Dive Diving Gear
Dive Diving Gear
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SE Navy Seal Scuba Diving Dive Knife and Divers Hard Sheath List Price: $6.26 Sale Price: $9.26  |
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Diving Knife for Scuba Diving & Snorkeling. This is a new diving knife. Great for scuba diving and snorkeling. It has a yellow cushioned handle and is made of stainless steel to prevent rust while diving... |
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SCUBA DIVING FLAG ~Wall Clock diver dive fins mask tusa Sale Price: $15.99 |
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This BRAND NEW wall clock measures 10 inches in diameter. It has a black plastic frame with a clear cover. Graphics are rich and vibrant and will last a lifetime. These clocks make a great accent to any room in your home or business... |
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Firefighter Mask Fog Wiper List Price: $14.99 Sale Price: $14.99 |
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This fog wiper is a manual device that allows the user to slide a magnet on the outside of the glass, causing an inside magnet to move in unison and wipe off fog. This product works with all types of firefighting airpacks (e... |
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Underwater Kinetics 12203 4 1/2" Yellow Super Q eLED Rechargeable Dive Light List Price: $164.95 Sale Price: $97.50 |
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Underwater Kinetics - Super Q eLED Rechargeable Yellow Dive Light: Model UK-12203. 4 1/2" overall. Yellow high impact case. Lanyard. High intensity LED spot beam is perfect for viewing marine life, checking gauges, focusing digital cameras and close-up video... |
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Diving Bell List Price: $25.99 Sale Price: $21.24 |
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Water Gear Deluxe Water Fun Pack List Price: $15.99 Sale Price: $16.95 |
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Four fun games in one! 6-inch dive rings (3), dive disks (4), diving seahorses (3) and turtle-in-egg (4) |
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Water Gear Dive Rings (4 pcs) List Price: $8.99 Sale Price: $6.95 |
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Unbreakable rings stand up on the pool bottom for diving games. Set of 4. |
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Water Gear Diving Seahorses (4 pcs) List Price: $4.99 Sale Price: $4.95 |
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These 7" seahorses stand upright on the pool bottom. Fun for all ages! Set of 4. |
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Beginners Guide To Scuba Diving List Price: $1.99 |
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Sounds like the perfect getaway doesnât it? What could possibly make it better? Glad you asked. Exploring the vast underwater worlds that lie beneath the surface around the globe is second only to paradise... |
how deep can one dive in scuba gear?
Most certifying agencies for recreational scuba place an arbitrary cap of 130 feet. It's not law, it's just a suggested maximum depth for using recreational scuba gear that MOST people will be ok with going to that depth and returning to the surface with no decompression obligations given that their bottom time doesn't exceed NDL ( no decompression limits). It's also about the depth before most (not all) divers begin to experience nitrogen narcosis. It's actually possible to go much deeper on regular air with proper equipment and training. Your only limits in open circuit scuba are your training,experience, equipment, oxygen and nitrogen exposure and the volume/ type of gas supply. I've known divers, using normal 21% O2 air, to dive to 250 feet even though theoretically, they will have exceeded their PPO2 exposure( again, another number pulled out of a hat because it's an average for most divers that still includes a safety margin).
Technical scuba divers go much deeper. They're still using open circuit scuba gear but are using multiple exotic gas blends and some specialized equipment and training. The record set here is over 1,000 feet. My personal best is 353 feet on trimix with two back gas mixes, a deco of 50% and a crap load of paper scissors rock and hangman on a slate. ( deco games) I could have made the dive a lot cheaper but I hate hanging on a line.
Great scuba diving sites in Africa
Africa offers a plethora of ultimate scuba diving adventures swaggering from tropical reef diving and shark diving to wreck diving. Dive with the Great White Shark, manta rays, dolphins and turtles and explore the rugged, wild and unscathed aspect of the magically mystique underwater world. Scuba diving off the African coast yields some very interesting adventures. Africa is a home to many dive resorts where the main focus of your holiday will be scuba diving and venturing out into the big, wide underwater universe. So get your snorkel and flippers geared up and get ready for a wild and mesmerizing ride with the sea creatures!
There is a myriad collection of scintillating diving sites in Africa and zeroing down to one is inevitable. Each diving site poses its own identity and ‘beneath the surface persona’.
The Aliwal Shoal is one of the much explored diving site in Africa and is also rated as one of the top 10 diving sites in the world. Coral reefs that range from 5m to 30, an underwater wonder of nature and a home to the Ragged Tooth Shark, humpbacked whales, dolphins and rare species of fish like Tiger Angel can be usually spotted in this area. Diving is mostly feasible during the winter months, during May to September when there are no signs of rain and the presence of reasonable viability.
There are two predominant areas where Great White diving is prevalent i.e. Gansbaai and Moselbaai. Gansbaai is a small fishing village that offers several attractions for the nature wanderers with whale watching being the most popular. Shark diving and cage diving are launched from this cardinal point and is absolutely safe and requires no prior diving experience at all. All you need is a short course on safety and use of the equipment.
For a diving enthusiast, who desires to indulge himself/herself in coral reel diving ‘par excellence’ along with a fun filled experience of watching huge Mata rays, whale sharks, eels and more, then nowhere else but the Manta coast in Mozambique could dictate and rule the kingdom of diving sites.
Protea Banks is also one of several popular diving sites that is also rated as the best shark diving spot that offers deep diving suitable for experienced scuba divers.
The diving opportunities in Africa are almost limitless that reign the incredibly beautiful and calm lagoons, coral reefs abound in all directions, you swimming through walls and pinnacles, talking to turtles and listening to the whales whisper.
About the Author
Matthew Kepnes has been scuba diving around the world for many years. You can find out about his two favorite dive spots in Africa, the seychelles and Reunion at his website.
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