| It can be an exciting or terrifying
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| | intend to travel, it should be worldwide.
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| experience - buying your first
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| | Some offer lifetime warrantees for parts.
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| scubadiving gear. When you first walk
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| | Beware buying product over the Internet,
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| into the Aladdin's cave just groaning
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| | as there may be no warrantee. In many
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| with the latest dive technology, your
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| | countries, scuba dealers will not honour
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| question is likely to be "Where do I
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| | internet warrantees, as the product was
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| possibly start?" The answer is quite
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| | not bought through a licenced dealer and
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| simple. Choose your dive centre very
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| | ownership is hard to authenticate.You
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| carefully - then, if you enjoyed your
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| | will want to stay warm and may only need
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| scubadiving course, trust them to outfit
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| | a shorty wetsuit in the tropics. As you
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| you with the best dive gear for your type
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| | move further away from the equator, you
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| of diving.When you select your dive
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| | might need a full length 5mm or 7mm
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| centre start by establishing the
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| | wetsuit or even a drysuit. Try to buy the
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| credentials of it. Generally, the more
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| | best you can afford as you will not enjoy
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| status the dive centre has, the more it
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| | even the most spectacular dive if you are
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| has been audited for quality and customer
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| | trying to stay warm. Night diving is
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| service. If possible, choose a PADI 5
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| | fantastic - only if you are warm. Comfort
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| Star Career Development Centre. Failing
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| | and fit are critical.When you select your
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| that, try a PADI 5 Star Instructor
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| | dive mask try every one on display.
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| Development Centre and so on down the
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| | Ssniff in hard and listen for air leaks
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| retail status list. Other training
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| | to ensure an exact fit. Additionally,
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| agencies have similar ratings. Word of
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| | press the mask in over your nose and brow
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| mouth is another very strong indicator as
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| | to ensure there is no contact. Some mask
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| most people tell others about a bad
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| | lenses can be changed for prescription
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| experience.After you have completed your
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| | lenses. If you wear glasses ask your
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| course, unless you are totally focused
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| | scuba dealer which ones will take
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| and do it beforehand, you will want to
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| | prescription lenses. Identify the dive
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| buy your our scubadiving gear. There are
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| | masks that fit then try those few again.
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| literally thousands of different dive
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| | When you get to the
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| items on the market and each scuba
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| | best two, choose the cheaper one. If
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| retailer offers a selective few brands.
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| | your mask does not fit well, you will not
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| Normally these equipment lines are
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| | enjoy your scuba diving. Resist the
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| complementary so that the dive centre
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| | temptation to buy a cheap snorkel. You
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| should be able to satisfy novice or
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| | need a good one so you can breathe on the
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| experienced recreational divers through
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| | surface face down. Accept the dive centre
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| to highly experienced technical divers.
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| | retailer's advice.Fins are your
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| If you are about to buy your own scuba
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| | propellers. Get fins that fit your feet
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| gear take time to read our
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| | properly, without placing pressure on
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| advice.Probably the most critical dive
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| | your toes or the bridge of your foot.
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| equipment is the regulator and buoyancy
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| | Always wear your own dive booties when
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| control device BCD) combination. The
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| | trying on fins. Split fin technology is
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| regulator should be selected on
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| | state-of-the-art now and worth every
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| performance and reliability, that is ease
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| | cent.
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| of breathing at the depths you intend to
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| | Try for a soft or medium flex fin. If
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| dive to. Do a careful price
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| | you want to be a technical diver, select
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| comparison if your budget is critical.
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| | firmer split fins. Get spring straps if
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| Your scuba dive centre retailer will
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| | your retailer has them.You will need
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| guide you here.A BCD must be comfortable
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| | weight unless you are negatively buoyant
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| but most importantly it must be able to
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| | at the surface. When you purchase your
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| lift your face clear of the water at the
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| | BCD, consider one that allows you to
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| surface. The inflator mechanism must be
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| | carry weight in the BCD weight pockets
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| easy and fast to operate. Check the lift
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| | rather than around your waist. Many women
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| of a BCD before you start loading the
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| | do get minor bruising on the hips through
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| integrated weight system up with lead
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| | wearing heavy weight belts. With a
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| weight. While it may lift you wearing a
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| | drysuit you will generally need more
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| wetsuit, it may be overloaded once you
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| | weight than you would with a wetsuit.
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| take it off to pass it (with any
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| | Contoured weights are preferable to slab
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| integrated weight & cylinder) into the
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| | weights.You are now set to have fantastic
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| boat. Recreational BCDs are not designed
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| | scubadiving adventures. Enjoy the freedom
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| for technical diving and should not be
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| | of gliding in the ocean current along
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| used for
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| | coral encrusted walls, through underwater
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| that purpose.You will need to consider
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| | canyons, exploring
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| your instruments as well. Whatever your
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| | timeless shipwrecks or absorbing the
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| financial position you will need a
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| | stillness and tranquillity of a
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| submersible pressure gauge (SPG) and
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| | freshwater lake. Wherever you are, you
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| compass. It may be cheaper to purchase a
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| | will enjoy your scuba diving if you are
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| dive computer rather than a depth gauge
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| | confidant that you have chosen your
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| and timer / underwater watch. Dive
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| | scubadiving gear wisely.Tony Howell is
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| computers show dive and surface interval
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| | the owner/manager of New Zealand Sea
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| details as well as guiding your ascent
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| | Adventures, Wellington's only PADI Career
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| speed.Some give integrated information on
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| | Development Centre. Tony's qualifications
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| nitrogen absorption and gas consumption.
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| | include: PADI Course Director, PADI
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| With a computer it is easy to retrieve
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| | Specialty Instructor Trainer in over 25
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| dive information so you can log your
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| | specialtys, TDI Instructor Trainer (IT),
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| dive.There are also Nitrox computers for
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| | First Aid & CPR IT, Coastguard Tutor
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| sport divers and multiple gas computers
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| | Examiner and Service Technician IT.
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| for tech divers. Get your dive
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| | Tony has helped hundreds of people to
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| instruments in a console for easy
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| | choose the best scuba diving gear to give
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| reference.For regulators BCDs and
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| | them the most enjoyable and safe diving
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| instruments, check the warrantee. If you
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| | experience.
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