Scuba Diving Great Barrier Reef Australia by Neil Parris
Learning to scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, back in the year 2000. We had a 1 week training course including 9 dives on a liveaboard which moved between different reefs. Video includes parts of the PADI open water certification including navigation, removing mask. Lots of fish, turtles, corals and other amazing underwater life. Fran is wearing pink fins, and Neil has odd blue and green fins. The last two minutes show some library footage from Cairns Dive Centre.
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Wow! All that diversity of living things! So cool!
nice video..nice music!!
Generally it’s just normal air, though it’s filtered and the moisture is reduced before it’s compressed. so 80% Nitrogen, 19% Oxygen and 1% other.
Advanced divers can also specialize in enriched air (Nitrox) which has a higher oxygen content and allows you to dive for a little longer.
air cylinder*
Does the tank just contain pure oxygen or…?
Beautifu!
aw i want a go my biggest wish is 2 become a marine bioligist wen i grow up xxx
Id love to be an instructor, it must be one of the best jobs in the world.
that depends on a number of factors:
1) how big your tank is
2) how quickly you breathe (which can be quite quick for beginners)
3) how deep you go
A typical recreational dive is of the order of 30 to 45 minutes.
how long does the gas tank last?
WOW that water looks pristene.
6:32 blue spotted sting ray!!
I got my Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification right before I turned 14…
I first got certified a few months before I turned 12.
When you do Advanced, I recommend doing Enriched Air and dry suit with it. You get a reduced cost with the nitrox.
god damn that looks like fun
i love the water
hi, thanks, is there any good dives at 12 metres
Went scuba diving for the first time a couple months ago, now im hooked I’m going for my certification soon!:)
No more than 21 meters in this video.
ffs! i cant wait to be a marine biologist…
If there was more scuba diving and less wars there would be less suffering in the world
hi i am doing my junior course in 1 week, and im just wondering how deep are you in the video???
oh man it’s like my life ambition to go scuba diving,
In fact, the biggest risk of the bends if for very advanced divers that dive very deep (like 100m/300ft), and are required to do decompression stops during their ascent to reduce the nitrogen.
This is beyond the PADI Open Water certification whict most divers have.
Yes and no. What you’re describing is what’s called “The Bends” where the nitrogren in your blood stream can turn to bubbles if you don’t ascend correctly. A big part of the PADI training describes the procedures you should follow that would prevent this happening, e.g. using a dive computer or dive tables to plan your dive.
If you’re doing simple shallow recreational dives like this, and following the (very conservative) rules then the chances of getting the bends are very small indeed.
I’m always scared to scuba dive because I heard if you come up to fast it can make bubbles in your blood and you die, is that true?