Joanna James
Being elated and even anxious as you are to embark on your first dive trip, ensure that your diving gear is well selected to meet your needs and you are quite comfortable in them. Don’t overlook the important elements required nor overpack in the process by paying attention to a few sound tips.
Having chosen your dive wear with the perfect fit gives you confidence as a first-time diver and lessens your level of anxiety. Pack your wetsuit which protects your body and diving fins, the accessory that helps your movements through the water.
An important item of diving gear affecting your comfort level underwater use one which gives you absolute confidence with strong tempered glass which can withstand the pressures of diving and has silicone skirting to provide leakage so that you don’t need to keep adjusting the mask. A good mask greatly assists in field vision when you are underwater.
Experiencing snorkelling is considered one of the best things to do in Maldives. This important element of diving equipment assists you in hovering weightlessly underwater as you observe a school of beautiful fish or other marine life close to you by reducing the energy you need to exert to maintain that position.
Continuing to breathe normally underwater is a pretty remarkable factor and this can only be maintained with consistency by using the regulator. This great piece of man’s creative invention carries the air from your scuba tank to you helping you to breathe whilst underwater and acts as a hub of your diving gear. So be selective when you acquire this important piece of diving gear.
Enabling you to breathe through your mouth as you are underwater near the surface the snorkel assists in air exchange between your lungs and the air over the surface of the water.
Being in the Maldives one must carry loads of sunscreen to protect the skin against the harsh tropical sun, this is so even when diving as you are exposed to the sun for many hours while out at sea on diving stints. Pack a waterproof and reef-safe sunscreen as often done by visitors at Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences.
Being underwater for many hours in the wetsuit can cause skin irritations whilst you also are exposed to stings of marine beings such as jellyfish as you enjoy the underwater world, take care by using a rash guard so that your enjoyment is not hampered.
Just as much as you must safeguard your skin from the harsh rays of the sun, take care to safeguard your eyes too by using a pair of sunglasses with adequate lens coatings which protect from UV rays for single vision as well as for progressive lenses.
This can be an item inseparable from your other diving gear as this gives you on-site dive information making you aware of the time and depth of a dive to enable you to be safe without taking undue risks.
It is foolish to believe that everything will be perfect when you travel, there can be minor cuts and bruises, food allergies etc that you encounter. This kit keeps you at ease as you have medication or even medicated plaster in case of that unexpected occurrence.
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