
What do a clownfish, a shipwreck, and an eagle ray all have in common? You see them through a scuba mask, your window to the underwater world.
Scuba diving is swimming underwater using SCUBA - Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. With the assistance of equipment such as masks, regulators, buoyancy devices, fins, and gauges; scuba divers can explore the underwater world. Scuba diving is safe and easy to learn, and all skills can be learned in as little as 3 days.
There are many types of scuba diving with always something new to see and do. Here are the 4 most popular types:
Recreational - this is the form of diving that is devoted to having fun by looking at fish and coral. After Open Water certification, you can complete courses in specialties including: night diving, deep diving, navigation, wreck diving, fish identification, underwater naturalism, photography, videography, cave diving, ice diving, altitude diving and rescue diving.
Technical - this encompasses areas such as extreme deep diving, advanced cave diving and wreck diving. Technical diving is for experienced recreational divers and requires special training and equipment.
Commercial - these divers scuba dive for a living. They build underwater
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