What do I need to do to prepare for my first scuba dive?

August 19, 2024

To start your first-time scuba diving, you must know what scuba diving is.

 

Scuba diving refers to divers carrying an “underwater breathing system” for diving activities. Scuba diving is also known as deep diving. Led by professionally certified divers, even those with zero diving experience can scuba dive in tourist gear.

 

What do I need for my first-time scuba diving?

 

Just bring your relaxed mood and the equipment will be provided in general diving places. If you want to start your first-time scuba diving with your equipment, the equipment you need to prepare, in addition to the three treasures of snorkeling (diving goggles, diving snorkel, and diving fins), you also need a thermal wetsuit, buoyancy adjustment device, diving Equipment, as well as diving cylinders, you need to prepare enough oxygen cylinders to ensure that they can be used underwater, which is conducive to the safety of diving tourism.

Usually, people who want to get in touch with diving will go to the sea to experience diving on the way to travel, and the experience of diving is the same. People who experience it will put on their equipment, and there will be professionals who will lead you all the way underwater. They will generally Hold you by the hand, or hold on to your tank to keep you in check. Take you within a range of 10 meters underwater until your air volume is almost the same, and the experience ends.

 

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What are some precautions for first-time scuba diving?

 

Before starting your first-time scuba diving, check whether there are some diseases, such as otitis media, severe cold (here mainly refers to blocked nose), heart disease, high (low) blood pressure, drunkenness, diabetes, etc, these conditions are not suitable Go scuba diving.

 

Before and after your first-time scuba diving, it is not safe to drink alcohol, take hot baths, or exercise vigorously. It’s best to choose a place that’s neither too hot nor too cold for your first scuba dive, so you can go in a bathing suit or even a jellyfish suit. Before entering the water, listen to the precautions and the simple gestures and skills taught by the coach. You must listen to the coach for all actions underwater. If you are unclear, please ask before entering the water to ensure your safety.

 

Normally, before starting your first-time scuba diving, the instructor will teach you general underwater gestures: I am fine now — “OK”, pay attention to (object) direction — “index finger pointing direction”, float up — “Right fist, thumb up”, dive — “Right fist, thumb down”. Adjust ear pressure: For those who are diving for the first time or have not been diving for a long time, the pressure of the water will make the ear canal feel uncomfortable and even painful. At this time, you should pinch your nose with your hands and forcefully blow air into the nasal cavity, to increase the air pressure in the ear canal and offset the pressure of the water. Going down again, the pain in the ear canal is unbearable, you should go up immediately, don’t try to be brave.

 

 

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