Scuba Diving

Scuba diving is a form of underwater swimming that involves the use of specialised scuba diving equipment that enables the user to stay beneath the surface for prolonged periods of time without returning to the surface for air. Whilst the equipment needed for scuba diving is expensive it’s becoming an increasingly popular past time that many people wish to experience, the equipment can be hired and scuba diving holidays are becoming increasingly commonplace.

There however some risks involved with scuba diving and ascending from the water too quickly whilst breathing pressurised gas can cause the bends, the colloquial term for decompression sickness, this can be potentially fatal, but novices attempting scuba diving for the first time will almost certainly be accompanied by an experience diver for can advise them on how to prevent this happening. The depth of water combined with the breathing of highly pressurised gas can have other unwanted effects; at approximately 20 meters depth divers may experience similar feelings of intoxication that they may when drunk, this is only temporary and will pass one the diver comes to the surface, but it can often make scuba diving hazardous.

Despite the risks scuba diving is still very popular, and there and plenty of measures that can be taken to make scuba diving as safe an experience as possible. Many people engage in scuba diving in order to observe marine animals and coral formations.