| One of the fastest growing of all water sports in the | | | | developed by Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan. |
| world today appears to be scuba diving. | | | | For the technically correct amongst us the term |
| The corresponding growth in increased and easier to | | | | SCUBA is actually an acronym for the phrase |
| use transportation links now makes the more obscure | | | | "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus" but as |
| and hard to get to diving locations now much more | | | | with other technical phrases such as the word "laser", |
| within the reach of the average diver. | | | | the term scuba has now entered into normal linguistic |
| In this article I really want to take a basic look at Scuba | | | | usage and usually refers to scuba equipment, scuba |
| diving but also take a look at one of the world's leading | | | | diving etc. |
| scuba diving locations in Grand Bahama Island. | | | | So to Grand Bahama Island. The reputation of Grand |
| The activity of swimming underwater whilst using a | | | | Bahama Island as a diver's paradise has been growing |
| scuba set is not unsurprisingly known as Scuba Diving. | | | | ever since the earliest episodes of the TV Series |
| By carrying and using an independent source of | | | | "Sea Hunt" were filmed there.The seas around the |
| compressed air, Divers are able to stay underwater | | | | Island boast elaborate coral gardens, a whole series of |
| for much longer than they would normally be able | | | | speciality dives, deep sites, cave diving and in fact a |
| to.Scuba equipment gives divers the ability to stay | | | | whole series of different dives. |
| underwater for periods way in excess of normal | | | | Grand Bahama Island is of course also famous for its |
| usage. | | | | "blue holes" - these are spectacular azure portals in |
| The additional advantage to all of this as far as the | | | | the reefs through which you can descend, surrounded |
| diver is concerned is that it frees them up from being | | | | by reef wall on all sides. Depending on which way the |
| hindered and attached to some form of surface | | | | current is going at any one time these holes can be |
| powered air system. | | | | "blowing" or "sucking" and the currents here can be |
| It is more common to see scuba divers propelling | | | | quite strong and as a result quite dangerous if you are |
| themselves around underwater by the usage of | | | | not an experienced diver. |
| flippers on their feet. That having been said it is not | | | | The geographical sub structure on which the Island is |
| uncommon for divers who are undertaking large scale | | | | based is a massive limestone base and tied into this is |
| explorations' to actually use a DPV (Diver propulsion | | | | also one of the other major reasons why people flock |
| vehicle). Commonly known as a scooter divers | | | | to this area of the world for diving and that is the |
| occasionally use sleds which are attached to surface | | | | massive underwater cave network that exists here. |
| boats to help them with moving large distances. | | | | The underwater cave network that is located by and |
| The original equipment from which modern day scuba | | | | large within the Lucayan National Park is the second |
| equipment was developed came from the use of | | | | largest of its type in the world. |
| oxygen rebreathers developed and sued by US Navy | | | | The caves are still being explored, and there are |
| frogmen in World War II.Most people now recognize | | | | numerous special dive programs that can take you into |
| the term as being made popular by the equipment | | | | them (provided you are cave certified). |