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These are pretty cool!
Take a look at these new light weight underwater scooters for diving!
They come in 5 power options using Lithium-ion batteries.
The weights range, 8lbs – 10lbs, have a slim enough profile that will fit in your suitcase!
Hopefully this youtube link will show on the post- if not look it up under Bladefish—kind a cool, eh?
On Pemba Island , Zanz0nganzibar diving, East Africa is known as “The Evergreen Island” because of its lush vegetation and rolling countryside, also famous for its immense and dramatic blue water drop offs along with pristine coral reefs teeming with marine life of all shapes and sizes.
Pemba Island has the most spectacularly healthy reefs in East Africa, and has one of the top prolific reef systems in the world.
The walls and reef slopes are covered with coral. The enormous, healthy bommies and sea fans are surrounded by reef fish. You will see schools of chevron barracuda, yellow fin tuna, jacks and snappers. Giant groupers sit territorially on the reefs and most sites have a resident Maori wrasse.
The dive sites are stunning. Ribbon eels, fire dartfish and leaf-fish can be found on many of the reefs. The nudibranchs are a specialty; you will see them on every dive, and often the famous 30cm Spanish dancer!
Swahili Divers spares no expense in order to maintain safety, standards, and comfort.
The best Kervan Saray Beach is an adventurers’ lodge. The latest concept in Indian Ocean Island hospitality and underwater exploration, born from the dive company Swahili Divers, the Kervan Saray draws upon over a decade of experience of diving, anthropology and hospitality. While this hotel is the newest in Pemba Island, it houses the most experienced and long standing recognized dive centre in Pemba. What an awesome place to relax and recharge your batteries. Non- divers are most welcome too; kayak, cycle, bird watch, walk in the forest, visit coastal Swahili villages or do nothing, if you so choose.
The rooms are spacious, the facilities are very simple. Electricity is provided in the evenings and the water is bush solar heated. The costs of living and operation are high in Pemba, so a hotel of a similar price in Zanzibar would have more amenities. There are only 12 rooms, so you will receive personalized attention.
For those looking for spa type treatment, or doting care, Kervan Saray is not that place; this is more for adventurous type individuals looking for a small, more rustic taste of Africa.
You may like to finish your Pemba Island trip with a five day photo safari in the Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater!
Take care and happy diving!
Part of what you learn during your scuba diving classes is what the main causes are for divers to run low on air. There are many techiniques that will help you breathe efficiently and keep you from depleting the air from your tank. There are factors that may be beyond your control. For example, smaller divers use less air. If you’re larger than other divers, you’ll use more air. There’s likely plenty you can do to conserve the air in your tank so you can enjoy the experience of each dive more fully. The following strategies will help you conserve air.
More diving experience
New divers burn more air than experienced divers. Most experts think the reason is due to beginning divers being anxious in a new environment. Their heart beats faster; they breathe faster and as a result, deplete the air in their tanks faster. Dive more often to grow comfortable with being underwater for longer periods of time. With experience, you’ll likely find you’re less anxious and using less air.
Rest
When your body is tired, it requires more oxygen to function properly. When you’re scuba diving, your body will use the air in your tank more quickly. If you drink a lot of alcohol the night prior to a dive, you’ll find that your body needs more air than normal to feel alert and energetic. Drink more water than normal and rest peacefully the night before a dive. Your air will probably last longer.
Slow down
Beginner divers seem to be more excited when they first go underwater for their scuba diving classes. They race from one spot to another. However, the increased speed they use to propel themselves requires more air for their body to react. They don’t realize that the amount of air required is not proportional to the speed they swim. Increasing their speed 20% can require 40% more air. Slow down. Swim at a leisurely pace and you’ll extend the life of the air in your tank.
Streamline everything
You may be surprised by the things that can create drag while underwater. Keep in mind that an increase in drag causes you to use more energy. If you have items that are creating a drag, your body will need more air to swim the same distance. Try to streamline your body, leave unnecessary items behind, keep your pockets empty, using your arms to swim will cause you to uses twice as much energy and air. Kick from the hip with your legs fairly straight will keep you from doing a bicylce kick, which also costs more oxygen.
Take deeper, slower breaths
When you breathe shallowly, the oxygen doesn’t enter your bloodstream. So, even though it feels as if you’re getting the air you need, you’re not. Take deep breaths and let the air enter your lungs. This way you will release as much carbon dioxide as possible while maximizing your body’s use of the oxygen in your tank.
Now, with all this said, try not to think about any of it too much during your scuba diving classes …enjoy the scenery and relax!!!
There is nothing like the feeling of freedom of your first dive in warm, clear, tropical water. Scuba Dive Equipment allows us to swoop effortlessly through the water, not held back by the need to return to the surface. Although you scuba dive equipment is heavy and cumbersome on land, it loses its weight and doesn’t impede your movement while underwater.
Scuba diving is one of the greatest outdoor water sports. It is like discovering a whole new world. Once you learn, Scuba diving can become incredibly addictive because there are endless dive sites around the globe offering a variety of different environments. Every dive truly opens your eyes to the microcosms that exists. Our awareness of connectivity to them is critical to the survival and health of the undersea world.
Let’s go diving!
