Everything on the site about scuba diving: dive sites worth the trip, gear and cover, and the safety questions that come up before a descent.
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A prescription dive mask is a different purchase from a snorkel mask, and depth is the least of it. Reading a computer is close work, and masks come off.
Series: Snorkeling with glasses
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Located near Perth, Rottnest Island has a unique mix of tropical and cold-water marine life. Here's how to decide when and where to go.
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Nitrox buys you longer no-stop times, but on a standard cylinder you run out of gas before you run out of table at every depth shallower than about 100 feet. The arithmetic, the depth limits, and what fourteen dive shops charged on 10 August 2026.
Series: Getting into scuba
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Asthma stopped being a blanket bar to recreational diving years ago; an individual assessment replaced it. What the form asks, and where guidance differs.
Series: Getting into scuba
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A recompression table costs about $1,340 at Medicare rates and the median case needs three of them, before the $20,000 ride to the chamber. DAN, DiveAssure and World Nomads compared on the clauses that decide a claim — checked against the 2026 policy documents.
Series: Getting into scuba
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Rawa is a private island inside Malaysia's largest marine park, with one dive center, one reef and no way to visit for a day. The season, the RM30 fee, what the 2024 bleaching did, and whether you should go to Tioman instead.
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The Suunto D6i Novo suits beginners and advanced divers alike. The Cressi Donatello is the simplest budget pick; the Shearwater Teric is the high-end choice.
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You have booked a first dive and nobody said what it involves. The age, medical and swimming gates as agencies write them, and what goes wrong on a descent.
Series: Getting into scuba
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Your diet plays a big part in how you feel before and after a dive. Learn which foods raise your energy and which ones you should never eat beforehand.
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