Helpful Diving Info
Do I Need to Know How To Swim to Scuba Dive?
This is a question that I often get asked, and really it is not as simple as YES or NO. Here is some explanations and reasons why.
If you want to become a certified scuba diver by doing the PADI Open Water Diver Course, the answer is yes. In the PADI Open Water Diver Course it is specified that you have to be able to swim continuously for 200 metres. This can be with any stroke however it does need to be continuous without stopping. There is alternate option and that is you do a 300 metre mask, fin and snorkel swim. Some do find this easier to the 200 swim.
You also have to be able to tread water or float for at least 10 minut [...]
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Killer Whale Spotted Off Patong
The Phuket Post reported that an Orca (Killer Whale) has been spotted off Freedom Beach, Patong on the 8th January 2016.
Freedom Beach is is situated near Tri Trang Beach on the southern edge of Patong Bay Phuket.
The Phuket Post wrote;
The Orca or Killer Whales can be found in all oceans, from Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas. Killer whales are highly social; some populations are composed of matrilineal family groups which are the most stable of any animal species, but there is only one single Orca seen in the picture.
Suchart Ratthanareungsi, Director of the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC) said, [...]
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What to do in Phuket Sandbox – Scuba Diving
Phuket business' including the Phuket Scuba Diving fraternity are ecstatic to have tourists returning to our small island. Here is a blog with an option in what to do during your Phuket Sandbox stay.
We welcome you all and hope that you have a great stay.
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So you have arrived to Phuket as a part Sandbox opening and what you can do. Although there are a lot of activities that are still closed, scuba diving in Phuket is up and running.
Scuba Diving is a family activity and can be by anyone over the age of 10 years and is enjoyed by adults well into their 60’s and 70’s.
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Aussie Divers Received 7th PADI Award
It has been a tough few year in Phuket with COVID travel restrictions however with a lot of hard work, Aussie Divers Phuket have received their 7th consecutive Outstanding Contribution to Scuba Diving Award from PADI.
The award was presented to Owner Darren Gaspari by PADI Regional Manager Andy Auer.
Aussie Divers is extremely proud to have won the award and could not have done it without the help of their staff, Ashley Walker, Martin Ruhoff. Christer Anderson, Pechdee (Peedee) Pinaisullakakij and Guy Allen. The award was graciously accepted by the team and celebrated with a couple of icy cold Leos.
Even through a tough ye [...]
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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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How long will my scuba tank last?
A question we often get asked is how long will my scuba tank last? Unfortunately there is no simple answer to that question as there are a few variables. Hopefully in this blog we can help answer that question.
Your breathing rate depends on your level of exercise (energy output) and the depth that you dive.
The higher your level of exercise, the harder you work, the more oxygen you need and the more Carbon Dioxide (CO2) you will produce. In order to remove the CO2 from your lungs while scuba diving, you must inhale air. So, the more exercise you do under the water the more you will breathe, and the quicker you will use your [...]
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Diving Health
Medical Fitness for Scuba Diving
For all of those that have started a PADI scuba diving course you will be familiar with Medical Fitness for Scuba Diving form. For those about to start a course it will generally be the first piece of paperwork you see.
The purpose of establishing fitness to dive is to reduce risk of a range of diving related medical conditions associated with known or suspected pre-existing conditions. This has no reference to their diving skills.
Scuba diving does involve some risk and pre-sexisting medical conditions can make the risk of a fatality while diving much higher. As a result, the regulations, requirements and medical standards relatin [...]
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Learning to Scuba Dive – Endless Opportunities
Learning to scuba dive will provide you endless opportunities to explore the world.
71% of the world is covered by water. It is said that we know more about the moon’s surface than we do about the sea.
Learning to scuba dive allows you to explore more of this beautiful earth, 71% more. That is 71% more holiday options.
It is also said that there are 21,000 different marine creatures in the sea. We know so little about the deep sea that there could be many more than that. There are parts of the deep sea that man has never seen.
Doing something simple such as the PADI Discover Scuba Diving here in Phuket could introd [...]
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The Curse of the Whale Shark
Was the curse of the whale shark fact or fiction?
My first effort at scuba diving was a PADI Discover Scuba Diving way back in 2006. Back then I had never heard of a Whale Shark. A year later I became a certified diver and I was still none the wiser of the Holy Grail of marine creatures. I am not sure when in the following 3,500 + dives I became aware of them, but as with most underwater creatures that pass by the waters of Thailand, I just assumed a matter of time before I saw one…… or was it?
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Scuba diving can be a cruel game. Given that marine creatures have a [...]
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