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From wetsuits to breathing techniques, this reference covers all your scuba diving questions so you can dive right in.

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Jacques Cousteau: Undersea Explorer and SCUBA Pioneer

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How Does One Get Started in Scuba Diving?

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What Types of Reef Fish Are Found in Florida and the Caribbean?
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But Where Do You Pee? How Not to Freak out on Your First Scuba Dive
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How Long Does Air in a Scuba Tank Last?
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Residual Nitrogen Time (RNT) in Scuba Diving
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Can You Scuba Dive on Your Period?
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How Does Boyle's Law Apply to Scuba Diving?
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What Is a No-Decompression Limit (NDL) in Scuba Diving?
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What Is the Minimum Age for Scuba Diving?
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How to Identify Fire Coral and Treat Its Stings
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Learn About Appropriate Tipping for Scuba Instructors and Guides
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A Scuba Diver's Guide to Identifying Rays
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How Will Your Buoyancy Differ in Fresh vs Salt Water?
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How Scuba Divers' Bodies Absorb Nitrogen
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20 Fish Species You Can See Diving in the Puget Sound
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Maximum Operating Depth Is Important for Scuba Diving
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What Is the Definition of a Squeeze in Scuba Diving?
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Calculating Air Consumption Rates for Scuba Diving
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5 Ways to Keep Your Hair Out of Your Face When Scuba Diving
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SCUBA as an Acronym
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What Should You Do When Your Scuba Tank Runs Out of Air?
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Open Water Scuba Diving Course Skills
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Every Dive Is a Decompression Dive
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PADI's Discover Scuba Diving Course Takes Only One Day
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What Scuba Divers Need to Know About Buoyancy
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Find out More About Deep Diving, From Concerns to Courses
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What Is a Surface Interval?
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What Are the Benefits of Scuba Diving With Nitrox?
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This Is the Most Important Scuba Diving Rule
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The Wonders of Wreck Diving
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Get Your Open Water Diving Certification!
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Signs of a Bad Dive Shop (I Know Because I Worked for One)
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Do You Need to Know How to Swim to Scuba Dive?
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Cave Diving Isn't a Crazy as It Sounds
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Is Diving Bad for the Environment?
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Learn fhe Open Water Skill of Proper Weighting
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Open Water Swimming Tests are Easier Than You Think
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What Does the Term "Confined Water" Mean in Scuba Diving?
Gear
8 Ways to Prevent Your Scuba or Snorkeling Mask From Fogging
Gear
What Is the Difference Between DIN and Yoke Regulators?
Gear
How a Scuba Regulator Works Without Killing You
Gear
What is the Venturi Effect in Scuba Diving?
Gear
What Is a Drysuit and How Do They Work?
Gear
Piston vs Diaphragm Regulator First Stages for Scuba Diving
Gear
Important Things Every Diver Needs to Know About Scuba Masks
Gear
Scuba Diving Gear: Long Hose vs Short Hose Regulator Configuration
Gear
Where Should an Alternate Air Source Be Attached When Scuba Diving?
Gear
Vest-Style vs Back Inflation BCDs: Pros and Cons
Gear
Balanced vs Unbalanced Scuba Diving Regulators
Gear
What's the Difference Between These Masks?
Gear
What Do You Breath From a Scuba Diving Tank?
Skills
Get These Scuba Diving Basics Down Before Hitting the Water
Skills
5 Steps for Descending in Scuba Diving
Skills
Empty Oxygen Tank During a Dive? You Need a CESA.
Skills
How to Make a Controlled Descent While Scuba Diving
Skills
What Are the Most Common Scuba Diving Hand Signals?
Skills
What Scuba Divers Need to Know About Depth and Pressure
Skills
Blood Shift and the Spleen Effect in Freediving
Skills
A Look at the Differences Between Freediving and Scuba Diving
Skills
The Top Freediving Wetsuit Basics to Know Before You Buy
Skills
What Is the Open Water Referral Scuba Diving Certification Option?
Skills
The Mammalian Diving Reflex and Freediving
Skills
Clearing a Mask Is an Essential Step in Being a Scuba Diver
Skills
Specialty Gear for Freedivers: 7 Types
Skills
Improve Your Buoyancy Control in Scuba Diving
Skills
Where Should I Get My Scuba Diving Certification?
Skills
Do You Know How to Frog Kick When You Are Scuba Diving?
Skills
Does the Thought of Water in Your Dive Mask Freak You Out?
Skills
Why Proper Trim Is Important for Scuba Divers
Safety
13 Dangerous Fish and Sea Animals for Divers
Safety
Are Sea Urchin Spines Venomous?
Safety
How to Avoid Pulmonary Barotrauma When Scuba Diving
Safety
How Deep Can a Person Scuba Dive?
Safety
Can You Die from Scuba Diving?
Safety
Poor Eyesight and Scuba - Diving With Corrective Lenses
Safety
Factors Affecting Visibility When Scuba Diving
Safety
Emergency Decompression Rules for Scuba Diving
Safety
All About Decompression Sickness
Safety
Can You Vomit Underwater While Scuba Diving?
Safety
How to Avoid a Stingray Attack, Plus First Aid
Safety
Alternobaric Vertigo and Scuba Diving
Safety
Is Scuba Diving With Asthma Safe?
Safety
Why You Should Make a Safety Stop While Scuba Diving
Safety
How Bad Is a Bearded Fireworm Sting?
Safety
Can I Scuba Dive? Prerequisites for Scuba Diving
Safety
How Fast Can You Ascend When Scuba Diving?
Safety
What Does the Term "Partial Pressure" or "PP" Mean in Scuba Diving?
Safety
Dangers of Scuba Diving With Sharks
Safety
Dealing With Ear Pain When Scuba Diving (Reverse Block)
Safety
What Is Nitrogen Narcosis When Scuba Diving?
Safety
Is Scuba Diving Safe for Kids?
Safety
Is It Safe to Scuba Dive on Decongestant Medication?
Safety
Your Breast Implants Won't Explode From Scuba Diving
Safety
Skin Bends: Causes and Symptoms of Decompression Sickness
Safety
Overview of Mask Squeeze After Scuba Diving
Safety
The Difference Between Decompression Sickness and Nitrogen Narcosis
Safety
The Martini Effect in Scuba Diving
Safety
How to Equalize Your Ears for Scuba Diving
Safety
Dive Flags Are Cool -- But They're Also a Critical Safety Tool
Safety
When Is Nitrox Dangerous? 7 Risks of Diving With Nitrox
Safety
A Survey of the Dangers of Oxygen Toxicity for Scuba Divers
Safety
What Is Oxygen Toxicity in Scuba Diving?
Safety
The Most Common Scuba Diving Injury and How to Treat It

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