Struggling to find the right amount of weight for scuba diving? Here's how you can test and calculate just how much weight you need for scuba diving.
Training
Scuba Diving Training
Learn about scuba diving skills, trainings, certifications and lessons on how to make your scuba bottom time safe, fun and lasting! Also, see what it's like to scuba dive in crazy situations, read our Lessons for Life, get underwater photography tutorials and check out expert scuba dive hacks for any and every dive condition.
What is nitrox diving, what are the benefits of nitrox vs. air and how do you get your enriched air certification? Here’s everything divers need to know.
It's wise to schedule a medical checkup before embarking on a dive trip—even better if you can see a doctor who specializes in diving. Thankfully, there are resources to help you find one.
Recent Articles
Extend your bottom time by learning how to use enriched air, also known as nitrox.
A liveaboard diver maxes out his bottom time for days in a row, landing him in the hospital with decompression sickness. His dive buddy experiences no symptoms, showing why it’s best to dive conservatively — you never know how your body will react.
A diver ignores a DCS symptoms, including a rash—an increasingly common sign of being bent.
Early-onset Alzheimer's complicates — but can't stop — diving for this determined diver and her loving husband.
The PADI Divemaster course is a starting point for many scuba diving jobs. It covers the physics and physiology of diving to in-water safety, diver supervision and the business of diving.
Learn where nudibranchs live and aim for a super macro shot that highlights the sea slug’s unique features.
Tips to prepare the kids and teens in your life to become divers, and what should you look for in the dive center or trip operator you choose for their journey.