environment, but you don't want to destroy it in the process. Employ gentle techniques to observe - rather than adversely affect - the underwater world... more »

How to Scuba Dive for Treasure Close to Home

By Doodlebugs

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Are you a certified diver looking to find exciting "treasures" for fun or profit or just to justify all that expensive gear to the spouse? Here are some places and techniques that I have used... more »

How to Signal or Identify a Boat Engaged in Diving

By Bobbi Holmes

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The signal flag for the letter “A” is used as the international diving flag, termed the alpha dive flag. When displayed solo, without other signal flags, the message the vessel is sending means: “I have a diver down, keep well clear at slow ... more »

How to Swim With Dolphins in Portugal

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To swim with dolphins in Portugal can be done at a marine theme park. Ocean swimming is done by chartering a guide and boat. Both ways are exciting, but beginners should visit the theme park to swim with dolphins in a controlled environment. The ... more »

How to Use a Scuba Mask

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Here are a few tricks to keep your mask clean, clear and generally trouble-free... more »

How to Use a Weight Belt for Scuba Diving

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Some people are more buoyant than others. If you're having trouble submerging when you're scuba diving, try adjusting your weight belt... more »

How to and What scuba equipment to choose

By CruiseExpert

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New scuba divers believe they need all the gear once cerified. Not true. Starting out should be fun. There are bacis equipment that should be purchased and all other is want. If you can afford the purchace then why not... more »

How to Communicate Underwater When Scuba Diving

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If you don't have access to underwater helmets with radio communicators, you'll find that speaking underwater can be mastered through an easy series of hand signals... more »

How to Get Started in Scuba Diving

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The feeling we get when diving may be the closest we can come to the feeling of self propelled flight. If you have had repeated desires to learn then it is something I recommend. But the learning process is important and should be taken seriously... more »

How to Make Your Own Ear Drying Drops and Prevent Swimmer's Ear

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If you have had swimmer’s ear, you know how painful it can be. It can put a damper on summer fun and make swimming difficult for year round swimmers. Swimmer’s ear(Otitis Externa) is caused by the presence of bacteria and fungus that thrive in ... more »

How to Buddy Breathe

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Always scuba dive with a partner so that you have an emergency breathing plan if you run out of air... more »

How to Catch a Lobster

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Thousands of boaters and divers statewide will hit the water with snares and "tickle" sticks in search of the Florida Spiny Lobster during Mini Season Wednesday July 30th, and Thursday July 31. Mini Season officially begins at 12:01 ... more »

How to Clear a Snorkel Mask

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If your snorkel mask fills with water during a dive, you must know how to clear it to continue your dive. In fact, you must learn this skill before you can be certified as a diver. So dive into the instructions below to learn how to clear your ... more »

How to Exit Deep Water When Scuba Diving

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Diving from a boat or shoreline shelf means climbing from deep water. Use this technique to avoid that sinking feeling... more »

How to Hire a Scuba Instructor

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To hire a scuba instructor, you need to establish his or her technical credentials. You need to be comfortable with your teacher's style of instruction and be able to trust his or her communication skills in an underwater setting. If this isn't ... more »

How to Scuba Dive in the Caribbean

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Scuba diving is a sport enjoyed all over the world, but you must be either a certified diver or a member of a diving class in order to dive. With some of the most beautiful and interesting waters in the world, the Caribbean is a great place to ... more »

How to Use a Diving Knife

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Unlike James Bond in "Thunderball," a scuba diver uses his knife as a tool - not for cutting the air hoses of his underwater enemies... more »

How to Use Swimming Fins

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The basic movement is called the flutter kick, which can be done on the surface or underwater... more »

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