Scuba Diving: These are some of the best scuba dives I've been on over the last 15 years of my sport diving experiences.

By Simon Healy

Some of the spots I'll show you include:

The Great Barrier Reef, The Whitsunday Islands, Tasmania and Bass Strait in Australia, Palawan, Philippines, Borneo and Sabah, Belize in the Carribean and about a dozen other locations including great pics, maps, supplier tips, equipment I recommend and travel tips and dangers.

I've also started a Scuba Diving Blog and am in the process of uploading about 15 years of stories and photos there. I think it's going to take some time but I've had some unbelievable adventures diving so I hope its worth the wait!! 

 

Scuba Diving for the unitiated

Scuba is the acronym that refers to Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, and it is through this equipment that many different kinds of underwater exploration are possible, though today it also means various groups all over the world that scuba dive for the enjoyment and wonder that it brings a diver.

Almost every seaside destination has some kind of diving program that can help a person gain experience in the particular location of their choice, whether tropical or more coastal America, and it is these exotic locales that many people decide to visit in order to gain a great amount of experience in order to dive in more hazardous or plausibly dangerous spots.

Being self-contained, the diver does not need to be just a few meter below the surface of the water, but instead can get one of the closest contacts to the underwater ecosystem that happens to be there for the diver’s analysis.  The diver carries all the necessary gear to allow for them to breath comfortably under the water, and in the environment of the water, the equipment doesn’t seem as heavy as it might feel on land.  Some divers choose to rely solely on fins and their own strength to glide around the water, but others choose to use motorized small vehicles to propel them further along, still others attach themselves to devices that keep them tethered to a boat somewhere floating above them.

Scuba diving is still an evolving form of undertaking, but there are some general classifications that have appeared over the short time that scuba diving has been a valid term in use that aren’t limited to the terms as follows, such as recreational diving and technical diving though can also be taken to mean military and commercial diving as well.  The category depends upon the choice of the diver, and the supplied equipment that is used depending on the diver’s particular need, all these things come together to better allow the diver to understand what they do and how to do it better.

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