Best Diving Knife

Recently I found out that many people need some initial advice on how to snorkel. Even though it seems to be a natural thing for anyone who has even a little experience, you need to follow a few simple steps before you start. Well, before you do it, you should persuade your other pessimistic self that breathing underwater and dipping your head for some considerable time in the water is not a scaring thing at all. When you are a little bit used to this new feeling, you discover that you forget about your unnatural surroundings.

Snorkeling

At first it feels a little frightening, but with each next dive you feel relaxed and confident. Proper diving equipment helps you to feel no discomfort in this situation. Then if you swim in salty water, your body floats on the water naturally, and you do not have to exert yourself to keep on the water. In Dead Sea, for example, you probably would not be able to drown at all. And fortunately snorkel and mask allows you to glide in the water as relaxed as possible, it can be likened to flying in your sleep. Still, fins help you to swim faster and control your movements in the water like a fish.

For a colder climate you may want to put on a wetsuit that protects your skin from freezing. If cold water is not the case, you may find a lightweight long sleeve skins that are both thin and stretchy. Or, like most people do, you do not add anything to your swimming trunks.

As far as mask is concerned, it should not leak, or should not leak much, otherwise  you have to take it off and get rid of water inside after each dive. It should not be tight or loose. Both tight and loose masks tend to leak and cause other problems, even damage to the skin, either by rubbing or pressing. Your mask should have a self-sealing valve on the top. Make sure the mouthpiece of your snorkel is comfortably located between your teeth, without any part pressing too much to your teeth.

Fins should be preferrably made of rubber, no hard plastic, please. Otherwise it may result in painful sores on your feet. I like simple fins that completely cover my feet.

Before going underwater you should test both mask and snorkel together, whether they fit and feel alright. Carefully position a small rubber strap that attaches your snorkel to the mask, so that the snorkel goes just above your left ear (or right ear, it depends on your preferences and left-handedness). Take a deep breath and bite your mouthpiece, then dip your head in the water. If you feel that your snorkel contains some water, you should exhale sharply to get rid of it in the snorkel shaft, it is called blasting.

It is a nice idea to have a buddy going with you or at least waiting for you onshore. In case of emergency you should be able to call for somebody’s help. That is why you should be careful about your diving and snorkeling gear.

Dreamworld comes true when you go into one of the best diving destinations from Mexico to Marshall Islands. You want to go deep into the see, to slide over fantastic schools of fish, in crystal transparent water, among pristine coral reefs and kelp forests.

Georgian Bay

You descend in still water that looks like air, you forget that you do not belong to this underwater world, you want to explore some sunken ship wreck, you swim into a haunted realm. Here at the Fathom Five National Marine Park, about thirty meters below the surface you see a deck of the Arabia, a nineteenth century schooner, with bubbles trickling in front of your face. You see masts, anchors, chains and a wheel stand that remained as such for centuries thanks to cold water that preserves it like a pharaoh chamber. You do not believe that this ship was sunken during a storm more than a century ago. This diving experience never really clouds in your memory.

After one adventure you want another, and as Vladimir Vysotsky sang about alpinists, if you want to find something better than mountains, you find out that it is only mountains. The same goes with deep blue waters adventures. When you experience this once, you want to explore more and more, and travel the globe in search of the most epic adventures. Different scuba divers have their own ideas of what characteristics the best diving sites should have. Some people believe that the farther the better, and you should fly and drive as many days as possible to get the best impressions. For example, to get to Wakatobi Marine National Park in Indonesia in 1990s you had to travel as much as three days, but despite this arduous journey you have one of the best diving experience, with Wakatobi’s prolific reef and coral system that you can find anywhere.

California Channel Islands

Other people would prefer to dive closer to their homes, like in California Channel Islands where kelp forests are unique, where harbor seals and sea lions frolic, and the bottom is covered with invertebrate life. These sights are enchanting and picturesque. You just swim in rays of light through the kelp forming a golden canopy.
Still other diving aficionados prefer adrenaline fueled adventures in wreck diving looking for World War II sunken vessels or gliding with whale sharks near Utila Islands in Honduras.

You do not want to forget your diving gear such as a diving knife or your underwater digital camera to take with you on your adventures.

To follow schedule and for safety reasons you have to wear a wrist watch that is reliable, water- and shock-proof, and is capable of showing time in darker conditions. In the field of luminosity watches the leader is a company Luminox that has many awards for its unique lumination system and durability.
Luminox Men’s 3001 Original Navy SEAL Dive Watch is a stainless steel watch that has a built-in Luminox self-powered illumination system, with its dial markers and hands glowing one hundred times more than a usual watch, and providing unceasing illumination for more than 25 years in a row!

Luminox Navy SEAL Dive Watch

It is also water resistant for more than two hundred meters (20 ATM) making it an option for a recreational diver. It has a black and large plate with a case of 1.7 inches in diameter and 0.4 inched thick. This wristwatch is topped by a ratcheting and unidirectional rotating bezel with 5-minute Arabic numerals as well as coin-edged detailing. Its black dial face is contrasted by white numeral markers and big white baton hands including a second hand, as well as date function located at three o’clock position. The set includes a black polyurethane diver’s strap that is very comfortable for your wrist. This watch also features a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective coating.

So what is unique in this watch? The most notable part is its luminosity system, with tiny self-powered micro gas lights (made with borosilicate glass capsules) that are embedded into the hands and hour indicators of the face of the Luminox Navy SEAL Dive Watch as well as on the turning ring. So there is truly no need for any external light to charge this watch, nor is there any necessity in pushing any button to light up the face as other electroluminescent watches feature.

Luminox is a company that was found by a creative forward-thinking individual, Barry Cohen who decided to use a Swiss self-powered illumination system to make watches more visible in low or no light conditions. He and his partner developed a unique illumination system that was later named Luminox Light Technology). The company name itself stands for Light for the Night – Lumi (Latin word for Light) and Nox (Latin word for Night). The Luminox company patented a cutting-edge technology for luminescence and readability for their innovative line of products.

We recommend you a Luminox Men’s 3001 Original Navy SEAL Dive Watch. You can buy this watch at Amazon online store: