3 Safe Diving Steps from the Masters - All you need to know!

Now is the time to assess your feelings and see if you are truly ready for such an experience. How many times have you dived after you got your certification? If you're a beginner, then try to stay above sixty feet or so. If it isn't, then how deep have you gone on your previous dives? If you want to go for deeper dives, make sure to do it gradually.

Although it goes without saying that your diving gear needs to be in optimal condition, the gear should never be new. This isn't the time to try your gear for the first time and find out that the mask you are wearing fogs underwater, or where your inflate button is on your new gear. You need to be confident with your gear before you set out.

Asses the diving conditions. The depth of the dive isn't the only thing worth considering. For example, a one hundred and ten feet dive in the calm warm clear waters of the Caribbean can never be equal to a seventy feet dive in the cold currents of another place.

Now is the time to get yourself prepared for the dive. What do you need to do? First things first, fine-tune and check your weighting with your gear. This is required as you need the minimum possible weight when diving. Check out the air consumption and how much you will require. If you have any problems with your gear, this would be the ideal time to fine tune all of that too. In the Maldives, luxury villas, the likes of Kandolhu Maldives, offer diving as part of their excursions.

Now for the dive day. Make sure you are well rested and make sure to sleep in early the previous night. Fatigue could be your worst enemy during a dive. Another thing to make sure is that you are well hydrated. Dehydration makes you get tired easily and has been associated with an increase in DCS risks. And from the previous day onwards, limit your intake of caffeine and alcohol as both can lead to dehydration. Make sure to plan your dive properly and take into account the capabilities of the least skilled diver of your diving group. Do checks on your buddy. Also, it's a safe practice to know how to locate and use your buddy's alternate sources of air, weight release and BC inflator. Team effort is crucial!

Finally, once you have checked into all the things, it's time for you to decide. Sit down with your buddy and make the final 'to go' or 'not to go' decision. If this feels good, then do so and you will be rewarded with a truly incredible experience. However, this isn't some final decision, even if you're about to dive and you don't feel good about this, then you can always abort.