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You Know You’re Addicted to Scuba Diving When…

  • Every morning the sound of shaving foam (psshhhht) makes you want to go diving.
  • You actually like wearing a full-length wetsuit, hood, gloves, boots, fins, mask, snorkel, buoyancy compensator, compressed air tank, scuba regulator, dive computer, a knife strapped to your inside calf, and 7 kg of lead around your waist.
  • The local dive shop people recognise you – on the telephone.
  • You automatically breathe out when you walk up a flight of stairs.
  • You suddenly discover a fervent interest in attending scientific conferences in the Maldives, Vanuatu, the Red Sea, the Caribbean, Thailand and the Great Barrier Reef.
  • The value of money is measured by how much dive gear you could buy with it.
  • No-one asks for your certification card any more.
  • Fresh air is  …  Details

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Ah, the age old question…. I get this quite frequently and see it on message boards all the time. Which wetsuit to wear can depend on many things – water temperature, body size and type, cold tolerance, how much you are scuba diving, etc. Every person is going to be a bit different, I’ll try to give you a basic idea.

When I first moved here it was February and about 74 degrees in the water …  Details

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On Saturday, a number of Houstonians with disabilities took on a new ability – scuba diving. At the Houston Scuba Academy Ana Calvo got her first lesson.

“It’s something that I always wanted to do. I just didn’t know what there was out there, to do something like this for people with disabilities,” she said

Calvo was born without arms or legs, and while her disability has made it difficult for her; it has never stopped her from trying new things. So, when Diveheart president, Jim Elliott, approached Calvo to try out scuba diving she jumped right in…  Details & Video

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Video Scuba – Scuba Diving And Snorkeling In Hawaii Are Wonderful Ocean Activities But Can Be Dangerous

Resorts around the world offer ocean activities that often include snorkeling and SCUBA diving. Fish can breathe underwater. People can’t do that. Birds can fly. Okay, you get the picture.

There is something amazing about SCUBA diving and snorkeling. It’s a feeling and experience that cannot be replicated in any other activity because effectively, the participant is breathing underwater…  Details

Scuba diving with dolphins at Grand Bahama Island. A most unique experience for scuba divers.