Scuba Diving FAQs: Common Dive Questions and Expert Answers
Scuba diving FAQs answered by an expert professional diver with 30 years of dive experience! Essential tips for safe & enjoyable dives!
Scuba Diving FAQ
What Are The Three Benefits Of Nitrox When Scuba Diving?
The three benefits of nitrox as a breathing gas for scuba diving. Is it worth the cost of training and more expensive cylinder fills?
Scuba Q&A: Why Does I Feel Tired After Diving
Why Do I Feel Tired After Diving? The simple answer is; you shouldn’t feel tired after diving. If you find yourself inexplicably fatigued, malaised or sleepy…
Scuba Q&A: What Is Your Reason For Technical Diving?
Scuba Q&A: What Is Your Reason For Technical Diving? Q. What is your reason for doing technical diving? Answer: [no_toc] I look at it as “tools…
How Deep Can You Dive Using Air?
There are three governing factors which determine how deep can you dive using air. Understanding those factors promotes safe gas selection.
Scuba Q&A: How Can I Make My Air Last Longer When Diving?
Scuba Q&A: How Can I Make My Air Last Longer When Diving? by Andy Davis Q. I normally finish my air before everyone else. How…
Is Solo Diving Safe?
Is Solo Diving Safe? Question: Is solo diving safe and recommended? What do I need to consider if thinking to go solo diving? Answer: Solo…
Scuba Q&A: Deep Diving Below Recreational Agency Depth Limits
Scuba Q&A Question: I was taught that “recreational divers plan all dives to be no stop dives” and also that most agencies consider 40m…
Scuba Q and A: Diver Stress, Relationships and Comfort Zones
Scuba Q and A: QUESTION: I am a recreational diver and I dive mostly with my husband. Our relationship issues (bickering) caused me stress. Is…
Scuba Q and A: Drysuit or BCD for Primary Buoyancy?
Scuba Q and A: Drysuit or BCD for Primary Buoyancy? by Andy Davis QUESTION: I need some advice; I have been told to use your BCD…
Scuba Q and A: When To Drop Your Weight Belt?
Scuba Q and A: Question: On my Open Water course, I was taught to drop my weight belt in an emergency. What situations would merit…
Scuba Q&A: Diving Descent Speed and Decompression
Scuba Q&A: Diving Descent Speed and Decompression by Andy Davis Question: What happens if you exceed a deco algorithm maximum descent rate? ANSWER: If…
Scuba Q&A: Diving Descent Speed and Narcosis
Scuba Q&A: Diving Descent Speed and Narcosis by Andy Davis [no_toc] Question 1: Apart from the need to recognise narcosis, and the need to equalise,…
Scuba Q&A: CO2 Narcosis and Hypercapnia
Scuba Q&A: CO2 Narcosis and Hypercapnia CO2 narcosis and the link with hypercapnia when scuba diving In this scuba Q&A article, I will address the…
Scuba Q&A: Changing to an AIR-2 Octopus
Scuba Q&A: Changing to an AIR-2 Octopus What are the pros and cons to changing to an AIR2 type octopus? ANSWER: AIR-2 systems, also known…
Scuba Q&A: Scuba Diving Anxiety & CO2 Narcosis
Scuba Q&A: Scuba Diving Anxiety & CO2 Narcosis Scuba diving anxiety effects many divers. It can be anticipated with beginners, but even very experienced divers…
Scuba Q&A:Why do tech divers use two dive computers?
Scuba Q&A: Why do tech divers use two dive computers? Technical diving requires redundancy of safety-critical equipment. If something fails, you still have to complete…
Scuba Q&A: What is the value in taking more diving courses?
Scuba Q&A: What is the value in taking more diving courses? by Andy Davis Question: What is the value of doing more diving courses beyond…
Scuba Q&A: How To Ascend When Diving?
Scuba Q&A: How To Ascend When Diving? Q. How should a scuba diver ascend when scuba diving? Answer: [no_toc] Novice scuba divers are taught to…
Scuba Q&A: Why Do Decompression Divers Use Nitrox?
Why do technical decompression divers use nitrox in the shallower part of their dive? Using nitrox and oxygen reduces deco time & DCS risk.
Scuba Q&A: Overcome Fear of Mask Removal?
Scuba Q&A: How Can I Overcome My Fear of Mask Removal? Q. How do I get over my fear of removing my mask to get…
Scuba Q&A: Steel or Aluminium Cylinders?
Scuba Q&A: Steel or Aluminium Cylinders? Q. Do professional divers prefer aluminium or steel scuba tanks, or is it a purely personal choice? Answer: [no_toc]…
