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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

Sharks 4 Kids Founder Jillian Morris Honored as Scuba Diving Sea Hero

*Scuba Diving's* Sea Heroes program awards conservationists around the world. Meet Jillian Morris, founder of Sharks4Kids and July's Sea Hero.

Tips for Photographing Sharks and Big Animals Underwater

Taking underwater photos can be tricky, but these five tips can help you improve your images and capture the photos of a lifetime.

Experienced Scuba Diver Dies Under The Ice

Testing out new scuba diving gear leads to fatal mistakes for one experienced rescue diver.

When Underwater Selfies Go Wrong - Lessons for Life

Two scuba divers tried to take a selfie to impress their friends — but one of them never surfaced. Learn from the mistakes that led to their accident.

ArtToMedia: Meet the Men Behind the Amazing 3-D Scuba Diving Maps

To help make wreck diving safer and more fun, Otto Wagner and Raymond Poudrier began developing detailed underwater maps of wrecks and dive sites.

What It's Like To Scuba Dive Next to an Active Volcano

This is what it's like to scuba dive at an active volcano — at Barren Island near India's Andaman and Nicobar islands.

Local Tips for Scuba Diving the Oriskany Shipwreck in Pensacola, Florida

Using a map from ArtToMedia, we bring you the best dive profiles for penetrating the Mighty Oriskany shipwreck and tips for exploring the ship safely.