One of the hardest things about diving (no, really) is squirming into your wetsuit. A nice, snug fit underwater can mean an impossible time trying to don the suit on dry land. Here are a few tips to help you keep from breaking a sweat, or a nail, while getting ready to hit the water.
Training
Human error is one of the most common killers in risky activities such as scuba diving.
Briefings offer an idea of what to expect, but nothing in the water is absolute. This is a wild environment, after all!
The best way to introduce your favorite sport to your children
Seeing a girl on the boat gearing up and running through checks for a technical dive has certainly helped break down barriers for prospective students.
Here we’ll take a look at the two most common boat-diving entry methods, the situations appropriate for each, and how to perform them both correctly.
Here are four must-dos if you want to command a better salary, build a career and help save the industry all at the same time.
Logging dives is more than simply a tradition in scuba diving
Get your profile in order to improve your air consumption and underwater movement
Working on your position in the water is a big part of becoming a better diver
It’s easy to share your passion with the ones you love most, and in the process, hopefully instill in them a lifelong passion of their own.
Drop (or add) as little lead as needed with our guide to weighting
Often, that agency choice will dictate the agency that you dive with for life. Sometimes, though, a diver will find that, for whatever reason, they want to change agencies. Here we’ll take a look at one of the most common crossovers, whereby non-PADI divers become PADI divers.
That breathing and diving go hand in hand is unlikely to be news to anyone who has tried the sport. But that we can become better divers by training our breathing techniques is perhaps not universally known. Follow these tips to unlock the power of your breath.