Comments for Scuba Diving http://www.servantsofallah.org Explore the nice oceans Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=9815 Comment on where is the best scuba diving in the world during September and October? by Buster http://www.servantsofallah.org/diving/where-is-the-best-scuba-diving-in-the-world-during-september-and-october/comment-page-1#comment-676 Buster Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:45:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/diving/where-is-the-best-scuba-diving-in-the-world-during-september-and-october#comment-676 Depending on budget, the Red Sea, Thailand, Australia, or the Caribbean<br><b>References : </b><br>BSAC Dive Leader, Padi Rescue Diver Depending on budget, the Red Sea, Thailand, Australia, or the Caribbean
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]]> Comment on Where are some good places to scuba dive? by donmustard@sbcglobal.net http://www.servantsofallah.org/scuba/where-are-some-good-places-to-scuba-dive/comment-page-1#comment-693 donmustard@sbcglobal.net Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:39:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/scuba/where-are-some-good-places-to-scuba-dive#comment-693 lake tahoe in nevada visibility 90 feet<br><b>References : </b><br> lake tahoe in nevada
visibility 90 feet
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]]> Comment on What is the PADI maximum recommended depth for scuba-diving as a beginner? by scubaman357 http://www.servantsofallah.org/scuba-diving/what-is-the-padi-maximum-recommended-depth-for-scuba-diving-as-a-beginner/comment-page-1#comment-710 scubaman357 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:34:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/scuba-diving/what-is-the-padi-maximum-recommended-depth-for-scuba-diving-as-a-beginner#comment-710 PADI does recommend that the newly certified diver dive to no more than 60 ft. They recommend that you take the advanced course and you will be good to go to 130. Being a new diver, it is wise to stick to a shallower depth until you gain more experience and confidence.<br><b>References : </b><br>PADI rescue diver PADI does recommend that the newly certified diver dive to no more than 60 ft. They recommend that you take the advanced course and you will be good to go to 130. Being a new diver, it is wise to stick to a shallower depth until you gain more experience and confidence.
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]]> Comment on Where are some good places to scuba dive? by donmustard@sbcglobal.net http://www.servantsofallah.org/scuba/where-are-some-good-places-to-scuba-dive-2/comment-page-1#comment-692 donmustard@sbcglobal.net Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:32:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/scuba/where-are-some-good-places-to-scuba-dive-2#comment-692 lake tahoe in nevada visibility 90 feet<br><b>References : </b><br> lake tahoe in nevada
visibility 90 feet
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]]> Comment on How do you like this business name? by Live_For_Today http://www.servantsofallah.org/tech-diving/how-do-you-like-this-business-name-2/comment-page-1#comment-712 Live_For_Today Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:29:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/tech-diving/how-do-you-like-this-business-name-2#comment-712 So is the business a computer store? or does it involve all sorts of technology?.<br><b>References : </b><br> So is the business a computer store? or does it involve all sorts of technology?.
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]]> Comment on PADI Open water course in a couple of weeks time? by Lightning http://www.servantsofallah.org/padi-course/padi-open-water-course-in-a-couple-of-weeks-time-2/comment-page-1#comment-686 Lightning Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:28:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/padi-course/padi-open-water-course-in-a-couple-of-weeks-time-2#comment-686 Don't let this frighten you, its really very easy to do. I guess you have experienced a bad head-cold before, where you were so congested that you just couldn't breath through your nose? Well, imagine now (pretend) that you have that head-cold and breathe only through your mouth - you can just shut-off your nose - it makes you talk funny but you can do it right? Thats all there is to it, relax and breathe like you have a really bad cold - simple! Enjoy the course and the diving, I live in Thailand but haven't done Koh Tao yet so you'll be one up on me..<br><b>References : </b><br>Please check my profile, its important! Don’t let this frighten you, its really very easy to do. I guess you have experienced a bad head-cold before, where you were so congested that you just couldn’t breath through your nose? Well, imagine now (pretend) that you have that head-cold and breathe only through your mouth – you can just shut-off your nose – it makes you talk funny but you can do it right? Thats all there is to it, relax and breathe like you have a really bad cold – simple!

Enjoy the course and the diving, I live in Thailand but haven’t done Koh Tao yet so you’ll be one up on me..
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Please check my profile, its important!

]]> Comment on Where are some good places to scuba dive? by Artie B http://www.servantsofallah.org/scuba/where-are-some-good-places-to-scuba-dive/comment-page-1#comment-691 Artie B Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:22:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/scuba/where-are-some-good-places-to-scuba-dive#comment-691 The ocean is probbaly a pretty good place.<br><b>References : </b><br> The ocean is probbaly a pretty good place.
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]]> Comment on where is the best scuba diving in the world during September and October? by msfyrebyrd http://www.servantsofallah.org/diving/where-is-the-best-scuba-diving-in-the-world-during-september-and-october/comment-page-1#comment-674 msfyrebyrd Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:22:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/diving/where-is-the-best-scuba-diving-in-the-world-during-september-and-october#comment-674 If you don't mind the colder temperatures, I feel that diving the coast of Southern California is some of the best in the world. In addition, that period of time is some of the warmest in the Southern California waters. The kelp forests are suburb, the amount of sea life is astounding, and before the winter storms hit ,the visibility can be outstanding. The fish are not as colorful as in say Hawaii, but that is made up for by the sheer magnitude of numbers you will find in the kelp. Just imagine being able to dive in a large forest from the floor of the forest to the tree tops and that is what it is like to dive in a kelp forest. The sunlight filters down the same way and you will never find anything like it anywhere else. I do recommend, going with a group or person who can instruct on how to dive in the kelp. There is a technique all to itself, but you will have a great time. The link at the bottom has a couple of pictures of diving in a kelp forest.<br><b>References : </b><br>former SCUBA instructor in sothern CA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelp_forest If you don’t mind the colder temperatures, I feel that diving the coast of Southern California is some of the best in the world. In addition, that period of time is some of the warmest in the Southern California waters. The kelp forests are suburb, the amount of sea life is astounding, and before the winter storms hit ,the visibility can be outstanding. The fish are not as colorful as in say Hawaii, but that is made up for by the sheer magnitude of numbers you will find in the kelp. Just imagine being able to dive in a large forest from the floor of the forest to the tree tops and that is what it is like to dive in a kelp forest. The sunlight filters down the same way and you will never find anything like it anywhere else. I do recommend, going with a group or person who can instruct on how to dive in the kelp. There is a technique all to itself, but you will have a great time. The link at the bottom has a couple of pictures of diving in a kelp forest.
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former SCUBA instructor in sothern CA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelp_forest

]]> Comment on PADI Open water course in a couple of weeks time? by Lightning http://www.servantsofallah.org/padi-course/padi-open-water-course-in-a-couple-of-weeks-time/comment-page-1#comment-687 Lightning Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:20:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/padi-course/padi-open-water-course-in-a-couple-of-weeks-time#comment-687 Don't let this frighten you, its really very easy to do. I guess you have experienced a bad head-cold before, where you were so congested that you just couldn't breath through your nose? Well, imagine now (pretend) that you have that head-cold and breathe only through your mouth - you can just shut-off your nose - it makes you talk funny but you can do it right? Thats all there is to it, relax and breathe like you have a really bad cold - simple! Enjoy the course and the diving, I live in Thailand but haven't done Koh Tao yet so you'll be one up on me..<br><b>References : </b><br>Please check my profile, its important! Don’t let this frighten you, its really very easy to do. I guess you have experienced a bad head-cold before, where you were so congested that you just couldn’t breath through your nose? Well, imagine now (pretend) that you have that head-cold and breathe only through your mouth – you can just shut-off your nose – it makes you talk funny but you can do it right? Thats all there is to it, relax and breathe like you have a really bad cold – simple!

Enjoy the course and the diving, I live in Thailand but haven’t done Koh Tao yet so you’ll be one up on me..
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Please check my profile, its important!

]]> Comment on PADI Open water course in a couple of weeks time? by Doug http://www.servantsofallah.org/padi-course/padi-open-water-course-in-a-couple-of-weeks-time-2/comment-page-1#comment-685 Doug Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:17:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/padi-course/padi-open-water-course-in-a-couple-of-weeks-time-2#comment-685 Per the PADI Instructor Manual, you have to... "Breathe underwater for not less than one minute while not wearing a mask." That is the required part of the skill. In the "suggested techniques section" it says to tell the students not to pinch their noses. Here is how I normally approach it in my classes: 1. There are situations in class and potentially in real diving situations that you might have your mask off your face. Remember the class is trying to give you the background and training to handle a bunch of what if scenarios. 2. Before ever reaching the no mask breathing skill, the students will have already done a few partial mask floods, a couple of full mask floods, and a couple remove/replace/clear the mask. You will be somewhat used to having water against your nose while underwater through these skills. To help visualize it, if you can do the mask remove, replace, and clear skill, then the no mask breathing is just a longer period of time between the remove and replace steps. 3. To pass the skill, the student only needs to breathe without the mask on, I make the skill a little more "realistic". First everyone kneels down, the student will take off their mask, the student breathes for at least a minute, and the student puts their mask on and clears it at the end of the minute. I can't fail the person for the "added" steps as long as they breathe for the full minute. 4. With the putting the mask on, it would be difficult to hold your nose during that step. At some point during the mask clearing portion, you have to let go of your nose. Tips: --While sitting at your computer reading this, breathe in through your mouth, and out through your nose. In through the mouth, pause, out through the nose, pause, in through the mouth, pause, out through the nose, pause, etc. Use the pause to mentally swtich between mouth breathing and nose breathing. Any time my mask is off my face, I exhale through my nose. --With just your snorkle, go stand in the shower. With the water hitting/running down your face (and not going in the top of the snorkle), breathe in through the snorkle and out through your nose. --Water does not magially go up your nose. It only goes up if you inhale through your nose. Work on making the mental swtich. --I actually tell my stundets not to pinch their noses. If they can't complete the skill, then I give them some tips and work with them. Even to the point of just doing the breathing part without the mask skills in there. As a second to last try, I let them pinch their nose in the beginning, but they need to let go of it after a couple of breaths. As a last try, I let them pinch their nose. --You will only do no mask breathing twice in the class. Once while kneeling on the bottom, and once while swimming around the pool. The swimming one is actually easier. You do not have to do this ever again, but it is a good skill to practice for the just in case scenarios.<br><b>References : </b><br> Per the PADI Instructor Manual, you have to…

"Breathe underwater for not less than one minute while not wearing a mask."

That is the required part of the skill. In the "suggested techniques section" it says to tell the students not to pinch their noses.

Here is how I normally approach it in my classes:

1. There are situations in class and potentially in real diving situations that you might have your mask off your face. Remember the class is trying to give you the background and training to handle a bunch of what if scenarios.

2. Before ever reaching the no mask breathing skill, the students will have already done a few partial mask floods, a couple of full mask floods, and a couple remove/replace/clear the mask. You will be somewhat used to having water against your nose while underwater through these skills. To help visualize it, if you can do the mask remove, replace, and clear skill, then the no mask breathing is just a longer period of time between the remove and replace steps.

3. To pass the skill, the student only needs to breathe without the mask on, I make the skill a little more "realistic". First everyone kneels down, the student will take off their mask, the student breathes for at least a minute, and the student puts their mask on and clears it at the end of the minute. I can’t fail the person for the "added" steps as long as they breathe for the full minute.

4. With the putting the mask on, it would be difficult to hold your nose during that step. At some point during the mask clearing portion, you have to let go of your nose.

Tips:

–While sitting at your computer reading this, breathe in through your mouth, and out through your nose. In through the mouth, pause, out through the nose, pause, in through the mouth, pause, out through the nose, pause, etc. Use the pause to mentally swtich between mouth breathing and nose breathing. Any time my mask is off my face, I exhale through my nose.

–With just your snorkle, go stand in the shower. With the water hitting/running down your face (and not going in the top of the snorkle), breathe in through the snorkle and out through your nose.

–Water does not magially go up your nose. It only goes up if you inhale through your nose. Work on making the mental swtich.

–I actually tell my stundets not to pinch their noses. If they can’t complete the skill, then I give them some tips and work with them. Even to the point of just doing the breathing part without the mask skills in there. As a second to last try, I let them pinch their nose in the beginning, but they need to let go of it after a couple of breaths. As a last try, I let them pinch their nose.

–You will only do no mask breathing twice in the class. Once while kneeling on the bottom, and once while swimming around the pool. The swimming one is actually easier. You do not have to do this ever again, but it is a good skill to practice for the just in case scenarios.
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