Scuba Diving: Necessary Gear

one very important part of scuba diving
is having the right gear hi I’m Rebecca
Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re a total diving to learn what
gear you need to take on scuba diving no
matter what aquatic activity you’re
going to be choosing it’s important that
you need to be able to see underwater in
order to achieve this purpose snorklers
scuba divers and free divers all wear a
mask now a master is a general purpose
of providing an airspace in front of our
eyes so that we can see underwater and
the most important thing to consider
when buying a mask is its fit because
there’s nothing worse than having water
in your face all the time and taking all
the fun out of your dive one of the
first pieces of equipment that most
scuba divers are gonna buy is gonna be a
pair of fins fins provide the basic
method of propulsion underwater so it’s
important that people pick a fin that
fits their body type and strength before
you jump in the water one of the first
things you’re gonna need is a snorkel if
you want able to keep your face in the
water to see the fish below well
snorkeling or if you want to be able to
rest at the surface while scuba diving
you’re gonna need to have this in your
kit now there are many different types
and varieties of snorkels some are
better for snorkeling some are better
for scuba diving and some are preferred
for free diving so before you buy your
snorkel talk to somebody at your local
dive store and they’ll help you make the
best choice unless you’re diving in a
hot tub diving in any type of water is
going to be colder than your body
temperature prolonged exposure to cooler
water is going to strip heat away from
your body there are for scuba divers
where various types of exposure
protection in order to make sure that
they maintain an adequate level of
comfort for the duration of their dive
perhaps the most specialized an
important piece of equipment in scuba is
a scuba regulator a scuba regulator
consists of a first stage and a second
stage the purpose of a scuba diving
regulator is to take high pressure air
from a cylinder to ambient pressure in
the divers mouth typically when people
dive you will see that they also have a
secondary regular typically called an
octopus which is a standard piece of
equipment used in case of emergency when
buying a regulator divers should take
into consideration where they’ll be
diving the type of diving they’re going
to be doing and consult their local dive
expert to make sure they pick a
regulator that suits their needs in
scuba diving this critical information
that a diver needs to have in order to
monitor his dive and make sure that he
stays within recreation no decompression
limits nowadays most scuba divers use
Peters computers are advantageous
because they take all the guesswork out
of diving follow your exact profile
while you’re underwater and give you the
maximize bottom time that you have they
also work like a bit of an autopilot so
that you can program them in order to
alarm you when you’ve exceeded the
maximum desired depth when you’re
running low on air or for any other
various reason now various models of
computers exist you can have consoles
which will connect to the first stage of
your regulator you can also have wrist
mount computers and nowadays computers
are even done in watch mounted models
another key component to the scuba
diving equipment is going to be the BCD
or buoyancy control device a BCD allows
a diver to control their buoyancy
underwater therefore maintaining
neutrality and not ascending or
descending at uncontrolled rates in
order to ensure that scuba divers have
air while they’re underwater scuba
divers dive with a scuba cylinder scuba
cylinders come in many different shapes
and sizes and you can buy one or rent
one wherever you go in order to suit
your diving conditions so in summary
when you’re considering your dive
equipment the first things you want to
buy or mass fitting snorkel this will
also serve you on your vacation in case
you just want to go snorkeling instead
of underwater with your scuba equipment
as you progress you’re gonna want to
make sure that you consider proper
exposure protection in a wet or dry suit
you’re also gonna want to consider
proper regulators and octopus and a
computer to help make sure that you stay
within your dive limits you’re also
gonna need a buoyancy control device or
vest and this will ensure that you enjoy
your vacation or your diving locally to
the max