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Answers to Questions Divers Often Ask



How can I find
a BCD that fits me properly?





Many people, especially those of a smaller build, are frustrated because they can't find a BCD that fits them. There is a solution.


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How do I know if a dive operation has safety as a priority?





The atmosphere on the dive boat was tense. A diver had made a rapid ascent and was now laid out on deck. He was unconscious but still breathing. Two of the staff hunched over the figure while everyone else on board stood to one side, heads craned in concern. The captain radio-ed out to neighbouring boats in the bay to see if anyone had oxygen on board.


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What's a good skill to practice with my buddy?





Scuba diving courses used to give students plenty of opportunity to experience and learn to handle stressful situations underwater but, in recent years, the trend has been to reduce this aspect of diver training. A great thing for you and your buddy to practice is air-sharing in realistic scenarios. You will find that knowing that you can deal with an out-of-air emergency will do wonders for your confidence.


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7 top tips on buying and setting up a regulator





While you are underwater, your regulator keeps you supplied with air to breathe and therefore has a good claim to be the most important piece of dive equipment you own.


Here are a 7 top tips on buying a regulator and setting it up that you may not have considered.


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Do I have what it takes to become a scuba diving professional?





Being a scuba diving instructor is a wonderful line of work. You can genuinely change people’s lives for the better. To be able to scuba dive and explore the world beneath the water is an incredible gift and if you are the one who places that gift in someone’s hands, you earn their gratitude forever. Nobody ever forgets the name of the person who taught them to dive.


It is the sort of job that many people dream of but many pursue that dream without properly researching what they are letting themselves in for. Careful individuals who would normally look at every angle before applying for a job in their fi

eld of expertise will instead just drop everything and decide to become a scuba instructor on a whim.


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COMING SOON





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Bali, Indonesia



Author Simon Pridmore