Scuba Diving: choosing equipment

All scuba diving admirers have questioned themselves at least once on the problem of finding and choosing special equipment for underwater diving. Changing the wetsuit and the special accesories shouldn’t happen more than once in five years. More frequent purchases of the equipment happen due to the following reasons:

• diver has gained weight or lost more than 10 kilos. In this situation former suit may become uncomfortable for scuba diving.
• the equipment has gone out of order (the material has significant damage, that cannot be repaired)
• Wetsuit or accesories have been given to another person, lost or stolen.

So, you have a need in finding new equipment fast. When if diving for begginers presupposes renting the special clothes, professional divers have to buy wetsuits or borrow them from their friends. Off course, there is an option of renting, but with numersous dives financial side of the question will make the diver think about the rationality of these spendings.

The situation becomes even more expensive if the whole family is into this sweet pastime. Special underwater clothes will be required for mother, father and the baby. Professional instructors recommend diving amateurs to invest some money in buying personal equipment or borrowing it from a friend (for a token payment). In first case you will have the opportunity to use the new underwater suit as you wish, otherwise you will have to be responsible for the thing you borrowed.

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In case of a technical problem act according to the instruction!

Diving is one of the safest kinds of active rest if you follow the diving rules and make a timely maintenance of your diving equipment. However it is impossible to completely exclude the possibility of a technical faulty that is why a diver has to know how to act in case of emergency under water.

Failure of second stage of regulator being under water

Respiratory system of a person operates only when the pressure of the air delivered to the lungs is equal to the external pressure on the body. The difference between these pressures cannot be more than 14%. Second stage of regulator provides this equality when the air is supplied. In case of its failure you need to come to the surface using an alternative air source. Usually it is an octopus of a partner’s scuba. It is an additional second stage with a long hose. In case of emergency both divers can breathe in turn using one scuba on their way to the surface.

A breakdown of a regulator may occur due to its blow on underwater rocks. In such situations a diver has to be ready to solve the problem.

A jammed inlet valve of a buoyancy compensator

To try and unblock the inlet valve BCD, you should unplug and plug back in the feeding hose. If all the attempts of restoring the functionality of the valve that provides the air supply from the regulator are unsuccessful then a compensator can be inflated through mouth. Former generations of buoyancy compensator were design for this kind of usage.

Detached connecting pipe of a feeding hose from an inlet compensator valve

In such case connection of the details has to be restored. Sometimes in such case the valve is jammed in an open state, which is indicated by the sound of air leaking in the water. That is why it is important to stop the air feeding from the cylinder with the help of a stop-valve. Then you need to try and restore the functionality of the valve, attach the connecting pipe and open the air feeding.

The difficulty of the operation is connected to the uncomfortable location of the stop-valve behind the diver’s back. Only some divers with long arms and good mobility of joints can reach it. Diving partner can help block the stop-valve. If it needs to be done singlehandedly then you should loosen the waist strap and move the cylinders closer to the head. Not to face such problems some divers prefer to install them behind the back stop-valve facing down.

Dislocation of cylinders

Most divers attach their cylinders to the compensator using plastic clinches. If you haven’t checked the safety of the attachment then it may be loose and a cylinder may slip out. To try and put it in the right place you will have to take off the compensator. It is much more convenient to use the help of a partner. Holding the cylinder with his knees he will be able to fasten it tightly in the clinch using hands.

Being under water, pay close attention to your partner and follow instructions.

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Peculiarities of diver’s certification

To learn the art of underwater diving it is necessary to finish the diving training courses. At the end of the training course, no matter what form or length it is (it can be a full program, consisting of theory, practice in the swimming pool and in the open water or a trial introductory scuba diving lesson), a diver receives a certificate. We would like to point out the peculiarities of diving certification in the following material.

A little history

Diving appeared in Russia in 1995 and at this time first training centers and notion of certification came along. Certificate of aqualunger that were given in USSR are no longer valid. Today there is a large number of diving centers where one can go through diving training of any kind – from Discover scuba diving to full practical-theoretical course.

Where to learn and get certified?

Nowadays there are more than 20 established certificatory organizations in the world, whose certificates theoretically are accepted all over the world. In fact things can be a little different – your certificate may or may not be accepted in other countries and it cannot be foreseen. Sure enough, training in well-known diving centers is always the right choice because they are world-renowned and famous as Oxford or Harvard.

All diving centers belong to somebody and work by their own rules. That is exactly why no one can guarantee that your certification will be 100 % accepted it is better to be ready for that. By the way people who have a plunger or military training cannot do recreational diving without preparatory training. Scuba diving is totally different it has its own peculiarities.

Do you want to finish quality diving training and get a certificate? All this can be done in AHLA DIVE center.

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Diving in Eilat for children and adults

How to entertain a child during a lengthy holiday in an unknown country? Try introducing your little fidget to exploring the underwater world of the Red sea, if you are in Israel. AHLA DIVE is certified to teach extreme kinds of sport not only adult divers but also children.

We are ready to take responsibility for the safety of the underwater diving because we are sure in the actions of our experienced instructors and in the quality of the equipment that we offer to our clients. Modern check-ups of the equipment efficiency, refilling and testing of its reserve, analysis of the state of the associated accessories for children’s and adult diving – is the proof that we know all the responsibility for the lives of our clients that lays on our shoulders.

With the help of professional instructors that dive together with the beginners, divers of any age gain confidence with every dive. The sea will become your habitat if you listen to the advice of our experienced diving instructors in Eilat.

Our team will offer you the best diving spots that exist in Israel. Besides the traditional training program you can always use the creative propositions of our instructors. Night diving, photo shooting tours, snorkeling and scuba diving will allow diving beginners to turn their amateur activity into a professional hobby, because it is impossible to resist the passion of various kinds of diving. Welcome to the fascinating captivity of the underwater world. Choose your diving training course and ask our instructors together with you children. 

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