Scuba Diving
The Wonderful World Of Scuba Diving
Many people who have never been scuba diving think it is just a swim in the water, in reality it is a very exciting, dangerous, and potentially fatal activity. There are many types of scuba diving, ranging from recreational to sport to career diving. Scuba Diving is just not a swim in the water, scuba requires certification, uses technical equipment, and the world offers the best scuba dives in the world. “Scuba, which is actually an acronym for “self -contained breathing apparatus”, allows divers to dive deeper and stay submerged longer.” (Bantin) Scuba comes a long way from other forms of diving by using an air tank and regulator. This is what allows them to stay under longer and dive deeper. Scuba originally began with military and commercial applications, where it is still used today. But now, by far the largest group of divers is “Recreational Divers”. “These dives are practiced at depths of less than 130 feet, from these depths; divers can make a straight ascent to the surface.” (Bantin) Diving beyond this limit requires advanced training. Before recreational divers can take a dive into the water, they must complete a course in scuba diving and become certified. There are many scuba diving agencies, the largest being PADI, but there are many others, including the National Association of Underwater Instructors and the National Association of Scuba Diving Schools. “All agencies require that participants be proficient swimmers, in reasonably good health, and at least 12 years of age.”(Coleman) The course consists of classroom work, practice in a pool or confined body of water, and dives in open water. In the course, students learn to use diving equipment, to equalize air pressure as they descend, to swim efficiently underwater, to clear the mask if water leaks in, and to ascend safely. Because divers cannot talk to each other underwater, they learn how to communicate underwater with hand signals. Scuba diving should
Many people who have never been scuba diving think it is just a swim in the water, in reality it is a very exciting, dangerous, and potentially fatal activity. There are many types of scuba diving, ranging from recreational to sport to career diving. Scuba Diving is just not a swim in the water, scuba requires certification, uses technical equipment, and the world offers the best scuba dives in the world. “Scuba, which is actually an acronym for “self -contained breathing apparatus”, allows divers to dive deeper and stay submerged longer.” (Bantin) Scuba comes a long way from other forms of diving by using an air tank and regulator. This is what allows them to stay under longer and dive deeper. Scuba originally began with military and commercial applications, where it is still used today. But now, by far the largest group of divers is “Recreational Divers”. “These dives are practiced at depths of less than 130 feet, from these depths; divers can make a straight ascent to the surface.” (Bantin) Diving beyond this limit requires advanced training. Before recreational divers can take a dive into the water, they must complete a course in scuba diving and become certified. There are many scuba diving agencies, the largest being PADI, but there are many others, including the National Association of Underwater Instructors and the National Association of Scuba Diving Schools. “All agencies require that participants be proficient swimmers, in reasonably good health, and at least 12 years of age.”(Coleman) The course consists of classroom work, practice in a pool or confined body of water, and dives in open water. In the course, students learn to use diving equipment, to equalize air pressure as they descend, to swim efficiently underwater, to clear the mask if water leaks in, and to ascend safely. Because divers cannot talk to each other underwater, they learn how to communicate underwater with hand signals. Scuba diving should
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