Scuba equipment: An Overview for Beginners - Gear up for an adventure!
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus: who would have ever thought SCUBA had a full form!
In 1943, the birth of the "AquaLung" freed divers from surface-fed breathing. Ever since, divers have been exploring our Blue Planet recreationally. So without further ado, let's gear up and dive right in.
Your Scuba diving equipment consists of the following:
1. Scuba Cylinder: contains a diver’s pressurized air supply. Mostly made from an Aluminium alloy, Scuba tanks come in varying sizes.
2. Regulators: reduce pressure from the Scuba Tank and allow us to use it for breathing & buoyancy control.
3. Instruments: Essentials like the SPG (submersible pressure gauge) help monitor air supply. Some may include depth gauges and underwater compasses as well.
4. The BCD (Buoyancy Compensator Device): has an inflatable bladder and fits like a jacket. Using the tanks air supply, divers can adjust buoyancy and maintain position underwater.
5. Weights: To counter-act the buoyant force of water, divers often use lead weights to help us sink.
6. Scuba Mask & snorkel: have tempered glass allowing vision underwater at depth while keeping water out. A snorkel helps us conserve air while on the surface.
7. Fins: enlarge our feet, boosting propulsion and saving energy.
8. Diving computers: house intelligent algorithms which keep divers safe and provide useful real-time information
9. Wetsuit or Drysuit: provide for thermal protection especially needed in cooler waters.
10. Accessories like underwater cameras, writing slates, torches, reef hooks, dive knives among others are widely used as well.
Although this seems like a heavy load, immersion brings you to weightlessness and I realize the load we carry on land is inherently heavier. We divers sink under the surface to rise above ourselves. Enraptured and mesmerized by what a few pieces of gear on me allow for, I wonder if any other sport compares to SCUBA. We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Absolute SCUBA is the brainchild of two seasoned Dive Industry professionals, Seemant Saxena and Siddharth Pujari. Between them, they share a collective experience of over 15 years in the Dive Training, Scuba Certification and Dive Travel business.
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