SCUBA DIVING

Intro
Humans are able to have the opportunity to go under the ocean's surface and explore. Here is more about Scuba Diving.

ORIGIN

• Scuba diving first started in early Greece and Rome, people used to swim or dive while just holding their breath which is called free diving.
• “In 1942, during the German occupation of France, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Émile Gagnan designed the first successful and safe open-circuit scuba, known as the Aqua-Lung. Their system combined an improved demand regulator with high-pressure air tanks.”-Wikipedia

AQUA-LUNG

Bethany Farrell Death
“During 2006 and 2015 there were an estimated 306 million recreational dives made by US residents and 563 recreational diving deaths from this population.”- Wikipedia.
A young woman named Bethany Farrell died in February 2015 from a scuba diving accident in Australia. “BBC news” states that she got separated with her instructor Fiona McTavish and swam to the ocean surface in distress but could not stay afloat and they found her an hour later dead on the ocean floor.

SCUBA DIVING CERTIFICATION

• You have to go through a specific course, so people know you will make safe choices while under the ocean surface.
• You also have to be 10 and up.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN SCUBA DIVING

• You can also scuba dive in Lake Champlain;a large lake on the border of Vermont and New York.
• People have found things like sunken boats, mysterious rusty poles, and algae covered house ferries

EQUIPMENT (NEEDS)

• Mask
• Snorkel
• Fins
• Exposure suit
• Regulator
• BCD

SCUBA DIVING HAZARDS

• Natural disasters
• Blue-Ringed octopus
• Lightning and thunder
• Out of air
• Shark

Q & A
Question: What happens when you ascend too quickly while scuba diving?
Answer: It can cause nerve damage, paralysis, or even death.

Q & A
Question: What places are the most popular to scuba dive at?
Answer: Australia, Egypt and the USA are the most popular.