Underwater Skills & Safety
How to behave underwater: the buddy system, hand signals, buoyancy and breathing, ascents, handling problems, ocean etiquette and marine life.
Underwater Skills & Safety
The Buddy System: Why You Never Dive Alone and How to Be a Good Buddy
Why you never dive alone, how to stay together, and the lost-buddy procedure.
Underwater Skills & Safety
Scuba Diving Hand Signals: The Essential Signals Every Beginner Needs
OK, problem, low on air, up, down: the underwater signals you need, and how to use them.
Underwater Skills & Safety
Buoyancy and Breathing: Never Hold Your Breath, Save Air and Hover Like a Pro
Why you never hold your breath, how to find neutral buoyancy and how to make your air last longer.
Underwater Skills & Safety
How to Ascend Safely: Ascent Rate, the Safety Stop and Surfacing
Ascent speed, the 3-minute safety stop and how to surface without drama.
Underwater Skills & Safety
What to Do If… Mask Fogs, You Run Low on Air, Lose Your Buddy or Hit a Current
Calm, practical responses to the most common underwater problems.
Underwater Skills & Safety
Ocean Etiquette for Divers: Don't Touch, Don't Feed, Don't Take
Don't touch, don't feed, don't take: how to protect the reefs you came to see.
Underwater Skills & Safety
Dangerous Marine Life for Divers (and the Truth About Sharks)
The creatures that actually injure divers are small and stationary. The truth about sharks.