Scuba Diving Certification Tips and helpful Information

Scuba diving is a true delightful and wonderful sport and with just the right basics it is relatively easy to get your scuba diving certification. Scuba diving is fun and exciting and once you are a long way under water there really isn’t much room for error.

So why not give it a try?

First, you need the ability to swim. Although this may seem quite obvious it is vital that you be a reasonably strong and qualified swimmer. You are required by most scuba certifications to be able to swim about 200 yards competently with any type of stroke and you need the ability to tread water or float for ten minutes. It is also vital that you be in good health if you would like to scuba dive. Besides being healthy overall you also need to be in good health the day of the dive since scuba diving with a cold can lead to unwanted problems such as a burst eardrum.

It is important to get the best and safest in scuba diving training possible, therefore start by asking friends and family, or inquire at your local YMCA and find out what the course has to offer. Remember to make sure that the instructor is fully certified to teach scuba diving. It is best to get your training at the schools that run programs which give you a recognized certification, such as PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructions) qualification. You can then take this to most places in the world and you’ll be able to enjoy a scuba diving there! You would also need good scuba diving gear and equipment, make sure the equipment and gear you get are top quality.

Remember to practice your scuba diving skills extensively before venturing anywhere you are not so sure about. Any questions you may have make sure to ask the instructor about it. Rather ask many questions and get it right than ending up with poor scuba diving skills.

Now, doesn’t it all sound so delightful and wonderful?! Just jump right in and get started!!


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Happy Diving!!!!!!!

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Check your Scuba Diving and Gear and Equipment

By: Lenore Chapman

Before going on a trip to scuba dive, check your gear and tanks. You may think they are fine, but it is better to be safe than sorry. I had made a 7 hour trip to Florida to do some dives with my son and daughter-in-law. Once we got there, my son decided to take us to a dive shop and buy some diving skins and other stuff we needed. My husband ask the owner of the shop to top our tanks off with air. Well, the guy lets all the air out of our tanks to do an inspection. Our tanks were due to be inspected in two months, but the guy said he always checks the tanks before he fills them. Thank goodness he did. My 2 tanks were good, but my husbands 2 steel tanks had rust inside them. That could have been dangerous for my husband. It turns out, the place I got the tanks fill at the last time had water in their air lines and it got in the tanks. The owner explained to us that he only does good work and follows the rules when it comes to peoples lives. He showed us his license and all the charts and all that goes with it. He is quite reputable. It all ended up with us leaving his tanks and a lot of money, but his tanks will be good to go when the owner gets done cleaning them.

We ended up borrowing tanks from the shop to make these dives. Finally we get on the boat and head out into the ocean. It was a beautiful day, sun shining bright and water all around us. Dolphins and manatees swimming in the water.

We get to the spot we want to dive. A plane and a ship is sunk in this spot. I can't wait to see all this. My husband hooks his regulator up to the tank and checked it, to make sure the air was flowing right. I am so glad, turns out the regulator was on free flowing and wouldn't adjust. He hooked mine up and the same thing, stuck on free flowing. Well, there went my diving. My husband used my daughter-in-laws regulator and did the dive. Her and I sat on the boat and waited for them to return.

I did have a good day, even though everything that could go wrong, went wrong. I didn't mention the boat stopped running while we were on our way out there, junk in the fuel filter, and I got sun burnt.

Once we got back home, my husband took our regulators apart. Ends up that there was sand and junk inside them from previous dives. We rinsed the equipment after every dive but I guess we didn't clean the regulators good enough. This could have been a very dangerous dive if we didn't get our tanks checked and if we would have dived and the regulators messed up while we were 40 plus feet underwater.

So, if you are a diver, please get your equipment checked. And after every dive make sure you wash your equipment and get the sand out of your regulators. This practice could save your life...

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Oceanic Worldwide Announces Voluntary Recall of Versa Pro revision 2A Dive Computers

May 3, 2006 – San Leandro, CA – In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Oceanic Worldwide of San Leandro, California, is voluntarily recalling Oceanic Versa Pro revision 2A Digital Dive Computers. While operating in the User Selected Digital Gauge Mode, displayed Elapsed Dive Time can be in excess of actual elapsed time.
Oceanic has received a report of two Versa Pro revision 2A units that experienced the offset time displayed while operating in User Selected Digital Gauge Mode. No injuries have been reported.

Oceanic Versa Pro 2A Dive Computers subject to the recall are only the revision 2A units which have serial numbers 12000 through 18176 which is located on the side of the module and can be viewed if after the front button is depressed to activate the unit, it is held depressed until the Diagnostic Mode screen completes its countdown and the Serial Number screen appears displaying the module’s SN and software firmware revision (r2A). The unit will shut Off when released.

Authorized Oceanic dealers sold Versa Pro 2A modules, that were manufactured between March 21, 2003, and February 7, 2005, in wrist and console mount configuration during March 2003 through April 2006 for between $429 to $639, depending on the configuration with other instruments.

Consumers should immediately discontinue further use of Versa Pro 2A Dive Computers for User Selected Digital Gauge Mode operation (as a Depth Gauge/Timer) and take it to any Authorized Oceanic Dealer, or return it directly to the factory for an Upgrade to Versa Pro revision 2B.
Locate an Authorized Oceanic Dealer closest to you.
Instructions for returns direct to the factory.

Should you have any questions, please contact our toll free Recall Helpline at (888) 854-4960 or locally at (510) 562-0500 between 8 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday Pacific Time.

Palm Beach prepares for Largest Indoor Consumer Dive Show - Over 110 Exhibitors!

Second-year Show on track to build on last year and deliver qualified dive consumers. Innovative marketing efforts paying dividends already.

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL (Scuba PRWire) Mon, 27-Nov-2006 - The 2nd Annual Florida Dive Show show will be held December 2nd and 3rd, 2006 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. Show hours are Saturday 9:30am to 6:30pm, Sunday 10am to 5pm. Consumers from as far as Tennessee are preparing for the Florida Dive Show just under one week away. Show management reports that the exhibitor profile includes 20 percent manufacturers, 30 percent travel destinations and a wider variety of other exhibiting companies scheduled to participate.

The show has received strong promotion from the diving community with over 80 Dive Stores promoting the event with discount coupons. Exhibits, travel presentation, in-depth seminars and more are available for divers, consumers and those just interested in the underwater world. Visit www.floridadiveshow.com to see impressive line up of participants. This years show is truly a 99% sell out, according to the show producers.