Scuba Diving

Scuba Diving is now become famous in Malaysia. It is enjoyed by both young and old. Most dive shop and dive center only focus on adults. They do not cater for children. This is why children did not have the opportunity to discover the underwater world. But, now, there is some dive shop that has kids club. Children ages 8-12 years old are welcome to join us. They will get their certificate and license under Scuba School International (SSI), called Scuba Rangers. For those who did not know, you need a license to go diving. Those who are interested, register yourself at any dive shop or dive center near you today!

Divers, note this! The safest entry is the giant strike, not back roll. Do you know why? If we do the giant strike, all our equipments, including tank and weight, will parallel to our body. Back roll? The tank will be underneath us, as well as our weight (if we are wearing weight belt). The tank will push us upward whereas our body push ourselves downward. The weights are in the middle. So, it will be push upward as the tank pushes us upward. Thus, our backbone may have injuries, or it may break. If you still wanted to do back roll, don’t put too much air in your BCD, to avoid it push yourself upward as we reach the water. It is better if you sink than your backbone broke. If you sink, you still have regulator in your mouth right? Fully inflate when you have reached the water, not before that.

To descend, you just need to press the inflator hose. Not inflate, but deflate. When you are descending, never forget to equalize. This helps to equalize the pressure inside and outside of our body. As you are near enough to the corals or sandy bottom, inflate a little bit. This will help you to keeps your buoyancy. Control your buoyancy and also your depth. Keep focus on your dive computer as it shows your depth and your dive time. Sometimes, divers didn’t realize they have been pulled downwards. This happens. If you are in this case, while you are diving, especially when you are doing wall dive, it may cause fatal. This is because, you will not realize it. The water pulls you downward slowly. When you realize, maybe you cannot save yourself at that time. It is too late. So, do not take it for granted. Another thing is, don’t be a clumsy diver. Relax, and enjoy your dive.

When the pressure of your air reaches 50 bars, it is time for you to end your dive. This is because, 50 bar is just enough to do the safety stop, and end your dive. Each diver has to do safety stop at five meters, for at least three minutes. There’s no problem if you did it a little longer. Do not inflate while you are doing safety stop. This may cause your lungs to expand rapidly as the water pushes you upwards when you are at depth of five meters and below. Watch out for boats. Kicked to the surface, and fully inflate your BCD as you reached the surface. If your boat is far away, use your sausage to take the boatman’s attention.

Lastly, wash all your equipments with fresh water, and dry it under the shady place. Now, it is the time to fill your dive log. Fill in all the particulars that are needed in your dive log. For example: time, air pressure, depth, etc. If you want to write the summary of your dive, you are free to do so.

Enjoy your trip and have a nice day!

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