Scuba Diving Guides - OpenWaterHQ

How to Get Started with Muck Diving

Is scuba diving starting to feel a little samey? Are you an underwater photographer or a lover of the wonderfully ...

What is the Difference Between a Cavern and a Cave?

Cave, cavern. Tomato, tomato. Or so you’d think. There is a common misconception that cave and cavern are interchangeable words ...

How to Get Started with Cave Diving

Cave diving is an extreme type of diving where divers brave the claustrophobic, pitch-black cave tunnels with specialized scuba gear ...

How to Get Started with Trimix Diving

If you want to dive deeper than ever before, you need to learn about trimix diving. This type of diving ...

How to Get Started with Fluorescent (UV) Night Diving

If you thought night diving was cool, wait until you try UV night diving. UV diving is a type of ...

How to Get Started with Night Diving

If you thought the ocean was beautiful when you were diving during the day, then wait until you see it ...

How to Get Started with Altitude Diving

As you drive through the mountain range up to your dive spot, you take in the incredible scenery around you, ...

How to Get Started with Cold Water Diving

Don’t hang up your scuba kit just because summer’s over. If you learn how to do cold water diving, you ...

How to Get Started with Ice Diving

When it starts to get a bit chilly, most scuba divers hang up their kit for the season and wait ...

What You Should Know About Wall Diving: Tips and Tricks

Not all dive sites have sloping reefs or flat bottoms. In some areas of the world, the main attraction of ...

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.