I'm Diving Again!!

Hey hey!!! Guess what? I'm going for diving again. It's been very long since i last dived. huh? Don't believe that i dive? You should believe it as i'm a certified diver you know. I can tell you it's very safe & the experience you'll get is completely different from snorekling. You'll keep on talking and talking and talking to friends once you are back from experiencing the most exhilarating sport. Only idiots says it's a dangerous sport. If you follow the rules & procedures, you'll be very safe.

But one thing i do agree is that it is quite an expensive hobby. Who cares anyway. If you intend to do anything there'll be a way to get to the other end.

Haha...I have Open Water & Advanced Open Water Licience!!! What you can do with the Advanced?? You can do night dive. That's the best thing. Other than that you'll learn more things. Here's some info in Scuba Diving. Enjoy.

Scuba diving is swimming underwater while using self-contained breathing equipment.

By carrying a source of compressed air, the scuba diver is able to stay underwater longer than with the simple breath-holding techniques used in Snorkeling and Free-diving, and is not hindered by air-lines to a remote air source. The scuba diver typically swims underwater by using fins attached to the feet. However, some divers also move around with the assistance of a DPV (Diver Propulsion Vehicle), commonly referred to as a "scooter", or by using surface-tethered devices called sleds, which are pulled by a boat.

The term SCUBA arose during World War II and originally referred to USA combat frogmen's oxygen rebreathers, developed by Dr. Christian Lambertsen for underwater warfare. Today, SCUBA typically usually refers to the in-line open-circuit equipment, developed by Emile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau, in which compressed gas (usually air) is inhaled from a tank and then exhaled into the water. However, rebreathers (both semi-closed circuit and closed circuit) are also self-contained systems (as opposed to surface-supplied systems) and are therefore classified as SCUBA.

Although the word 'SCUBA' is an acronym for "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus", it has also become acceptable to refer to SCUBA as 'scuba equipment' or 'scuba apparatus'.

Scuba diving is still evolving, but general classifications have grown up to describe various diving activities.

These classifications include but are not limited to:
Commercial diving
Military diving
Combat divers
Armed forces work divers
Recreational diving
Underwater Photography & Video
Spear fishing
Marine life counting and identification
Rescue & recovery diving
Scientific diving
Technical diving (also called Tech Divers)
Cave diving
Cavern diving
Deep diving
Ice diving
Wreck diving

Within recreational diving there are those who are considered professional divers, because they maintain a professional standard of training and skills (and must, in theory, according to the laws of the area, carry professional liability insurance).

Some consider technical diving to be a subset of recreational diving, but others separate it out due to the extensively different training equipment and knowledge needed for technical dives.
Public safety diving and military diving might likewise be classified as commercial diving because public safety divers and military divers make a living from their pursuit of diving. However, public safety divers (police or rescue) and military divers have a different mission from the typical commercial diver.

Scientific diving is used by marine scientists (including diving marine biologists and underwater archaeologists), as a tool for collecting their research data.