Scuba Diving is one of the best ways to enjoy the underwater beauty of the Maldives

Listed here are some guidelines to provide useful information and to give you some safety precautions before you indulge in scuba diving

The term Scuba diving means Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, which literally means deep underwater diving using compressed cylinders of oxygen or oxygen tanks as the means for underwater respiration. Basic Scuba diving could be learned as early as 8 years of age and is restricted to people with respiratory complications, since being underwater increases lung compression brought about by gradual increase of pressure as you descend deeper underwater. There are various types of Scuba diving, namely, the recreational, technical, commercial, and military. Basic Scuba diving involves the essential gadgets that are to be used underwater – the BCD or Buoyancy Control Device, the cylinder tank with regulator, snorkel, fins, the dive computer, the depth gauge, compass, the submersible pressure gauge which indicates how much oxygen is left in the cylinder tank, the wetsuit, and booties. These equipments may be heavy above the surface but weigh as close as to nothing once you are underwater. Basic skills are taught before the dive, such as, equipment introduction, dive site evaluation, underwater communication techniques, underwater breathing techniques, and before the dive, extensive simulation is to be done in a swimming pool in order to review all the essentials that are taught. Descending underwater could be a critical part of the dive course since it increases ear pressure as you go deeper. Careful planning and preparation must be done in order achieve maximum safety and enjoyment in Scuba diving.