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These are some of the popular websites and agencies in the United States that offer academic online training, lessons and certifications for scuba diving.

SDI’s on-line scuba diving learning program:
(http://www.scubadiver.cc/onlinetraining.htm)

Dayo Scuba, based in Orlando, offers the SDI (Scuba Diving International)’s online training program concentrating on the academic part of scuba diving lessons, for $84.95. This program is aided by graphic illustrations and animation of key concepts by using motion pictures, animated pictures, and diagrams.

The course can be taken according to one’s own pace and schedule, and any lessons can be repeated. There are also periodic quizzes related to important concepts before progressing to new material and lessons. The academic is followed b the in-water training dives which costs $234.05. After completion of both courses, you’ll receive an Open Water Diver certification from Scuba Diving International.

Dayo Scuba also offers free software for better understanding of buoyancy, and forms and drivers that may be essential, on this webpage.

Force-e:
(http://www.force-e.com/instruction/sdi/sdi_online_scuba_training.shtml)

Force-e is a diving center based in South Florida. Approved and authorized by Scuba Diving International, the Force-E online scuba diving academic instruction offers an online training program, which must be completed before continuing with the pool and open water dives, and scuba diving certification.

The online course includes subjects such as underwater environment, dealing with the effects of pressure, planning and monitoring dives, and important considerations when selecting scuba diving equipment. The online dive training also offers a text book after completion available in order to review the information anywhere. The Academic Online Dive Training is subsequently followed by Confined Water Dive Training and Open Water Dive Training.

You can call their toll free number for $ 84.95 to receive the sign-up code which you need to enter in the website. Otherwise, you can simply register online with a credit card.

Scuba-training.net:
(www.scuba-training.net)

Scuba-training.net, based in Vero Beach, Florida, offers several online scuba learning courses including open water scuba and specialty courses, like dry suit diving, surface supplied air diving, and many others. They also have advanced training and certification including Nitrox and Rebreather Diver training. You have to pay $84.95 for the online academic portion of your Basic Scuba class while specialty classes will cost you $49.95.

Scuba-training.net eliminates the need to repetitive and time-consuming classroom sessions since the system adopted by the course is designed to let student work with materials that are specifically personalized, which can be learned according to one’s own pace and schedule. Dive instructors and shops also have full online access to all of the students’ records and study information for review.

The organization offers CMAS (The World Underwater Federation), PSA (Professional Scuba Association), and SDI (Scuba Diving International) certifications.

Onlinescubalessons.com:
(www.onlinescubalessons.com)

The website offers an Interactive Online Scuba Dive Lessons and Training Correspondence Course mainly concentrates on Physics and Physiology of Scuba Diving. The $49.95 course includes 5 modules, final exam, and Academic Certificate.

The modules include subjects such as Equipment, Underwater Sciences, Physiology, Diving Environment, and Planning and Decompression Sickness. Before proceeding to the next section, you need to have a 100% score on each quiz that will be given to after completing each section.

After passing the final examination, you can take your certificate to any instructor or agency and continue with the pool and open water dives trainings.

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Scuba diving is an exciting water activity for almost all ages. It involves using special gear to stay underwater for extended periods of time. That simple definition, though, belies the true excitement of this recreation - scuba divers enjoy seeing marine life up close and even see underwater shipwrecks, coral reefs, and caves, all from a unique perspective. Scuba diving has become extremely popular because it offers unparalleled excitement, a good workout, and a chance to see nature’s wonders up close.

If you want to join other scuba divers, it is important to find the best scuba diving instructor - one who is certified by a professional body like NAUI (The National Association of Underwater Instructors) or PADI (The Professional Association of Diving Instructors)- since scuba diving has some risks. Getting good instruction ensures that you learn scuba diving safely. Both PADI and NAUI can also provide you with the facts about scuba diving, and dive certification is required to dive at most resorts and dive operations.

When selecting an instructor, it is important to select someone with the right certification levels. Levels include Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, Master Scuba Diver, DiveMaster, Assistant Instructor, Boat Diver, Deep Diver, Drift Diver, Multilevel Diver, Night Diver, Search & Recovery Diver, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigator, Underwater Photographer, Underwater Videographer, Wreck Diver, and others. It is important to select a scuba diving instructor with the credentials and certification that most meets your needs.

When you are just starting out as a scuba diver, you may be interested in travelling to one of the scuba diving hot spots -The Red Sea in Egypt, Malta, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand, and others. These popular scuba diving destinations offer beautiful dives and plenty of instructions for the new scuba diver. These destinations also allow you to easily rent all the gear you need for scuba diving - including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, exposure suits (wetsuit or dry suit), buoyancy compensators, weights, and tanks. All this gear allows you to stay safe and control your decent into the water. For beginning scuba divers, it can make sense to rent this equipment, as scuba diving gear can cost more than $1000. For new scuba divers, renting also makes sense because it ensures that the gear is properly maintained and kept.

However you decide to approach scuba diving - whether locally or at an exotic destination, whether as a pleasant pastime or a regular hobby - joining the ranks of scuba divers worldwide is sure to be an eye-opening experience - and one that will create a life time of memories.

Author: Rick Abbott
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You are riding,visibility is good, you cross a river and BAM! face shield fog up. One hand off the bars, open the face shield just for a second when you hadn’t planned to . That second could be critical.

As you know SCUBA is an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. If you ride you probably have worn a helmet, it might have had a face shield, and it probably fogged up at one time or another. The same kind of thing happens to SCUBA people. Early on, to fix the problem they spit in the mask and rubbed it around, many still do. In the world of SCUBA it is perfectly socially acceptable, happens in the best of families. If you spit in your face sheild with your riding buddies around you’ll only be riding with your very best friends or riding solo. What isn’t too bad in the ocean is not so good for the wheeled crowd. The SCUBA people have a more polite remedy. Formulas in the form of liquid, paste or gel that are rubbed on the inside of the mask to prohibit fogging. Some of the products suggested by divers are:

Generic Sources:

baby shampoo - in a cheap spray bottle mix half and half with water or

isopropyl alcohol (or whatever mixture works for you)

toothpaste - they say the slight abrasiveness removes production oils

(try this on a VERY SMALL part of your face shield.

They say it cleans off the factory gunk.

rubbing the mask with the leaf of a succulent plant ( I know!)

Commercial Products

Viz Wiz, (cheap) Nikon Fog Eliminator Cloths (expensive) from Bass Pro.

Sea Gold

Sea Drops

Aqua Seal

Rain-X

Other things that help : Remove the factory gunk coating, keep the inside of your face shield clean and you can always increase airflow into the helmet.

Thanks for Taking Time To Peruse This Article. Keep the sticky side down!

Bruce teaches high school science and owns a company which makes drink holders for power sports vehicles; motorcycles, ATVs, boats, etc. http://www.4wheelercupholder.com

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