For an avid water sports enthusiast, what does the Mask, Fins and do?

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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Happy & Safe Diving always – Team Absolute

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Where can I start to Dive? PADIs Referral programme

Where can I start to Dive?
PADIs Open Water Diver Course Referral programme

Giant stride entry 

• Must I be by the ocean to begin my PADI licensing course?
•  Can I get my PADI SCUBA certification without taking time off from my busy work schedule?

Fear NOT! There may be SCUBA at a pool near you. For PADIs first licensing course, you find yourself taking baby steps.

Internationally, the PADI Open Water Diver course begins with understanding basic principles of SCUBA and developing skills in pool-like conditions generally conducted over two days. Thereafter, confident and comfortable aspiring divers head to the Ocean to apply their newly developed skills for 4 dives over 2 days. PADIs contortionist-like flexibility allows you an entire year to do this!

Let’s begin:

Step 1: Find a PADI centre in your locality.

Step 2: Build knowledge and develop skills at your local pool over your chosen weekend with your PADI Dive Instructor.

Step 3: Sink into the underwater realms of our oceans to cement your skills under the caring supervision of your PADI Instructor.

Learning new skills in a safe environment

So why start at your local pool?

• Practice and prepare before your holiday even begins!
• Save time and holiday expenditure 
• Build comfort and confidence at your own pace over comfortable weekends.
• Earn yourself a life-long valid and internationally recognized license over two flexible weekends of your choice! 
• A plethora of course completion destinations open up to you to choose from. Make your weekends count by developing skills and setting yourself a league apart as an explorer of 70% of our Blue Planet.

Simply put, it’s the smartest way to begin an explorer’s lifestyle. The only question that remains is “where should I go for Step 3?”

 I leave this to be answered by our many students to share their own experience and recommendations in the comments section below.

As for me, I finished my course in the Magical Maldives. What will you choose?

About Us:

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.

Divers giving the OK signal

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