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Recreational SCUBA Diving Presented by Shaun Sykes

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Recreational SCUBA Diving

Presented by Shaun Sykes

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Topics of Discussion

• SCUBA – Its meaning and history

• Equipment

• How to dive/types of dives

• After you learn, what then?

• Health and safety

• Dive sites and statistics

• Summary

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What Does it Mean? History?

• SCUBA – Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatus

• Long history dating back from 332 BC• Modern fins, mask and snorkel tubes were

developed by fishermen from America, Russia, France and England in the 1920s and 1930s

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History continued

• Recreational SCUBA Diving began between 1942 - 1943, after Emile Gagnan and Captain Hacques –Yves Cousteau developed the self-contained “Aqua-Lung” and new regulator that was automatic.

• Cousteau took many successful, experimental dives with his friends, wife and two sons, making this an experimental family trip and experience.

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Equipment

• Mask- Device covering eyes and nose, allowing you to see underwater

• Fins – Device put on the feet to extend the kicking motion underwater.

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Equipment continued

• BCD or BC – (Buoyancy compensator device) Device/jacket that controls buoyancy up or down

• Regulator – Device that delivers air to you on demand at reduced pressure

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Equipment continued

• Pressure gauge – (SPG- Submersible Pressure Gauge) Device that tells diver how much air they have left

• Weights – Lead weights used to weigh down divers for depth decent

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Equipment continued

• Snorkel – Device used to breath air close to or on the surface of the water

• Body suit – Warm temperature suit that protects the body against abrasions and stings

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Equipment continued

• Wet suit – Insulated suit used to keep the body temperature in

• Dry suit – Used to keep the diver dry and warm in colder temperatures

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Equipment continued

Gloves Hood Boots Knife

Air cylinder

Or tank

Light Watch Scooter

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Recommended diving apparel

Temperature• High 80s

• 80º - 90º F

• 75º - 80ºF

• 70º - 80ºF

• 50º - 70ºF

• Below 50ºF

What to wear- A Lycra body suit, a shorty, or a

dive jacket (the top of a two-piece suit)

- A shorty, a dive jacket, or a full-length, one-piece, 3mm wet suit

- A 3mm one-piece jumpsuit, or a two-piece wet suit

- A 5mm full-length wetsuit, a two-piece wetsuit, or a dry suit with light weight insulating garments

- A 7mm full-length two-piece wetsuit with gloves and hood, or a dry suit with insulating garments

- A dry suit with insulating garments, hood, gloves or mitts, and possibly face mask

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How to dive/types of dives

• Types of dives – Boat, shore, pier

• How to enter the water – if on shore, walk into the water without fins, then put them on in the water

- If entering rough water, put fins on and walk in backwards

• If on a boat or pier

1. Giant Stride

2. Backward roll

3. Controlled Seated entry

4. Group entry

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How to dive/types of dives continued

• Decent• Travel under water• Hand signals• Ascent

Other types of dives –• Seawater, Freshwater, Wreck, Cave, Night, Drift

and Ice

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After You Learn, then what?Levels of Specifications

• Pre-open water certification – Open Water Certified

• Non – professional certification – Advanced SCUBA diver and Master SCUBA diver

• Professional – Divemaster, Skin-diving instructor, assistant instructor and Instructor

• Specialties open to recreational divers – Underwater photography or videography, wreck diving, night diving, boat diving, ice diving, cavern diving, dry suit diving, Nitrox diving, search and recovery, career diver, etc.

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Health and Safety – the hazards of diving

• How soon to fly after diving – old vs. new philisophy

• DCS – Epidermal or cutaneous, muscular, joint and limb pain and neuroligical

• Hypothermia• Hyperthermia• Cramps• Overexertion• Nitrogen Narcosis

• Overexertion• Nitrogen Narcosis• Carbon monoxide

poisoning• Gastrointestinal barotrauma• Heart problems• Ear infections• NosebleedsBreathing problemsDehydrationDiving while pregnant

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Dive sites

• Worldwide: Papua, New Guines, Egyption Red Sea, Galapagos Islands, Equador, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Maldives, India, Great White Wall, Fiji, Bunhaken Island, Indonesia, Blue Corner, Palau and the Caribbean

• United States: The Hawaiian Islands, Florida Keys, Catalina Island, California and many oceans, rivers, lakes and quarrys

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Statistics

• 8.5 million certified SCUBA divers in the U.S., and 14.5 to 15.5 million divers worldwide

• Top 6 states for SCUBA certification: Florida, California, Hawaii, Texas, Illinois and New York

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Summary

• SCUBA – Its meaning and history

• Equipment

• How to dive/types of dives

• After you learn, what then?

• Dive sites and statistics

• Health and safety

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Web sites for SCUBA access, research and resources

• PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors)- http://www.padi.com

• DAN (Divers Alert Network) - http://www.diversalertnetwork.org

• NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors)- http://www.naui.com

• The Ultimate SCUBA source - http://www.scubasearch.com

• About SCUBA diving - http://scuba.about.com

• Joe Diver America - http://www.joediveramerica.com