My wife and I like to go scuba diving. Breathing underwater and relying on the breathing apparatus makes me a bit nervous, but it's so worth it
I have never been scuba diving, is it hard or complicated? Do you use oxygen?
Yah the compressed air is the SCUBA (self contained underwater breathing apparatus). You have to take courses before you can do it safely
Do you scuba dive commercially or recreationally?
Oh only recreationally. We go with guides. People have been diving underwater for ages, even in weird diving bells that trapped air from the surface in with you
Really? what else can you tell me about the history of scuba diving?
History of underwater diving
The history of underwater diving starts with freediving as a widespread means of hunting and gathering, both for food and other valuable resources such as pearls and coral, By classical Greek and Roman times commercial applications such as sponge diving and marine salvage were established, Military diving also has a long history, going back at least as far as the Peloponnesian War, with recreational and sporting applications being a recent development. Technological development in ambient pressure diving started with stone weights (skandalopetra) for fast descent. In
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba), which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater. Scuba divers carry their own source of breathing gas, usually compressed air, allowing them greater independence and freedom of movement than surface-supplied divers, and longer underwater endurance than breath-hold divers. Although the use of compressed air is common, a new mixture called enriched air (Nitrox) has been gaining popularity due to