Scuba Diving

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba), which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater.

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Chats and Forums

Discussion forums and chatrooms related to Scuba Diving.

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Events

Included are both consumer as well as trade-only conventions and exhibitions.

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Guides and Directories

Sites providing general guides to diving, scuba directories and/or links lists to scuba diving resources. If you have a site that specific to a region please submit to the appropriate subcategory in Recreation: Outdoors: Scuba Diving: Regional

Organizations

This category is for sites of training and certifying agencies, and organizations related to SCUBA. If you are a dive school, group of divers, or dive clubs you should post to the appropriate REGIONAL directory.

Personal Pages

A place to tell your diving stories and show off your underwater photos etc. Dive Clubs should submit their pages to their appropriate region.

Regional

Sub-categories of this topic are major dive areas of the world divided by geographic region. Large areas, such as the USA have further sub-categories (states). Within each Region are listed: dive shops, resorts, liveaboards, area guides, photo galleries, tour operators, travel agents, government tourist bureaus, etc. Only those sites which are located in, or specialize specifically in a region are listed here.

Safety and Medicine

Sites that promote safe diving practices and standards.

Technical Diving

Technical Diving is the name given to dives where a breathing mixture other than air is used - at some point during the dive. Examples: Oxygen - typically used as a decompression gas Nitrox - Used as a decompression gas and for shallow dives (extends the bottom time / reduces the nitrogen loading). Trimix - Deep Dives

Travel

Sites giving information on Dive Travel

Specialists in dive travel

Underwater Photography

For general galleries of underwater photos, and sites that discuss underwater photo tips and techniques only. Sites that pertain to individual photographer's work or galleries should be submitted to the Photographers subcategory.

Manufacturer or equipment sites should be submitted to Shopping: Sports: Water Sports: Scuba Diving: Underwater Photography.

Underwater Vehicles

This category is for informational sites covering underwater vehicles used in scuba diving.

The most common form of underwater vehicle is the 'Diver Propulsion Vehicle', which is particularly useful for long journeys at constant depth.

Please only suggest ''informational'' sites relating to diver propulsion vehicles and other underwater vehicles used by scuba divers, to this category.

DO NOT suggest sites for manufacturers or retailers of underwater vehicles to this category. They should be suggested to the appropriate categories in Business (for Manufacturers) or Shopping (for Retailers).

Wreck Diving

When ships or man-made structures sink, or aircraft crash into the sea they become wrecks. Wreck diving is the term applied when divers go and visit them.

This category is for sites specific to wreck diving and is especially aimed at sites giving information on wrecks themselves.