Scuba Diving

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What Scuba Divers Need to Know About Depth and Pressure

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Are Jellyfish Dangerous to Scuba Divers?

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8 Ways to Prevent Your Scuba Diving Mask From Fogging

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Drysuit Care and Maintainence: Quick Checklists for Divers
How you care for your drysuit is just as important as the drysuit you buy. Keep your drysuit in good condition with these simple tips and procedures.
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How Wrecks Help the Reefs and Reefs Help the Wrecks
Wrecks attract coral and fish to areas with little aquatic life. The process of colonization is often study by marine biologists to learn about reef formation and recovery, and the creatures on the wreck may actually help to preserve it.
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The Challenges of Stage Cave Diving: Psychological and Physical Considerations for Using Stages in Caves
Carrying a stage cylinder on a cave dive is easy. Dealing with emergencies when using a stage is not, which is why a stage course is recommendable. One interesting topic we teach in our stage courses is the psychological and physical aspects of stage cave diving, here's a peek!
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Review of Drysuit Seals and Accessories
Review of drysuits seals and accessories. Most drysuit manufacturers offer divers their choice of pockets, relief valves, and seal type.
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Adaptive Diver Profile: Cody Unser
Adpative scuba diving is a growing sport. Cody Unser has advocated for medical studies which suggest that adpative diving may provide relief for divers with disabilities.
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There's 3 Different Types of Wreck Diving, Which Is For You?
The three main types of wreck diving are no-penetration, limited penetration, and full penetration. The different types of wreck diving require different levels of training.
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Drysuit Review: Familiarize Yourself With Drysuit Styles and Features
Review common drysuits and their features before you choose a brand or model. There are more options available than you might think!
Underwater Photography

Underwater photography is probably one of the most popular (and challenging) hobbies of scuba divers. Learning to master the basics of photography on land is already difficult enough, doing so while maintaining buoyancy and trim can take a lifetime to master. 
Recreational Diver Specialties

 Once you are a certified diver, there are numerous directions to take your diving; deep diving, wreck diving, nitrox diving, and even underwater photography are all great ways to advance you diving and explore more of the underwater world.
Joanne Edney
Jo Edney, Guest Author for About.com Scuba
Joanne Edney is a guest author for About.com Scuba, and a underwater researcher and PhD student, and dive instructor. Her research focuses on wreck diving.
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Why Are Some Divers So Obsessed With Wreck Diving?
If you feel that it's time to add a new dimension to your diving, to try something a bit more challenging, and wreck diving might be just what you are looking for. Here's some reasons that wreck diving is so addicting.
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Why You Should Start Using a Dive Light on Every Dive
Scuba diving lights are becoming cheap, reliable, and small. There really is no reason not to carry one on every dive. Learning to use a dive light properly can increase diver's safety and enjoyment underwater.
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What Is a Drysuit? How Do Drysuits Work?
Are you too cold on scuba dives? Consider a drysuit! A drysuit is a waterproof suit that traps a layer of air against the diver, helping the diver to stay warm and comfortable in cooler waters.
Wetsuits and Drysuits
Water conducts heat away from the body about twenty times more quickly than air. That's why divers can quickly become chilled in even warm waters. Wearing exposure protection in the form of a drysuit or wetsuit can help to keep you warm, safe, and focused.
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7 Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for Technical Diving
Learning a technical mindset takes a little work, but luckily you don't need to go on technical dives to dive like a tec diver!
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