3 Scuba Safety Tips Every Diver Should Know

Scuba Diving is a wonderful activity and a great waytightening up your dive gear. Dangling hoses, straps,
to experience the beauty of underwater worlds. Butor other items that might entangle you pose a
one has to be careful when diving. Otherwise yourserious threat to your safety. There are many things
fun adventure could quickly turn into an underwaterunderwater to get caught on such as seaweed, a
nightmare.shipwreck, coral, or even the dive boat as you are
Here are three great tips every diver should know togetting into the water.
keep safe and have fun.3) Monitor Your Air Supply
1) Don't Drink and DiveNothing is more important to your safety then your
Everyone wants to have a fun time on their vacationair supply. To ascend slowly, you must have air in
or trip. For some people that means the inclusion ofyour tank. Watching your air supply and consumption
alcohol. But if you are going to scuba, it is veryfrequently is important for the duration of the dive. If
important that you limit your alcohol consumption.you are down to 1,000 p.s.i., you should be well
The less aware you are underwater, the greateraware of the proximity of your dive boat or the
danger you get into. Also drinking leads tobeach. After 500 p.s.i. you should be in the process of
dehydration those pesky hangovers!. So when scubamaking a slow, controlled ascent back to surface. I
diving remain well hydrated. Be sure to drink plentyknow it sounds dumb but please watch your gauges
of bottled water, get sufficient rest, and hold off onconstantly throughout your dive and never, ever run
drinking alcohol until your diving day is done.out of air!
2) Optimize Your Dive GearThere is much more to scuba diving safety, but
Anyone who has ever done a cave dive hasremember these tips the next time you are in the
probably learned the importance of streamlining, andwater, after all better safe then sorry!