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Focuses on the enjoyment of the sport of scuba diving during tropical vacations. Learning the basic rules of diving; Simplified courses offered at retail dive stores; Credentials needed at a dive resort; The best dive resort areas, including Aruba, The Bahamas, and Barbados; Scuba training and certification agencies.

Reports on the scuba diving courses approved by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. Duration of pool instruction; Teaching of basics of underwater sign language; Initial experience of the author on open-water ocean dive; Contact information.

Provides information on Dave Inman's Diver Unlimited, a PADI instructor facility. Details on the Professional Association of Diving Instructors'(PADI) Instructor Development Courses; Factors affecting a dive instructor's success in the professional side of the dive industry; Information on the facility; Details on the modules and levels available in the facility; Contact information.

Reports on the focus of the Divers Institute of Technology (DIT) in Seattle, washington, in training divers for commercial diving. Mechanical knowledge and experience as a prerequisite in diving; Goals of DIT; Job applications for graduate divers; Science of diving; DIT facilities; Underwater welding and cutting; Tools and equipment.

Features Divers Academy of the Eastern Seaboard in Camden, New Jersey. Commercial diving students; Student and industry referrals; Real life classroom in the Delaware River as biggest attraction of the academy; Expansion and renovation moves in 1995; Administrative staff.

Features Pro Dive, a company which offers graduate work training for dive instructors in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Location and facility; Staff; Career training; Master Scuba Diver Trainer course; Resort operations specialist; Job placement.

Features L'Aventure Cousteau, a series scuba diving programs organized by Jean-Michel Cousteau and the Agressor Fleet. Sail with Jean-Michel Cousteau; Project Ocean Search; Jean-Michel Cousteau Film Expeditions; Jean-Michel Cousteau Team Cruises; World Agressor Rendezvous; Jean-Michel Cousteau Data/Image/Video Bank.

Reports on the scuba diving training procedures at International Commercial Diving Institute (ICDI) at Wilmington, Delaware. Dave Stoudt as ICDI's diving operations manager; Remarks on diving instructors; Availability of technical courses; Job prospects; Applicant qualifications; Availability of hands-on training.

Reports on sport diving education. Insight into a New Orleans Grand Isle (NOGI) award; Importance of dedication; Dissemination of Responsible Diver campaign; Availability of video programs for do-it-yourself divers; Remarks on diver certification agencies; Information on commercial diving schools.

Profiles The Ocean Corporation, a diving school operating in Houston, Texas. Characteristics of successful commercial divers; Categories of diving services; Equipment needed; Jobs categories for commercial diving; Description of the campus; Staff; Performance training; Advantages of graduates.

Features the Professional Diving Schools of Florida in Fort Lauderdale. Accreditation from the Professional Association of Diving Instructors' (PADI); Location; Course content; Total Immersion Program; Home Study Preparatory Course; Instructor Development Course and Instructor Evaluation; Employment; Contact information.

Features Bob Brayman's National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) International Diving Career Institute in the Florida Keys. Practice of having the graduating class teach the new instructor candidates; Matching skills with the needs of the employer; Positive responses of employers and employment rate; Course features; History of NAUI; Copyrighted learning system; More.

Discusses scuba diving from a boat. Access to dive ports; Planning ahead; Equipment planning; Deck courtesy; Taking the leap; Underwater tips; Ascending from a dive; Techniques for using a current line; Boarding techniques; Safety advice; Taking care of equipment.

The article narrates deep-diving experiences of the author. The author learned diving when he was serving the U.S. Navy. The diving dress is made of solid sheet of India rubber, covered on both sides with tanned twill cloth. One day his instructor Jake Anderson took the author and his friends into an open thirty-two foot boat and heaved a towline to a small torpedo boat. They were towed to calm spot in Narragansett Bay, near Fort Adams in Rhode Islands. The water was about fifty feet deep. He ordered the author to put on the diving suit and go for a dive.

The article discusses the S 250, a one-man submarine that can be operated by anyone, dive safely to 250 feet, stay submerged for an hour at a time and costs 12,000 dollars without extras. The submarine is from George Kittredge, who is a retired Navy submarine commander and producer of simple-to-operate baby submarines in Warren, Maine. It mentions Harold Jacobson, a professional diver based in Warwick, Rhode Island who operates a training school called Sub-Sea Inc. It stresses that the baby submarine could usher in a new era of travel, undersea exploration or even the development of undersea colonies.

The article explains that adult education classes on scuba diving are available for businesspeople at shops that sell scuba equipment, at beach resorts, and at the local community center. Lectures on equipment and technique are followed by the actual experience of wearing a neoprene jacket, compressed air tank, and mouthpiece. Recommended diving sites include the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland and the Grand Cayman Island.

The article offers information on miscellaneous topics including suba diving and exhibitions. The exhibition "Cologne Art Fair," will be held in Cologne, Germany from November 6-10, 1975. It advices readers to undergo training under a certified trainer, before attempting scuba diving. It also suggests several scuba diving training centers in the U.S., including National Association of Underwater Instructors, Professional Association of Diving Instructors, and Young Men's Christian Association.

The article provides the essentials of night diving that include preparation, equipment, and experience. Proper preparation is considered the best way to enjoy night diving along with ensuring the efficiency of the equipment to be used. Diving a site that divers have yet to explore is a good way to alleviate stress associated with night diving. In case divers lose track of their co-divers, they are advised not to panic, but should dose light against their chest to get attention.

The article offers information on safety measures for recreational deep diving. It says the first step is to plan how deep the dive is going to be. It says that the risk to have decompression illness (DCI) gets higher as the diver goes deeper into the water. It emphasizes the importance of checking the diving equipment and to secure one's self not to be taken away by the current.

This article explains the importance of training to cave divers. It identifies good training as the key to safety in cave diving. It advises divers to seek proper instruction through organizations such as the Cave Diving Group in Great Britain or the National Association for Cave Diving in the U.S. In addition, the article stresses the need to acquire the knowledge to use diving equipment properly to ensure safety.

The article discusses an underwater training facility for archaeology called Artifact Park which was constructed and completed in the summer of 2007 at Haigh Quarry in Kankakee, Illinois. The training facility along with the four-part training program was built to teach recreational scuba divers on the proper methods and techniques of underwater survey work.

The article discusses the essentials of scuba diving. To begin one's foray into this sport, he first needs to enroll in an Open Water Class to obtain a diver's certification. To ensure legitimacy, a person should choose a certification school affiliated with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. Basic equipment for scuba diving includes a mask, snorkel and fins. Divers can use the services of dive travel agencies in selecting a diving destination.

Presents information on shark-feeder programs offered in the Bahamas. Operators of the programs; Tips to distinguish male sharks from females; Activities included in the training programs. INSET: The Essential Gear.

Features information on the requirements for a scuba diving diving instructor in the industry. Identification of factors that affect getting jobs in the diving industry; Challenges faced in becoming a scuba diving instructor; Information on job requirements.

Profiles the scuba diving school, Pro Dive. Information on the school's staff; History of the institution; Details on the institutions location and training courses offered.

Features the Florida Diving Institute in Orlando for diving instructions. Diving experiences of owner Keith Mattson; PADI Instructor Development Course (DC); Post-graduate diving training; PADI Specialty Instructor courses; Accommodations for diving students; Kids Scuba Camp every summer; Scuba Safari trips; Contact information.

Reports on the promotion at the Florida-based Pro Dive Career Development (PADI) Center in which the 2,000th instructor candidate will receive $2,000 worth of PADI instructor continuing education classes. Praise for the center's method of instruction; Job placement program; Curriculum and professionalism of the people at the center.

Features the diving school Dive USA in Singer Island, Florida. Professional development; Environmental education; Emergency medical education; Aquatic imaging; Technical diving; Location and diving.

Features the Professional Association of Diving Instructors dive logbook Adventure Log 1000. Product features; Module varieties; Binder types; Cost; Contact information.

Reports on the Divers Unlimited Gold Program for dive instructors. Includes qualification to teach Medic First Aid courses; Specialties in the Master Scuba Diver Trainer course; Courses on resort instruction.

Features Curacao diving with the Peter Hughes Diving center. Description of the place; Services offered by Peter Hughes Diving; Contact information. INSET: Impressions of a dive travel veteran..