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Scuba Diving Training

Learn about scuba diving skills, trainings, certifications and lessons on how to make your scuba bottom time safe, fun and lasting! Also, see what it's like to scuba dive in crazy situations, read our Lessons for Life, get underwater photography tutorials and check out expert scuba dive hacks for any and every dive condition.

Buoyancy Calculator—How Much You Need in Dive Weights

Struggling to find the right amount of weight for scuba diving? Here's how you can test and calculate just how much weight you need for scuba diving.

The Ultimate Guide to Nitrox Diving

What is nitrox diving, what are the benefits of nitrox vs. air and how do you get your enriched air certification? Here’s everything divers need to know.

How to Find a Doctor for Scuba Medical Advice

It's wise to schedule a medical checkup before embarking on a dive trip—even better if you can see a doctor who specializes in diving. Thankfully, there are resources to help you find one.

Recent Articles

Narcosis Scuba

Narcosis Scuba, located in the historic Sponge Docks of Tarpon Springs, Florida is a full service, PADI 5-Star Dive Center. We offer a full range of scuba diving equipment for both sale and rental, and are the only dive shop in the area with 32% and 36% Nitrox banked for fills while you wait.

What It's Like To Get Bombed Underwater

We were at 15 feet when the blast went off; for a moment I thought my heart was going to stop.

Dive Training: 8 Tips to Save Air When Diving

Learning to improve air consumption increases your bottom time. Dive training tips for scuba divers.

Ask an Expert: Should Divers Reveal Their Medications?

Does safety trump your privacy rights? Or is lying on the forms ever justified?

Lessons for Life: Solo Diver Never Resurfaces

Ted couldn’t find a dive buddy who liked to dive as he did, so he dived alone. That was fine with Ted — right up until he realized he wasn’t sure how to get back to the surface.

Dive Speak: The A to Z of Dive and Gear Lingo — A

ScubaLab Director John Brumm has devoted decades to to testing scuba gear. In Dive Speak he explains scuba gear terms from A to Z. Today, the letter "A."

What It's Like To Get Bent from Scuba Diving

Jill Heinerth recounts what it's like to get bent or suffer from decompression sickness, or DCS, after advanced scuba diving.