| Scuba diving has been a popular pastime since the | | | | stores can offer excellent advice and help you select |
| 1940s. It was noted seaman and adventurer | | | | appropriate gear. |
| Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan who first | | | | A buoyancy compensator is also used as part of |
| created the Aqua-Lung, which was the first type of | | | | your scuba gear. Denver divers often wear a |
| commercially available scuba diving equipment. Denver | | | | specialized vest that increases or decreases air |
| divers will discover that today's modern scuba | | | | pressure and may also include lead weights. These |
| equipment, which can be found at Colorado scuba | | | | are necessary to keep you at the appropriate water |
| diving equipment suppliers, utilizes wet or dry suits, | | | | depth when you are underwater in your Boulder dive |
| buoyancy control features and some type of | | | | equipment. |
| breathing apparatus. | | | | You will also need the appropriate breathing gear as |
| The type of suit you will wear depends on the water | | | | part of your complete Denver diving gear package. |
| temperature in which you will use your divers | | | | Divers breathe compressed air or a nitrogen-oxygen |
| equipment. Colorado diving enthusiasts that are | | | | mix that is carried in tanks on your back as the heart |
| visiting balmy Mexico or the Cayman Islands will find | | | | of their divers equipment. Colorado scuba divers |
| water temperatures near eighty degrees. They will | | | | understand that A regulator is attached to the tank, |
| wear a full-body or short wet suit as the basis of | | | | and it controls the air pressure coming out of the |
| their Denver diving gear. These types of suits that | | | | tank so that it is at a level safe for breathing. There |
| can be found at Boulder dive equipment stores allow | | | | are two parts to a regulator. The first stage is |
| a thin layer of water to enter inside the rubber layer, | | | | connected to the air tank, and the second stage |
| and this aqueous layer helps to keep you warm. In | | | | connects by hose to the first stage, and includes the |
| very warm waters from the low eighties to ninety | | | | mouthpiece through which you inhale the air. There |
| degrees, you could wear nothing but bare skin or a | | | | are also pony tanks and spare air units for |
| lighter weight nylon wet suit as part of your diving | | | | emergency air supplies and a snorkel for breathing |
| equipment. Denver divers who are swimming in colder | | | | when you are near the water surface to conserve |
| waters, with temperatures below seventy degrees | | | | air in your tanks that you will want to include with |
| will need a dry suit as part of their divers equipment. | | | | your Boulder dive equipment. |
| Colorado scuba divers use this suit to warm the body | | | | It is complex to get outfitted correctly when you are |
| with an air layer inside the suit. Your suit may also | | | | starting out, so be sure to contact a qualified |
| come with gloves or boots, or possibly a vest or | | | | Colorado scuba diving equipment supplier, who can |
| hood. If you are starting out, you may not be sure | | | | assist in helping you select the appropriate gear for |
| about selecting diver's equipment. Colorado scuba | | | | your specific diving situations. |