AquaAlex‭

That is extremely long dive that come with many potential problems. Hydration Nitrogen Build-up Hypothermia Nutrition Exhaustion Hydration can be solved with soft bottles to drink from, camel back...

posted 12y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by System‭

The easiest way to compare diving qualifications is to look at the ISO standards: International Standards The International Organization for Standardization has approved six recreational diving s...

posted 12y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

Diving is first and foremost a PRACTICAL skill so the best way to practise is to do it. Yes you can read through the books to refresh your theory, but this will not refresh your ability to dive. ...

posted 10y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by System‭

There are different ways depending on how you swim, take photo/film, etc. A head mounted approach is easiest and shows people your POV (point of view), bubbles can be an issue depending on your re...

posted 10y ago by AquaAlex‭

I can tell you that no liveaboard operator will go on trips where they do not provide for diving opportunities for people on entry and advanced levels. All dives will be with a buddy and most li...

posted 8y ago by AquaAlex‭

Personally I would say regular exercise routine with swimming and cardio will help improve your air consumption. But the best exercise for scuba diving is more scuba diving. The more you dive, th...

posted 12y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

Ankle weights may only be a solution for beginner divers. The fact that your feet may be floating is not a real problem, the problem is when your whole leg floats as this causes a feet up head do...

posted 12y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

Here is an interesting article on wikipedia to give overview of pressure related injuries. Dysbarism Embolism in diving would most likely refer to Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) and the internet is f...

posted 12y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

For scuba diving this practice has no use. as you will be under water for a while and will be breathing compressed air from your cylinder. In the old days people used this for free diving / skin d...

posted 12y ago by AquaAlex‭

There are many discussions going on around this. Just remember the decompression models are theoretical mathematical models, backed by practical dives/research. We implement some rules for safety,...

posted 11y ago by AquaAlex‭

Firstly, it's very nice to see someone do the eye float thing :) But this should be done on an near empty cylinder (50 bar). Else you are perfectly weighted with about 2kg of air in your cylinder (...

posted 11y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

This is not an easy question to answer. More lumens means better light, normally also further range. But if you dive in areas with lots of suspended particles in the water you will get a lot of bac...

posted 10y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by System‭

A good estimation is to deduct 5 degrees Celsius from surface temperature to get temperature at 20m - 30m depth. (This is based on my experience over thousands of dives, but most of the diving is i...

posted 10y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by System‭

Black silicon blocks out all light except that which comes in through the lenses of the mask, leading to less light from peripheral. Spear fishermen, technical divers, free divers tend to prefer th...

posted 10y ago by AquaAlex‭

Straight up the Answer is almost certainly NO, since unless there is some way of restricting access to a site, any person can put on dive gear and go dive without any experience/training. I am not ...

posted 8y ago by AquaAlex‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭