by admin | May 14, 2024 | Advanced Open Water Diver
Successfully achieving and maintaining buoyancy control is a technique that divers must consciously visualize and actively practice. The previous paragraphs have discussed many of the behaviors necessary to achieve proper buoyancy; however, in order to improve, a...
by admin | May 14, 2024 | Advanced Open Water Diver
“The Silent World”. This was the title of Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s first underwater feature film in 1956. However, contrary to this, the underwater world is teaming with noise; more precisely, acoustic waves that sea life recognize, and what we call sound when the...
by admin | May 14, 2024 | Advanced Open Water Diver
Visualization is a technique used to mentally practice an exercise or series of actions without actually performing them. Visualization is popular among athletes of all disciplines including scuba divers. A diver can identify areas that he may be deficient in or...
by admin | Apr 22, 2024 | Advanced Open Water Diver
Equipment plays a primary role in controlling buoyancy. In fact, everything worn during a dive and the way it is used has an effect on the diver’s buoyancy, and ultimately the ability to establish neutral buoyancy. Understanding how to optimize and streamline...
by admin | Mar 13, 2024 | Advanced Open Water Diver
Water is necessary for life to exist.It is a very simple chemical compound that most people are familiar with: H2O. A water molecule is made up of two Hydrogen atoms (chemical symbol “H”) and one Oxygen atom (chemical symbol “O”).Water molecules have relatively unique...
