Scuba diving is an incredibly exciting and rewarding activity and scuba divers are a privileged group. We have real life access to a world that others can only imagine from pictures and second hand accounts and we also have a responsibility to the oceans. Responsible diving is a part of the overall effort to protect the oceans as diving brings people in contact with marine life and as a result, divers become spokespeople for the marine environment they love.
Obviously, we don’t want to be the ruin of the beautiful oceans that we’re so fond of exploring. Unfortunately, some popular dive spots have become ruined over time because of poor management and irresponsible divers.
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We dove U-1105 today! 08/06/06
We just got back from this dive today. I live in Tappahannock, VA so this was almost a local dive for me.
We drove over to a Dennis’ river house at (near Coles Point, Virginia) he took his boat out to site. We were supposed to meet another guy at the site who had experience diving this sub. We had no problem finding the site and mooring to the mooring buoy (Blue and White and clearly labeled). We were there at 11:30am in time to dive at the recommended High, Slack Tide. Our contact never showed?
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Mask
A mask is worn by a diver to give clear visibility underwater. The human eye does not function correctly when water is touching it, it needs to be in air to see clearly. But goggles are not an acceptable piece of diving equipment as the diver needs to be able to exhale through the nose into the mask, either to equalise the pressure or to clear water from the mask.
Snorkel
It might seem strange wearing a snorkel when you are 30m deep, but it is a useful piece of gear when you are on the surface. In choppy water you can use this to save the air on your back!
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