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Scuba Diver Info - Dive Tables Explained
In this section we explain dive tables and go through specific examples of repetitive dives, using both the PADI and the NAUI tables. Dive tables are used to determine how long you can safely stay under water at a given depth, both for the initial dive and for subsequent dives. To many aspiring scuba divers, Dive Tables are scary.
Diving instruments - Scuba Diver Info
Diving instruments by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer. In this section we describe and discuss all the instruments necessary for scuba diving: submersible pressure gauge (SPG), depth gauge, timing device, as well as the optional ones such as compass and thermometer.We also describe dive computers, the marvelous devices that can fill the role of most instruments all in one package.
Review: CoCo View, Roatan, Honduras - Scuba Diver Info
by Conrad Blickenstorfer and Carol Cotton. Location: French Harbour, Roatan, Honduras. Overall: CoCo View is a resort that primarily caters to scuba divers. It is a small community of bungalows, cabanas and buildings on a secluded peninsula and not a traditional luxury resort with fancy restaurants and clubs. CoCo View has a very tropical feel ...
Regulators - Scuba Diver Info
Regulators by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer. The regulator enables you to use the air in your scuba tank. It is the part of your diving gear in charge of regulating air flow between the tank, your mouthpiece and all other hoses and attachments that require air, such as the pressure gauge, the dive computer, a secondary air source, etc.
Physics - Scuba Diver Info
PADI recommends 30 feet per minute as opposed to a maximum of 60 feet per minute at sea level. Light and vision. We see differently underwater, and the reason, once again, is physics. The diving mask itself, with its flat glass lens or lenses, bends light so that objects underwater are magnified by about a third.
Liveaboard Review: Rocio Del Mar - Scuba Diver Info
Bottom Line: The 110 foot Rocio Del Mar is a liveaboard vessel specifically designed for divers. It offers week-long dive trips to the Midriff islands of the Sea of Cortez out of Puerta Penasca (Rocky Point) July through October, 9-day trips to the Socorro islands November through May out of San Jose del Cabo, and 12-day Explore Baja trips between the two itineraries.
Masks - Scuba Diver Info
It is the difference between a great diving or snorkeling experience and a miserable one. A good mask fits well, does not leak, provides good vision underwater, and protects the diver's face in case of an accident. A good mask also makes it easy to adjust the pressure inside when ascending and descending. Masks come in many designs, shapes, and ...
Book Review: Diving Science - Scuba Diver Info
Diving Science. by Michael B. Strauss, MD and Igor V. Aksenov, MD, PhD. Paperback 2004 Human Kinetics, 394 pages. www.humankinetics.com. ISBN 0-7360-4830-8. 7 x 10. US$27.95. For a good many students in a scuba class, "diving science" means memorizing just enough facts about the gas laws to answer the multiple choice questions in the tests, and ...
Scuba Diver Info - Canon G7x underwater
Canon's G7x offers a perfect middle ground. It's a camera that's small and handy enough even in its underwater housing to never get much in the way. It's competent enough to, with just a little practice, shoot consistently great pictures. Its automatic settings always seem …