Hall Andrew asked:


Diving is such a wonderful experience, and it is no surprise that diving schools London are mushrooming all over the square mile. Only one can be the best or on top of the list. London Diving offers diving courses just like other diving schools but with a twist, making them the best in London. The instructors are from PADI centre London that are the most qualified and the best of the lot. Not only are they experts in their fields but their wholesome personality set them apart from their counterparts.
 
The friendly instructors equipped with the right credentials teach diving lessons using the PADI system from the highly acclaimed PADI centre London. Their methods and approaches make the learning how to dive enjoyable. Diving schools London have always applied the PADI system. London Diving has only the best trained instructors in both skills and character. Students learned at a fast speed of the basic diving skills from certified PADI instructors.
 
It has been noted that people have learned more how to dive by employing the PADI skills and expertise. London Diving is not one to be left behind. It has a line up of qualified certified PADI instructors. All are ready to welcome students, beginners and advanced alike into the fold. From open water to master scuba diver to specialties courses, these are all being taught employing the PADI system.
 
Scuba diving has become a very popular sport either individually or for the whole family and whether professional or recreational. London Diving has taken this opportunity to take the lead in providing diving courses in London. The sport has some restrictions considering the danger involved. You are allowed by authorities to scuba dive when you are properly certified. Dive schools London such as London Diving can give you the certification if you have enrolled and trained under them.
 
Enrolling at London Diving is easy and simple. Once you have filled up necessary forms including, among others,  a medical form, you start off. Dive schools London such as London Diving insist that enthusiasm is the better part of learning. Just like the engaging PADI instructors, students are presumed to be open to possibilities. Diving is such an exciting sport. It brings along with the learning the knowledge on how to interrelate with living creatures in the underwater world.
 
PADI centre London has instructors who assist the students and realize their responsibilities. They provide the students the opportunity to recognize how precious our underwater world is. Interacting with aquatic life can be spectacular and exhilarating experience. Scuba diving has to take on a dual role. First, you learn the skills with absolute high regard for the underwater life. It is a very responsible sport unlike the sports like racing and bungee jumping. Scuba diving is totally a whole different kind of sporting event.
 
London Diving is one of the best dive schools London dedicated to providing would-be and advanced divers their first-rate services, products, and opportunities. From starter courses to master scuba diving, with the right tools and proper diving venues, London Diving has it all.
 
Diving has never been as exciting and fun as what London Diving offers. Students will be properly cared for and be seeing up to the time their performance have improved. They will never be left behind to fend for themselves. Assistance will always be there to guide them until they are certified scuba divers.

rw3008 asked:

Ashley is an 8 year old girl who went through the Scuba Ranger program of Scuba Schools International (SSI). Her grandfather is the Scuba Ranger instructor and videographer.

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Chris Chew asked:


The tropical Indonesian island of Bali is still attracts millions of tourists every year. Tourists on vacations to Bali are attracted by the mystique, charms and allure of the predominantly traditional Hindu culture, spectacular tropical jungles, mountains and beautiful beaches. Many tourists especially from nearby Australia and Singapore travel to Bali for scuba Diving. The islands in Bali are well known for its excellent scuba diving locations.

Scuba divers in Bali can expect to encounter awesome underwater landscape as well as sighting a very wide array of marine sea creatures. Let’s visit some scuba diving Bali dive spots.

In Nusa Penida and Lembongan Islands, there are spectacular drop off reefs making reef and wall diving the predominant staple on these two scuba diving locations. It takes about a 45 minute speedboat ride to reach these dive destinations.

Water visibility is excellent all year round but the current here is stronger. Experienced divers will love it here as they can enjoy some drift dives. However, the current may get very strong occasionally and dives may have to be abandoned when this happens.

The dive sites at Nusa Dua and Sanur are just 5 minutes away from the coast and therefore easily assessable. The novice divers will love these dive spots because of the gentle current. Water visibility ranges from low to moderate since they are located in the coastal area and are more affected by pollution. Although hard coral life is limited, the dive spots have a surprisingly diversity of marine fishes, soft corals and sponges which are thriving on the reefs.

There is a very wide variety of corals, colorful sea fans and huge pelagic fishes here. Big schools of sweet lips fish, turtles, sharks and manta rays are often sighted by excited scuba divers.

Jemeluk and Amed Beaches are one and half hour away from Denpasar. Denpasar is a popular tourist coastal town with many wonderful hotels, resorts and night entertainment. Scuba divers need to be very experienced as the current here can get very strong. However the dives here can be very exciting because of long coastal reefs, reef slopes/drop offs and majestic wall diving. Water visibility can be considered as moderate to good. To add a final touch, these dive spots have one of the best hard coral communities in Bali.

The Tulamben Wreck Dive is a must dive spot for scuba divers to enjoy wreck diving. The water visibility here is fair to good and the current is gentle. Night dive on this wreck are often described as breathtaking.

The wreck, USS Liberty which met its fate in 1942 when a Japanese torpedo fired from a submarine in the second world war found its target.

The above are just some of the many splendid scuba diving destinations in Bali. For more superb dive sites,just contact the many scuba diving operators in Bali Island.

Murch asked:


Hello all ! ims going to these 3 spots in my hollydays, and I would like to know where to go first, because I will buy some scuba gear to use in the entire trip.
I need to go to the cheapest place first, so that i can buy the gear there.. and use in the trip

Thanks a lot for the help !
Thanks a lot for the answers !
I cant buy online, because i live in Brazil, and most shops dont deliver here or charge me huge tax (not to mention the brazilian import taxes)

And.. i want to look before buy.

I will check the links.. but if you know a good cheap dive shop, please leave me the link or address.

This guy who said that he owns a dive shop.. please.. leave the link to your store.. thanks a lot !

Chris Chew asked:


Thailand is sandwiched between The Gulf of Thailand on its eastern coastline and the vast expanse of the Andaman Sea on its western coast. It is in these body of waters that scuba divers can explore the marine life of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean without having to cross continents.

The waters in Thailand have one of the richest and diverse marine life in the world because conditions here for coral growth is almost perfect with an average temperature of 28C all year round and fantastic underwater visibility.

Because of these almost ideal scuba diving conditions and attractions, the scuba diving industry in Thailand is thriving robustly with the proliferation of first class scuba diving facilities, services and diving schools.

When you throw in what the tourist industry has to offer in Thailand such as fantastic entertainment, a spread of accommodations, hotels and resorts for every budget and Thailand’s renowned delightful cuisines, you can be assured of an enjoyable scuba diving vacation.

The Gulf of Thailand has hundreds of islands on its 1,840km (1,143 miles) long coast. The gulf is a shallow bowl shaped body of water separated from the South China Sea by a pair of underwater ridges that extend from Vietnam on one side and Malaysia to the other.

The sea bed bottom here is mostly mud mixed with sand and shells. Corals are usually found around the fringes of the gulf islands. There are several rivers in the north bringing enough sediment and freshwater to inhibit coral growth until to the south or the eastern side of the Gulf of Thailand.

The underwater scenery in the gulf is perhaps not as visually appealing as those of the Andaman Sea as it has slightly less variety of marine life. Marine parks such as the Ang Thong Marine Park include spectacularly formed limestone islands with lush rainforest covering them and many of these islands are actually uninhabited.

World famous resorts of Pattaya, Phuket and Koh Samui offer excellent scuba diving facilities as well as other reacreations and entertaiment.

The Andaman Sea was already thriving thousands of years ago with Chinese, European, Thai and Indian trading vessels plying its waters. Today, the Andaman Sea is more of a playground for dive boats and sailing yachts rather than for trading vessels.

One of the better known playgrounds for divers in the Andaman and is often rated amongst the top scuba diving destinations in the world are the Similan Islands. Divers can explore Similan, the Surin Islands and the Mergui Archipelago in liveaboard diving cruises.

Thailand’s Andaman Sea stretches 870km (541 miles) from Tarutao National Park on the border of Malaysia to the Surin Islands on the border of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). It is part of the Indian Ocean and is separated from the Bay of Bengal by the Andaman-Nicobar Ridge. Quaint formations of granite outcrops can be senn in the Surin and Similan Islands.

Other island groups such as Koh Phi Phi are shaped by massive limestone and calcium carbonates since prehistoric time.

The only problem when you travel to Thailand for scuba diving is where to start your diving vacation since there are so many excellent dive spots to choose from and you will be spoilt for choice.

KONAtown asked:


im starting the first class tomorrow and when my aunt got certified 20 years ago they would make her swim tons of laps and dive down to the bottom of the pool to put the equipment on and like rip it off her and i’m wondering if they still do that stuff

telmnstr asked:

I finally got around to compiling all the various video clips I had recorded during the summers of 2006 and 2007 at Lake Rawlings. The music (Fishtro) is from an artist that goes by Purple Motion from Finland, and is from a PC demo/invite from around 1992 era, much thanks to him for allowing me to use the tune (visit purplemotion.net for more info, and check demoscene on wikipedia if you are curious.) Dive buddies Patrick and Joe make appearances in the video. Confession - I almost didn’t have enough footage to cover the whole song. I plan to cut a shorter version for HamptonRoads.TV. The video was taken with a Canon ELPH SD-550, not a camcorder. Lake Rawlings is a granite quarry, and has good visibility and is used by many dive shops for training.

RedHerringpro asked:

When Timmy Tut visits Old Mr. Hensley’s General store, he gets more than he bargained for.

Michelle Bery asked:


Just as a golfer has his clubs, and a skier dons his skis, scuba divers have their own set of scuba diving gear that is required to enjoy their sport. Scuba diving gear comes in many varieties and the choices between them depend on your level of skill, logistical needs, and frequency of use. But the universal truth is that scuba diving gear is designed to ensure the safest of dives for everyone - and everything - involved.

First and foremost, the wetsuit is one of the prime pieces of scuba diving gear. Made from synthetic rubber, and lined with nylon fabric, the wetsuit offers a protective barrier between the scuba diver and the varying temperatures that can be found in the water. The primary role of the wetsuit is to keep moisture away from the skin and maintain the body’s temperature, thus protecting it from hypothermia in colder temperatures. It is most important that any wetsuit you use fits snug to your body at all times.

Obviously, the ability to breathe underwater is what makes scuba diving possible. Therefore, the most essential part of scuba diving gear, is the oxygen tank. Strapped to the diver’s back, the oxygen tank provides different amounts of oxygen depending on their size. Based upon the length of the dive you choose to make, you will carry an equivalent sized tank; most come equipped with gear that allows you to measure the amount of oxygen you have left so you can safely resurface when appropriate.

The oxygen is pumped directly into your face and eye mask - another essential piece of scuba diving gear. It is important that your mask fits snuggly over your face to ensure proper oxygen circulation and the ability to see without restriction. In addition, most divers will also don flippers as part of their scuba diving gear.

Diving safely and responsibility is the only way to scuba; so be sure to use appropriate scuba diving gear when heading underwater.

eunny asked:


They claim to be a non-profit charitable organisation, but a 6 week engagement costs £2400 excl. long haul flights, internal flights, overnight hotel stays, meals before and after transfers to expedition sites, and visas (£60). The accommodation is basic (usually sharing with at least one other person) with no proper shower or bath facilities, no free use of scuba diving equipment, and food consists of tuna and rice. Indonesian staff are evidently underpaid. So just where is all the money going to?