Scuba Diving & Snorkeling

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

  • Back lit fire coral
    How to Identify Fire Coral and Treat Its Stings
  • Tip jar stuffed with paper currency
    Tipping Guidelines for Scuba Diver Instructors and Guides
  • Scuba diving in the maldives with a stingray.
    Different Types of Marine Rays
  • Scuba Divers Swimming In Between School Of Fish Undersea
    Squeeze in Scuba Diving
  • Woman scuba diving in tropical water
    5 Ways to Keep Your Hair Out of Your Face When Scuba Diving
  • Scuba Diving near Catalina Island
    What Does SCUBA Stand For?
  • Diving, Two divers, Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Europe
    Understanding PADI's Emergency Ascent Procedures
  • Scuba Diver in underwater cavern.
    Every Dive Is a Decompression Dive
  • scuba diver
    The Most Important Rule in Scuba Diving: Never Hold Your Breath
  • Offshore oil worker checking survival training equipment in pool facility
    Scuba Diving Basics: Skills and Techniques
  • Two scuba divers above water getting ready to go under
    5-Point Descent in Diving
  • Female Diver
    How to Frog Kick
  • Scuba diver with back to camera so we can see the regulator
    Understanding the Difference Between DIN and Yoke Regulators
  • The Dive/Pre-Dive Adjustment on a scuba regulator
    Venturi Adjustment on Scuba Regulators
  • An diver wearing a drysuit dives under ice
    What Is a Drysuit and How Do They Work?
  • Scuba diver swimming in the sea
    Long Hose vs Short Hose Regulator
  • Multi-colored diving flippers in a row
    Open-Heeled vs Full-Footed Fins
  • Couple Preparing for a Deep Sea SCUBA Dive
    What's the Difference Between Steel and Aluminum Scuba Tanks?
  • Putting on a wetsuit
    7 Tips for Putting on a Wetsuit More Easily
  • Young man reclining in deckchair looking at ocean, side view
    What Should You Wear Under Your Wetsuit?
  • Oceania, Micronesia, Yap, Diver with grey reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
    The Five Basic Parts of a Scuba Diving Regulator
  • Snorkeling
    The Essential Gear for Scuba Diving
  • A scuba diver emerges from the water
    Tips and Uses for Old or Decommissioned Scuba Tanks
  • Scuba diver in wetsuit and full gear stepping into the water from a boat.
    How a Wetsuit Keeps Scuba Divers Warm Underwater
  • Scuba diver swimming under water.
    Different Styles and Features of Scuba Fins
  • Diver underwater in profile.
    How to Clear a Scuba Mask of Water
  • Cressi Start and Aqualung Libra Buoyancy Compensators
    Buoyancy Compensator (BCD) Styles and Features
  • Freediver and Tiger Shark
    7 Types of Gear Designed for Freedivers
  • Colorful coral reef at the bottom of tropical sea, underwater landscape
    Pulmonary Barotrauma and Scuba Diving
  • Scuba diver at Ginnie Spring Cave, Florida, USA
    Is Scuba Diving Safe?
  • Contact lens on fingertip
    Can You Scuba Dive With Glasses or Contact Lenses?
  • Scuba Diving in Cenote, Mexico
    Factors Affecting Visibility When Scuba Diving
  • scuba diver making a stop
    Emergency Decompression Guidelines
  • Divers with stingrays under water
    Diving With Stingrays Safely and What to Do if Stung
  • Woman using asthma inhaler on the beach
    Asthma and Scuba Diving
  • Underwater Seascape with diver
    Why You Should Make a Safety Stop While Scuba Diving
  • Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice caranculata)
    Bearded Fireworms: Avoiding and Treating Stings
  • Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) with a male scuba diver. Indonesia.
    Prerequisites for Scuba Diving: Age and Health
  • Scuba diving at the safety stop
    What Is the Maximum Safe Ascent Rate for Scuba Diving?
  • Diver and Jellyfish
    "Partial Pressure" or "PP" in Scuba Diving
  • Woman scuba diving in Spain amongst coral.
    Nitrogen Narcosis
  • Scuba diver under the water.
    Taking Decongestants and Scuba Diving
  • red and white dive flag
    All About Dive Flags
  • Scuba Divers
    How to Perform the Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent (CESA)
  • Student scuba diver in swimming pool
    Open Water Referral Scuba Diving Certification
  • Ear Barotrauma: The Most Common Scuba Diving Injury
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