| Scuba diving is a marine sport that is pretty much | | | | way to Xerxes' fleet, cutting every ship off from its |
| enjoyed by water babies. Actually, SCUBA is an | | | | moorings. He used a reed as his snorkel so that he |
| acronym for "Self Contained Underwater Breath | | | | couldn't be seen. Afterwards, he swam nine miles |
| Apparatus". | | | | (approximately 15 kilometers) and joined his fellow |
| Through the development of technology, scuba | | | | Greeks. |
| diving continues to evolve. At the moment, diving | | | | Move on to the 16th century when people started |
| activities pertaining to scuba include: | | | | using diving bells which were the first effective |
| - recreational diving | | | | apparatus used in staying under water for a long |
| - public safety diving | | | | period of time. The bell was held at a stationary level |
| - technical diving which includes ice diving, wreck | | | | which is few feet away from the surface. The |
| diving, cave diving and deep diving | | | | bottom was open to water while the top contained |
| - military diving | | | | air compressed with the water pressure. |
| - commercial diving | | | | The diver stood upright and held his head in the air. |
| - scientific diving | | | | Then he could leave the bell so that he could collect |
| History of scuba-diving goes back centuries. Men and | | | | sponges or explore the bottom of the sea. |
| women have practiced holding their breath | | | | Afterwards, he returned to the bell to get air. He |
| underwater way before the apparatus for the sport | | | | could keep on doing this till the bell was no longer |
| was invented. | | | | breathable. |
| Indirect origins come in the form of ancient artifacts | | | | At that time, England and France were manufacturing |
| found in Greece showing divers hunting for sponges | | | | full diving suits. These were made from leather and |
| and sometimes engaged in military endeavors. The | | | | used to submerge under 60 feet. The air was |
| most popular would be the story of Scyllis dating | | | | pumped from underneath the surface through manual |
| back in the 500 BC as quoted by the famous Greek | | | | pumps. Later on, metal helmets were made in order |
| historian Herodotus. | | | | to hold greater water pressure for divers who went |
| The story goes that during the Grecian naval | | | | deeper. |
| campaign, Scyllis was held captive by Xerxes I, the | | | | 19th century, scientific researches led by French Paul |
| Persian King. Upon knowing that Xerxes was | | | | Bert and Scottish John Scott Haldane concluded the |
| attacking the Greek fleet, Scyllis grabbed a knife and | | | | effects of water pressure within the body. From |
| jumped overboard. | | | | these study, compressed air pumps, regulators and |
| Persians couldn't find Scyllis. They assumed that he | | | | carbon dioxide led to the creation of the Scuba diving |
| drowned. At night, Scyllis resurfaced and swam all the | | | | apparatus we know today. |