Open Water Divers Becoming an Open Water diver means that are qualified to go on lake or ocean dives to a certain depth with a ‘buddy’ (another diver) but without the supervision of a professional. It’s necessary to take a certified course – we recommend the one run by PADI. To embark on the course …
A typical beginner’s cave diving course develops basic cave diving skills with limited penetrations of the cave environment and is the second level of progression to the full cave diver certificate directly building upon the cavern course. It is a recreational cave diving course. The course develops and establishes minimum skills, knowledge, dive planning and …
You don’t need to be an expert photographer or scuba diver to take underwater photographs or use a camcorder underwater You can take perfectly good photographs or video by putting your head just under the water; but to add a feeling of drama to a photograph, it is sometimes desirable to be on the same …
First, a definition. A ‘technical dive’ is a self-contained untethered dive in which the diver switches a breathing gas during the dive. It usually involves the diver in using a “bottom mix” followed by one or two intermediate decompression mixes of enriched air and oxygen. Whenever the diver does not have a direct ascent option …
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Wreck diving is one of the most fascinating and rewarding aspects of scuba diving. Imagine diving in and around a piece of submerged history from the two world wars or some fascinating freight vessels. These underwater adventures can be yours, but we do strongly recommend that you undergo some specialized wreck diving training if you …
As you’d expect from an archipelago on the Coral Sea, the corals to be found at Vanuatu are breathtaking, and attract the most experienced divers. A chain of 83 islands that are a mixture of old volcanoes covered in rainforest and low-lying coral islands with excellent beaches. The Islands flank the eastern rim of the …
For reef dives, drift dives and brain coral bigger than you, head to this twin paradise of islands – Trinidad and Tobago. The southern most of the Caribbean Islands, Trinidad and Tobago are separated by a 33km shallow waterway, which boasts extremely fast currents. Trinidad is the larger of the islands and the epicentre of …
Tahiti and her abundant islands provide a wonderfully rewarding diving location for beginners. Tahiti may be relatively small, but along with its islands (officially known as French Polynesia) it covers a staggering four million square-kilometres of ocean on the South Pacific! There are a total of 118 islands and atolls, although they only add up …
The Balearic, Canary and Medas islands give Spain a wonderful diving pedigree, where you can enjoy the experience of both Mediterranean and North African dives. The three main diving destinations on Span are the Balearic Islands of Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza; the Canary Islands of Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura; and the Medas Islands …
Famed for their natural beauty and their wartime history, the Solomon Islands are a fascinating dichotomy for the diver. A stunning seabed is littered with artefacts from World War Two – fascinating diving for those with historical interests. The islands stretch over a thousand miles, however the landmass is far smaller. The Solomon are a …