Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Divers underwater fish watching

One of the main reasons people dive is to watch the various fish underwater. But, many divers get discouraged with all the confusing scientific names and with the hundreds of names of all the species.
The good part is that most of the fish belong to just a few families, so you can identify distinguishing features and place them in a family group. Then use the visual differences within these groups to identify the species further. This method can be used on fresh/water as well.
Now, that you’ve learnt how to identify fish, you can take it to the next level by participating in a fish count and underwater photography.
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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Choosing Your Scuba Diving Equipment

Scuba Diving: it is very important to get the necessary scuba diving equipment and gear. There are many scuba gear and equipment available but it’s best to start from the basics necessary equipment such as the mask, fins, snorkel, and weight belt, and then move on to more advanced and expensive gear and equipment.

Basics Scuba Gear and Equipment:
Diving masks allows you to see underwater through the glass plate. Most diving masks lets you breathe out into the mask. Choose a mask that fits your face and forms a seal. Most scuba diving masks come with a rubber or silicone skirt that creates a watertight seal with the diver's face. Check out Leisurepro.com for more information on diving masks, their staff is very knowledgeable.

Diving fins allow you to move freely underwater. The diving snorkel lets you breathe at the surface without raising your head from the water. Weight belts help you maintain buoyancy.
Diving suits like Wetsuits and Dry suits provide thermal insulation and are made for exposure protection.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Secure and Safe Scuba Diving - Exposure Protection

In order to remain a contented and secure diver you need to know about thermal and exposure protection. By being exposed to cold conditions, you cause an affect to your blood’s circulation. Because of the impaired blood flow to your body’s’ appendages, finger dexterity is reduced, which can lessen your abilities to perform certain skills.

Even more so, the extremities will have a reduced off gassings due to decreased blood flow. Also, your rate of breathing increases with a cold body, which means your rate of air consumption increases, as well as many other problems occur. So, as exposure protection we offer a wet suit and a dry suit. The purpose of a wet suit is to insulate your body, and minimize heat loss. They operate by trapping a layer of water between your skin and the suit. The heat from your body warms up the layer of water, which helps retain your body’s temperature. The thickness and quality of the wet suit material determine the suit’s ability to insulate, meaning; the thicker the neoprene the warmer you’ll stay.
A dry suit works the same way as a wet suit, except that it keeps you dry. It insulates your body by trapping air between your skin and the suit, instead of water.

Choosing the proper exposure suit is an important part of planning your dive, whether or not you use a wetsuit or dry suit. By logging water temperatures, depths bottom times, and thermal protection information, you’ll put together statistical work for future dive planning.