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