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Top sharks of the Red Sea include reef sharks, hammerhead sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks, with lucky sightings of tiger sharks, whale sharks, leopard sharks and thresher sharks when you dive the right location at the right time of year. The Red Sea is a great place to dive with sharks and cheap.
Whether you choose liveaboard diving or resort diving depends on a number of factors. You may choose to dive from a resort so you can go away with your non-diving family. Whereas you may choose a liveaboard because it’s the only way to dive the location you choose. Or it may be your experience is lacking to go on a particular liveaboard trip. Whatever the reason, this article looks at liveaboard diving vs resort diving to help you make that decision.
Not all the dive sites at Raja Ampat are suitable for scuba diver beginners. This is due to the strong currents in the region. To enjoy the bio diversity of Indonesia’s Raja Ampat, you need to be a more advanced scuba diver with plenty of diving experience. You should be adept at drift diving before you go.
There’s no doubting that a dive trip to Indonesia’s Raja Ampat is top of many scuba diver’s bucket list. But if you’re on a budget, then an affordable option needs to be considered. Raja Ampat is a photographers heaven, with some of the best marine bio-diversity on the planet and has nine affordable liveaboard boats to choose from.
There’s no doubting that a dive trip to Indonesia’s Raja Ampat on luxury liveaboard Dewi Nusantara is a diver’s bucket list trip. A photographers heaven and with some of the best marine bio-diversity on the planet! The Dewi Nusantara diving liveaboard has great reviews and a great schedule.
Your question ‘can you scuba dive if you smoke cigarettes,’ I would argue no you shouldn’t. But if you choose to mix scuba diving and smoking, then you ought to be aware of the added risks of being a ‘scuba diver that smokes.’ If you’re finding it hard to quit smoking. Is your urge to experience ‘being underwater and breathing’ outweighing your need for nicotine, but you’re still struggling to make that step. Or if you’re thinking about curbing your habit down or switching to vaping and scuba diving, please read on.
Can you survive 47 metres underwater?’ The simple answer is yes. But there’s a catch. The catch is you must have the necessary training and experience as a scuba diver to dive to 47 metres (154 feet) deep.
Boyle’s Law scuba diving in simple terms means the volume of gases in a diver’s body cavities and flexible spaces in their diving equipment decrease in size as they descend and water pressure increases. But in reverse these same air spaces increase in size as the scuba diver returns to the surface.
‘Is it dangerous to scuba dive‘ is a question asked by many looking to try scuba diving out. The answer to this question is yes, but only if you don’t get properly trained and then by not follow the training you receive. The biggest dangers divers face and number one reason why scuba divers die is because they run out of air. This is due to carelessness on behalf of the diver and in most cases can be avoided.
14 decompression sickness risk factors in scuba diving include: Number and depth of previous dives, age, fitness, exertion, obesity, smoking and other drugs, alcohol consumption, fatigue, dehydration, injuries or birth defects, flying too soon being female and the menstrual cycle. When planning your next scuba dive, be aware of your own personal circumstances before simply relying on decompression tables or your dive computer.
Socorro Island’s giant pacific manta rays can grow to have wingspans up to 7 metres (23f). Scuba diving with Socorro Island mantas can only be achieved by Socorro Island liveaboard as the islands are 390 kilometres (240m) off the main land, making it a 24 hour boat ride from Cabo San Lucas.
If you’re asking the question ‘Is swimming required for snorkelling?‘ Whilst the answer is potentially a ‘NO,’ in my opinion the answer should be an emphatic ‘YES,’ you should be able to swim before you go snorkelling. I say this for safety reasons, if you are a non-swimmer, you should learn to swim before you go into the water. I’m not talking about being a strong swimmer (you’re not going to be entering into the Olympics). Basic swimming competency is all that’s necessary.
