Training | SCUBA Diving in Florida Info for All Divers

Breathing Gas Management for the New SCUBA Diver

admin — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:43:15 +0000

An Openwater dive class is designed to introduce the beginning diver to a number of new skills and concepts needed to safely venture below the surface. The new student learns about the equipment, specialized skills, and physiology of diving and is given the information necessary to complete a relatively shallow dive within what is called…

Remember To Use Your Most Important Piece Of Equipment When SCUBA Diving

admin — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 14:35:02 +0000

SCUBA diving is an equipment intensive sport. Human beings are not made to live underwater so we have created a vast array of technology that allows us to swim like the fish. We have been able to develop devices to overcome just about all underwater obstacles from breathing to propulsion and everything in between. We…

Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan

admin — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:03:35 +0000

The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of SCUBA Diving In our first SCUBA diving class we were introduced to dive planning and taught to use our tables to calculate the no-decompression limits and avoid decompression sickness. We learned to determine in advance our maximum depth, bottom time, entry and exit points, and equipment…

Let Me Introduce You to Roy G. Biv

admin — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 11:49:00 +0000

Important Knowledge for SCUBA Divers About how Light is Affected by Water Our old friend Roy G. Biv is a stranger to many but is quite well known by photographers, artists, scientists, and anybody involved in working with light and color. Roy G. Biv is an acronym that allows us to easily remember the colors…

The DIN Valve for SCUBA Divers

admin — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 11:37:29 +0000

“Everything you ever wanted to know about tank valves but were afraid to ask.” Most SCUBA divers are quite familiar with the lowly “K-Valve” that works with the yoke fitting on most regulators. It is the standard on the “aluminum 80” that the majority of us learned to dive with and that inhabits tank racks…

Become a Better SCUBA Diver with a Cavern Class

admin — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 11:23:43 +0000

Enjoy Your Diving More With Improved Skills So you got your Openwater certification and after you had a few dives under your belt moved on to take the Advanced Openwater course. You learned new skills and were given a C-Card that said you were qualified to go a little deeper and were proficient in a…

The Importance of a Complete Save-A-Dive Kit

admin — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 01:04:41 +0000

A Dive is a Terrible Thing to Waste- Be Prepared During your Openwater class your instructor likely mentioned, or maybe even stressed the importance of, a seemingly magical and possibly random collection of extra gear we lovingly refer to as the “Save-A-Dive Kit.” It is likely you noted this suggestion, along with the numerous other…

Relax and Become a Better SCUBA Diver

admin — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:17:20 +0000

We’ve all been on a boat or at a dive site and have heard somebody referred to as, “A good diver.” Good divers have confidence and ability. They are capable and prepared, with skills and experience to handle almost any situation underwater, while always seeming to have a good time on their dives. Most other…

Be Prepared for Any Emergency When SCUBA Diving

admin — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 22:32:54 +0000

Who brings an adjustable wrench along with them on a cave dive? There is at least one diver who does and it certainly came in handy on a dive. It served as a subtle reminder that divers should carefully consider their gear and put thought into what is brought underwater and what’s left behind on…

Managing Student Expectations in Scuba Diving

admin — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 22:05:01 +0000

As dive professionals, we love our sport and try to help others share our enthusiasm. The satisfaction we get when we see divers achieve their goals is one of the rewards of our job and we pass along to our students our passion for the sport. Students are eager to learn and to experience more…