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Can Learning to Scuba Dive be Good for Your Brain
In a recent New York Times blog, author Gretchen Reynolds talks of the benefits of leaning a new activity during mid-life. Could learning to scuba dive be good for your brain.
She states that learning a new sporting activity could change and strengthen the brain. Learning a new activity like scuba diving would be more beneficial than say crosswords or marathon training.
In Krista Stryker’s book, The 12 Minute Athlete, she states that exercise can even help ward off some types of age-related cognitive decline. Such as reduced hand-eye coordination and memory loss.
The uniqueness of scuba diving means that the PADI Open Wa [...]
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Helpful Diving Info
Weather for Scuba Diving in Phuket?
A blog to help understand the weather conditions in Phuket for scuba diving.
Understanding Phuket’s weather is an important part of planning you scuba diving adventure. As the bulk of the scuba diving in and around Phuket is done off the large specifically built scuba diving boats.
A typical scuba diving day such as a certified day trip or PADI Discover Scuba Diving you could spend between 4 – 6 hours boat travelling. For the PADI Open Water Course or Advanced Open Water course you will do two days travelling.
The liveboard boats you will spend anywhere between two and eight days on board a vessel. This is one of the [...]
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Marine Life
Are There Sharks in Phuket? Are They Dangerous?
Yes, there are sharks in Phuket, however, this should not stop you from scuba diving here.
Phuket is blessed with some of the most docile and placid sharks possible. From the teddy bear-like Leopard Shark to the gigantic and graceful Whale Shark there is no better place in the world to fall in love with sharks. It is normal to have a fear of sharks, but this shouldn't stop you from learning to dive and getting your PADI Open Water Certification, or doing a simple PADI Discover Scuba Diving introduction dive whilst in Phuket.
Shark attacks on scuba divers are extremely rare throughout the world, less than 4% of all attacks according to [...]
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PADI Advanced Open Water in Phuket, Thailand
Are you planning to go scuba diving in Thailand? Thinking about taking your PADI Advanced Open Water Course in Thailand? Here’s why scuba diving in Phuket must be on your list!
Scuba diving in Phuket is everything you would expect from diving in Thailand – beautiful coral reefs, an abundance of fish and stunning underwater scenery. With a range of dive sites to explore, taking your PADI Advanced Open Water in Phuket gives you the chance to explore deeper (up to 30 metres) and see even more.
If you are Open Water certified this is your chance to enhance your skills, practice your techniques and experience some of the best scuba d [...]
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Helpful Diving Info
How to Prepare a New Scuba Mask
Here are some Aussie Divers Phuket Tips on how to prepare and new scuba diving mask.
There is a long going battle between scuba divers and foggy masks.
There are a number or reason why a scuba diving mask may fog and one of those reasons is that the mask was not correctly prepared at the time of purchase. All new scuba masks have a thing film on silicone on the lens that occurs during the manufacturing process. You will need to remove this silicone prior to wearing the mask and applying any defog products.
Tip #1:
One of the reasons a scuba mask fogs is through exhaled air through your nose. Your exhaled air come fro [...]
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The Typical PADI Open Water Course
Here is some step-by-step information on a typical PADI Open Water Course with Aussie Divers Phuket.
Your PADI Open Water Course will begin with some online theory that you can pre-study in your own time, it is best to have 100% of the theory completed prior to the first day of training. The first day of the course begins at the Aussie Divers Chalong Training center at 8:00 am, hotel pickup times vary between 07:00 - 07:50 depending on location in Phuket.
The PADI Open Water course online theory component is divided into five chapters. Each chapter consists of some videos, knowledge review questions, and a quick review qui [...]
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Marine Life
When Scuba Diving in Phuket: What Will I See?
Here is a blog about some of the creature you will see when scuba diving in Phuket.
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Whether you are learning to scuba dive with the PADI Discover Scuba Diving or the PADI Open Water Course or your are already certified and you are looking at doing a day trip or liveaboard adventure there are many amazing marine creatures to see under the water.
Phi Phi probably has the most diverse range of marine life to see whilst scuba diving in the Phuket region. The diving especially around Bida Nok is world class and on any given day you could possible see some cool creatures. Creatu [...]
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Do I Need to do a Scuba Diving Refresher?
There are several different ways to refresh your scuba diving skills and knowledge after a period out of the water. Here in Phuket, that could be a pool refresher, Kata beach dive, or diving easy sites like Racha Noi & Racha Yai.
PADI's recommendation in the theory section of the PADI Open Water Course is that you should do a refresher if you have not been diving for six months or longer. This is for a very good reason, it involves your safety. Hopefully after reading this blog you will be able to find the answer to "Do I Need to do a Scuba Diving Refresher?"
Is this applicable to all cases?
The requirement or nee [...]
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