Scuba Diving Guides - OpenWaterHQ

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Can You Listen to Music While Scuba Diving?

Scuba diving may be nerve-wracking for the first few dives, however once you’re used to it, it can be one ...

What to Do During Scuba Diving to Stay Safe

A common mistake beginners make when starting out with scuba diving is having so much fun that they lose track ...

You Should NOT Do These Things Before Scuba Diving

Just as important as knowing what you should do before a dive is knowing what you shouldn’t do. Much emphasis ...

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Foods You Should Eat or Avoid Before Scuba Diving

Athletes often say that the hardest part of their day is not the time spent training, but rather the rest ...

Maximum Age for Scuba Diving – Am I Too Old?

With scuba diving’s popularity increasing year by year, now the sport is being exposed to a variety of people across ...

What is the Minimum Age for Scuba Diving Courses?

Do you have kids who are interested in scuba diving? Do you want to introduce them to this wonderful sport ...

What is Decompression Diving? Do I Need to Learn It?

In the Open Water Diver course, you learn all about no-decompression limit (NDL) diving. Basically, the NDL is the amount ...

How to Become a Rescue Diver

When an emergency happens underwater, it’s very easy to panic or freeze because you aren’t sure what to do. You ...

How to Get Started with Liveaboard Diving

Liveaboard diving is perhaps the best way to fully immerse yourself into scuba diving. If you’re an avid scuba diver ...

How to Get Started with Blackwater Diving

Have you ever gone night diving? Blackwater diving, also known as pelagic diving, is similar to night diving but it ...

If you are looking to get started with scuba diving, you should first try out snorkeling. Snorkeling is a fun and cheap way to the ocean without much investment. Just rent a snorkel, mask, and fins and you can start snorkeling without any certifications.

Scuba diving, on the other hand, requires much more equipment, knowledge, and a 4-day certification course. Beginner divers are limited to shallow depths of just 16-32 feet below sea level, but with more practice and training can reach greater depths.

Once you have more certifications, you will be able to go to more places, and of course, attempt to reach deeper depths when you dive. Generally speaking, the further down you go, the more the aquatic flora and fauna changes. Scuba diving is best done with a group, because any equipment malfunctions or accidents are deadly without anyone watching your back.