| It can be an exciting or terrifying
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| | intend to travel, it should be worldwide.
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| experience - buying your first
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| | Some offer lifetime warrantees for parts.
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| scubadiving gear. When you first walk
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| | Beware buying product over the Internet,
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| into the Aladdin's cave just groaning
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| | as there may be no warrantee. In many
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| with the latest dive technology, your
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| | countries, scuba dealers will not honour
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| question is likely to be "Where do I
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| | internet warrantees, as the product was
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| possibly start?" The answer is quite
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| | not bought through a licenced dealer and
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| simple. Choose your dive centre very
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| | ownership is hard to authenticate.
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| carefully - then, if you enjoyed your
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| | You will want to stay warm and may only
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| scubadiving course, trust them to outfit
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| | need a shorty wetsuit in the tropics. As
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| you with the best dive gear for your type
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| | you move further away from the equator,
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| of diving. When you select your
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| | you might need a full length 5mm or 7mm
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| dive centre start by establishing the
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| | wetsuit or even a drysuit. Try to buy the
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| credentials of it. Generally, the more
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| | best you can afford as you will not enjoy
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| status the dive centre has, the more it
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| | even the most spectacular dive if you are
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| has been audited for quality and customer
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| | trying to stay warm. Night diving is
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| service. If possible, choose a PADI 5
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| | fantastic - only if you are warm. Comfort
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| Star Career Development Centre. Failing
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| | and fit are critical. When you
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| that, try a PADI 5 Star Instructor
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| | select your dive mask try every one on
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| Development Centre and so on down the
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| | display. Ssniff in hard and listen for
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| retail status list. Other training
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| | air leaks to ensure an exact fit.
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| agencies have similar ratings. Word of
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| | Additionally, press the mask in over your
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| mouth is another very strong indicator as
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| | nose and brow to ensure there is no
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| most people tell others about a bad
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| | contact. Some mask lenses can be changed
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| experience. After you have
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| | for prescription lenses. If you wear
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| completed your course, unless you are
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| | glasses ask your scuba dealer which ones
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| totally focused and do it beforehand, you
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| | will take prescription lenses. Identify
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| will want to buy your our scubadiving
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| | the dive masks that fit then try those
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| gear. There are literally thousands of
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| | few again. When you get to the best two,
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| different dive items on the market and
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| | choose the cheaper one. If your mask does
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| each scuba retailer offers a selective
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| | not fit well, you will not enjoy your
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| few brands. Normally these equipment
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| | scuba diving. Resist the temptation to
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| lines are complementary so that the dive
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| | buy a cheap snorkel. You need a good one
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| centre should be able to satisfy novice
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| | so you can breathe on the surface face
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| or experienced recreational divers
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| | down. Accept the dive centre retailer's
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| through to highly experienced technical
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| | advice. Fins are your propellers.
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| divers. If you are about to buy your own
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| | Get fins that fit your feet properly,
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| scuba gear take time to read our advice.
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| | without placing pressure on your toes or
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| Probably the most critical dive
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| | the bridge of your foot. Always wear your
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| equipment is the regulator and buoyancy
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| | own dive booties when trying on fins.
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| control device BCD combination. The
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| | Split fin technology is state-of-the-art
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| regulator should be selected on
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| | now and worth every cent. Try for a
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| performance and reliability, that is ease
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| | soft or medium flex fin. If you want to
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| of breathing at the depths you intend to
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| | be a technical diver, select firmer split
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| dive to. Do a careful price comparison if
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| | fins. Get spring straps if your retailer
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| your budget is critical. Your scuba dive
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| | has them. You will need weight
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| centre retailer will guide you here.
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| | unless you are negatively buoyant at the
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| A BCD must be comfortable but most
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| | surface. When you purchase your BCD,
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| importantly it must be able to lift your
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| | consider one that allows you to carry
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| face clear of the water at the surface.
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| | weight in the BCD weight pockets rather
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| The inflator mechanism must be easy and
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| | than around your waist. Many women do get
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| fast to operate. Check the lift of a BCD
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| | minor bruising on the hips through
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| before you start loading the integrated
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| | wearing heavy weight belts. With a
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| weight system up with lead weight. While
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| | drysuit you will generally need more
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| it may lift you wearing a wetsuit, it may
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| | weight than you would with a wetsuit.
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| be overloaded once you take it off to
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| | Contoured weights are preferable to slab
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| pass it (with any integrated weight &
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| | weights. You are now set to have
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| cylinder) into the boat. Recreational
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| | fantastic scubadiving adventures. Enjoy
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| BCDs are not designed for technical
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| | the freedom of gliding in the ocean
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| diving and should not be used for that
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| | current along coral encrusted walls,
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| purpose. You will need to consider
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| | through underwater canyons, exploring
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| your instruments as well. Whatever your
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| | timeless shipwrecks or absorbing the
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| financial position you will need a
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| | stillness and tranquillity of a
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| submersible pressure gauge (SPG) and
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| | freshwater lake. Wherever you are, you
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| compass. It may be cheaper to purchase a
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| | will enjoy your scuba diving if you are
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| dive computer rather than a depth gauge
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| | confidant that you have chosen your
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| and timer / underwater watch. Dive
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| | scubadiving gear wisely.
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| computers show dive and surface interval
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| | Tony Howell is the owner/manager of New
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| details as well as guiding your ascent
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| | Zealand Sea Adventures, Wellington's only
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| speed. Some give integrated
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| | PADI Career Development Centre. Tony's
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| information on nitrogen absorption and
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| | qualifications include: PADI Course
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| gas consumption. With a computer it is
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| | Director, PADI Specialty Instructor
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| easy to retrieve dive information so you
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| | Trainer in over 25 specialtys, TDI
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| can log your dive.There are also Nitrox
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| | Instructor Trainer (IT), First Aid & CPR
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| computers for sport divers and multiple
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| | IT, Coastguard Tutor/Examiner and Service
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| gas computers for tech divers. Get your
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| | Technician IT. Tony has helped hundreds
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| dive instruments in a console for easy
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| | of people to choose the best scuba diving
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| reference. For regulators BCDs and
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| | gear to give them the most enjoyable and
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| instruments, check the warrantee. If you
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| | safe diving experience.
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