| The Five Ws
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| | videography, equipment specialist, cavern
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| Scuba diving is a complex sport and
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| | diving, wreck diving, ice diving, and
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| cannot be fully understood in one lesson.
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| | technical diving specialties. Careers
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| Before taking your first scuba class, you
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| | include divemasters and instructors;
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| should have a firm comprehension of the
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| | instructor trainers and examiners;
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| five Ws (who, what, where, when, and why)
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| | resort, dive center and live-aboard
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| of scuba diving.
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| | personnel; journalists, photographers and
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| Who can dive?
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| | cinematographers; leaders of scuba
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| Just about anyone can become a diver.
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| | training and certification agencies;
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| Scuba diving is an equal opportunity
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| | sales and marketing professionals.
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| sport open to men, women and children of
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| | - Commercial
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| any race, color, religion, sex, national
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| | Commercial divers usually, but not
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| origin, handicap or familial status.
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| | always, work for diving contractors. They
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| However, there are a few limitations on
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| | build underwater structures and oil
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| age and health for safety purposes. Here
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| | platforms; salvage ships and treasures;
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| is a quick breakdown of criteria:
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| | construct and maintain boats, bridges,
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| - Age
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| | docks, dams, nuclear power plants and
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| Anyone 15 years old or older can become
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| | coastal structures; conduct engineering
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| an Open Water Diver. Children between the
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| | and scientific surveys and inspections;
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| ages of 10 and 15 can receive a Junior
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| | operate and maintain complex remote
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| Open Water Diver certification. At the
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| | operated vehicles (ROVs), air and gas
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| age of 15 they can upgrade to a regular
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| | supplies, and life-support systems;
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| Open Water Diver certification.
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| | provide hyperbaric first-aid and diving
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| There are programs available for younger
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| | emergency medical care.
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| children that will help prepare them for
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| | - Scientific
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| certification such as the Bubblemakers,
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| | Scientific diving is different from
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| Scuba rangers, and SASY.
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| | recreational diving and commercial diving
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| - Fitness
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| | in many ways. Scientific diving is
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| In general, anyone in good average health
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| | carried out exclusively for research
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| who meets the age requirement can
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| | purposes, or in support of research
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| participate. As a safety measure, a
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| | activities that involve marine life, the
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| routine medical questionnaire must be
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| | ocean, underwater archaeology, etc.
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| completed. If anything on the
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| | - Military
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| questionnaire indicates a risky
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| | Military divers perform tasks such as
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| condition, you should get a medical
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| | underwater ship repair, salvage, and
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| checkup to make sure it's acceptable to
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| | construction, as well as dive medicine.
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| dive. Some conditions to watch out for
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| | Specialized diving divisions include
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| include but are not limited to
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| | explosives ordnance disposal and
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| neurological, cardiovascular, pulmonary,
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| | combatant divers.
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| gastrointestinal, metabolic and
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| | Where do divers dive?
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| endocrinological, orthopedic,
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| | Scuba divers dive wherever there is
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| hematological, pregnancy, behavioral
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| | water: oceans, seas, lakes, rivers,
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| health issues, and ear and sinus
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| | quarries, waterways, canals, mines,
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| problems. When in doubt, Divers Alert
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| | springs, abandoned oilrigs, and old
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| Network can answer health questions.
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| | missile silos.
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| What do divers do?
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| | When is the best time to dive?
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| Scuba divers do more than check out the
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| | Any time of year is a good time to dive.
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| fish. Depending on your interests, you
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| | Just because it is fall or winter, it
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| can specialize in a skill for your own
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| | doesn’t mean you can’t dive. There
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| pleasure or make diving a career option.
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| | are many cold water and ice divers out
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| Scuba diving can be broken down into four
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| | there. You can take specialty courses to
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| groups: recreational, commercial,
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| | prepare you for cold water diving. If you
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| scientific, and military.
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| | are a warm water fan, take a vacation to
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| - Recreational
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| | a tropical island and enjoy.
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| This is the largest group of divers –
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| | Why do people scuba dive?
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| those who dive for the fun of it. Once
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| | There is no one simple answer to this
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| you get your certification, you can
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| | question. People dive for their own
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| further your diving education by
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| | personal reasons, which can include an
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| specializing in a skill. Some
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| | appreciation for the ocean, an interest
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| specializations include altitude diving,
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| | in marine life, or just for the thrill of
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| night diving, fish identification, search
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| | the ride.
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| and recovery, underwater photography or
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