Articles

SCUBA Diving and Asthma

by Nerissa Penfold

For as long as I can remember I wanted to SCUBA dive. I remember being fascinated by my dad’s cylinders of air with yellow flaking paint and belts of lead weights that lay around the house, and the promise of what lay beneath the surface of the sea. As luck would have it, by the time I seriously started thinking about diving I had been diagnosed with adult asthma.

Padbury Senior High School Kids at the Abrolhos Islands : In a Big Shiny Red Helicopter!!!

by mlehmann

The smell of aviation fuel, the hum of the turbine, the immense noise from the rotor blades, being strapped into a seat are all unusual ways to start a dive trip.

Southern exposure - Commercial diver training in New Zealand

by Simon

This article will hopefully be of interest to divers considering a career in commercial diving or wishing to complete a commercial course for other reasons. Hopefully it will give you a bit of an insight into what to expect.