| Scuba | | | | is why scuba diving is so awesome. There is also the |
| Everybody knows what scuba diving is; it is the diver | | | | fact that it can be absolutely beautiful under the |
| with the air tank on his back and a mouthpiece. The | | | | water. If you have ever had the opportunity to go |
| basic scuba set-up is a tank of compressed oxygen | | | | scuba diving off the coast of Australia along the |
| on the diver's back, with a line to a mouth piece. The | | | | Great Barrier Reef, you will know how amazingly |
| oxygen is delivered through a mouth piece, allowing | | | | gorgeous life under the sea can be. Scuba diving can |
| the diver to breath. Your carbon dioxide is then either | | | | even give you the chance to search for buried gold |
| released into the water, or, in self-contained systems | | | | and treasure. From the Caribbean to the |
| or rebreathers, back into the tank. Few people | | | | Mediterranean to the Great Lakes to the English |
| actually know that scuba stands for something, | | | | Channel, there are countless shipwrecks waiting to be |
| however. The word 'scuba' is actually an acronym for | | | | explored. |
| "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus". | | | | Risks associated with scuba diving |
| Scuba diving is, of course, different from unassisted | | | | It should be noted that, despite being an amazing |
| diving. The history of scuba is quite recent. The | | | | hobby or sport, scuba diving can be dangerous; after |
| biggest advance on the path to scuba diving came in | | | | all, you are putting yourself under water and hooking |
| the 16th century, when people started using diving | | | | your lungs up to a tube of air. If something goes |
| bells to pump air from the surface to people | | | | wrong with your air or you become trapped, then |
| underwater. Needless to say, things have advanced a | | | | you will experience obvious difficulties. The most |
| fair bit since then, although the diving bell remained an | | | | common injury related to scuba diving is a result of |
| important method for centuries. Scuba diving as we | | | | changes in air pressure. As you go deeper |
| know it really came together during and after World | | | | underwater, the pressure around you increases. If |
| War II. | | | | the pressure becomes too much, you can rupture |
| Why is scuba diving such a popular sport? | | | | your eardrums or damage your sinuses. And if you |
| It is hard to think of a sport or hobby more exciting | | | | come up from underwater too quickly, you can also |
| or rewarding than scuba diving. First off, scuba diving | | | | get 'the bends', also known as decompression |
| gives you access to underwater life in a way nothing | | | | sickness. |
| else can. The vast majority of the world is | | | | How to become a scuba diver |
| underwater and waiting to be explored! When you | | | | Before getting into the water, it is important that |
| scuba dive, you become one of the few people to | | | | you receive the proper certification from your |
| have ever ventured into this exotic world to any | | | | national certification board to be a scuba diver. |
| degree. The world's seas and oceans are some of | | | | Indeed, many rental agencies will not rent you |
| the last few undiscovered places on our planet - that | | | | equipment without proof of certification. |