Mark Newman has more sage scuba diving advice in this weeks scuba basics. Following in from his first video https://youtu.be/qr8iY4Xrxs0 we have 25 More Top Tips That Will Make You A Better Scuba Diver.
So if you are a newly minted open water scuba diver looking for some hints and advice. Or you're just coming back into diving and need a bit of a scuba refresher, this is the video for you.
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25 More Top Tips That Will Make You A Better Scuba Diver
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0:00 Introduction
0:50 VISUALISE THE DIVE
1:57 THINK: WHAT IF?
3:34 DON'T TOUCH
5:13 DON'T USE YOUR INFLATOR
6:48 SWIM BACKWARDS
8:34 PREPARE YOUR SPOOL
10:53 HOW OFTEN DO YOU SERVICE YOUR REGS?
11:48 READ A MAP
12:52 CHECK YOUR INSURANCE
14:31 LEARN YOUR SAC/RMV
16:48 PICK A GOOD DIVE CENTER
18:20 PREPARE YOUR MASK
19:52 BUY YOUR OWN COMPUTER
21:11 PRESSURIZE YOUR GEAR
22:51 LOOK FOR THE LITTLE THINGS
24:35 LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BOAT
25:50 PRACTICE YOUR SKILLS
27:24 SWIM AWAY FROM THE REEF
28:36 DON'T HOLD ON TO THE LADDER
29:40 EAT WELL
30:44 DO SKILLS OFF THE BOTTOM
31:58 THERE'S NO ONE RIGHT WAY
33:26 KEEP YOUR MASK ON
34:17 BE HONEST
35:43 LOOK AFTER YOUR HEART
If you missed episode 1 you can see it here https://youtu.be/qr8iY4Xrxs0
Great information.
Myself and most divers I know are nomadic. Just live out of a backpack. I don’t have room even for a dive computer..
It would be great to talk about gear with just renting. The overwhelming dives I have been on, has been with everyone having rented gear.
I’m going on a liveaboard soon to Egypt so my perspective may change
I’m a pissed off dragon. 😂 thx
Thank you sir.
Realistically what caliber of BCD would you recommend for a first bcd. Being an average recreational diver? With all the options out there it is really hard deciding. And of course the dive shop wants to sell me the best scuba pro package there is. 😅😅
I’ve eaten fire coral. Its awesome 👌
Whilst
Started diving in 1977, been an instructor, dive master, and support for frightened first-time divers. So may I politely suggest using the term air instead of gas when addressing points for beginners.
For tip 3, as a diver, you shouldn’t touch anything. Not because it may hurt you, but most importantly because you’re more than likely to hurt marine life (or worst case irreparably damage it)
“You cannot literally bring two of everything” -> sidemount divers all just smirked, I think?? :)
I thought they were all good except the PADI dive center/resort rating with is not accurate there is no 2, 3 or 4 * PADI dive resort only PADI dive center or 5 * dive resort as far I know and basically you pay to receive those ratings.
thanks for the helpful video
Insurance-wise, I just recommend straight up DAN dive insurance. They’re the absolute best to deal with in case of an accident. Calling DAN will generally give you all the most relevant information for your area.
Pro tip: do not poo in your wet suit.
Focus is of the utmost.
Is the Deep Diver course a good choose as a specialty in advanced?
As mentioned, your insurance may not cover an accident if you exceeded your formal training. Even though you may have several dives with experienced people.
Thinking about SAC rates, one thing I’ve found recently, since using Subsurface software is that having an air integrated computer gives you a ton of info about your consumption that is really useful in improving your gas management skills, and really is a window into how I dive that I hadn’t seen before. I was kind of heartened to see that my SAC rate isn’t that bad, and also has improved quite a bit since I first returned to diving. Nice :)
I spent over 8 hours using toothpaste on my atomic venom mask. It still is susceptible to heavy condensation. Any tips? Thanks for sharing this great content! Safe diving!
Baby shampoo
I use baby shampoo every dive just a drop and a quick swill … ready to go
I’m always learning new ways to dive better and safer. I never thought about looking over things to identify the dive boat. I’ve never had a problem over my dive career, but I’ll add that to my check list now. Good suggestion.
Amazing video with lots of useful tips for every new diver! I believe everyone can learn something new from everyone on every dive!
Coming back to diving after a few years and these tips – along with those in the original video – are very handy reminders for us non-pros. Thanks
And stay hydrated!
I’ve just watched three different channels and seen you on all of them . If you can get on to divers ready, you will complete all four of my diving subscriptions!
Ha ha, watch this space, as James and I are planning to try and get together for some dives, etc, as soon as we can.
I really liked several of the topics. I know I won’t be grabbing the boat ladder wrong anymore. Lol
One extra tip: Test out your octo second stage occasionally. I like to do it at a safety stop…make sure it works, breathes okay, comes loose from its holder etc. Too many people never test out their safety gear…
On my Open Water Referral, first exercise – kit assembly, having just test breath the regulator:
Instructor: “Now not everyone bother to test their octo”
Me presses the octo purge button
* Loud noise, octo freeflow *
Yeah, I think I’m going to be one of those that tests the octo every time. 😄
@Katie Chan Part of buddy checks as I was taught them is (a) reg in your mouth, (b) gauge in left hand, and (c) right hand on the octo. Breathe in, watch gauge, and press purge simultaneously… while keeping one eye on your buddy to make sure they did all 3 too. So I’m right there with you. That said, don’t forget to actually pull a breath from it, not just purge it. You might discover it needs maintenance that way, I believe.
Very sound advice. I’ve only had to do a real buddy assisted ascent once (a free flow at about 20m) and my buddy’s octopus mouthpiece was perished – got air but it was quite unpleasant especially when stressed.
I found this useful, but I really had to get past the commercials. There were lots of ads in this one.
I wish I could get a few minutes to get in the zone before getting into the water. Usually with a group it’s suit up jump in go here go there get out ….repeat
please don’t touch the coral
Do you as an instructor honestly telling me that I get better training parallel to how many stars the center has?
Too many ads! But still good.
YouTube picks the number of ads, but its what helps us create new content.
Thanks for having longer content and covering the points thoroughly
Great video!!!!!!
The mental part is to me really important. Usually all the folks on the boat have been to that place a bunch of times and can just plop in. I have driven 14 hours then had to get up super early to go to a spot I have never been before. I know some folks will say “suck it up” but I am still getting to that point. Standing over the stern of a boat with 80 pounds of gear on your back and over 100 ft. of water always gets the pulse going.
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29:15 so smart 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
+Fishing Exchange glad you agree
@Scuba Diver Magazine The best thing is that you are delivering a real diver experience and that’s way better beyond the reference books and guidelines! 👌🏽
Love both videos. Thank you! Could you please add more tips for cold water diving and shore diving. You videos did have some and they are much appreciated. Also, how exactly do I prepare my mask before dives? Thanks again!
+katiazumba it’s in the video list
Tip 26: install ad blocker
ad blocker = less funding to make new content to watch
Scuba Diver Magazine I’d literally rather send you some money directly than the frequency of ads throughout the video.
I believe you should benefit financially from your content but I have 13 ads in this video, I think that’s excessive. Maybe you could test on audience retention showing ads up front only versus every few minutes during.
All good points – my favorite is the honesty part. If a diver slides on the truth just once, the other divers will eventually find out and view that diver through lens of suspicion. My one piece of advice to new divers is to keep that regulator your face no matter what! I was with a dive group a year ago when one diver had a problem, panicked and spit the mouthpiece out. Fortunately someone was near the diver, provide rescue efforts and get to the surface. I tell new divers, (only two years of diving myself but 66 years of life in my back pocket), that I don’t care if a manatee is trying to give you wet sloppy kisses or if you suffer a panic attack deep down in the water column, “You bite down on that mouthpiece and keep it in your face! Someone will come help.”
excellent video!
Thank you very much!
Good reminders even for experienced divers
Having practiced as an emergency response person it warms my heart that you encouraged people to be aware of their hearts. Thanks so much. 👌💗
Hey Drake Learning, glad you enjoyed the video.
Another top tip, if going on a dive trip with friends / buddies, is to try to split up your “spares” between people. In a group of say 4 divers doing a week on a liveaboard, you don’t each need a spare regulator, but one spare between four of you, might just save one persons dive! Lots of divers have older kit that gets relegated to their spares box, and this kit, could certainly come in usefull. Whilst not perhaps being a shiny and up-to-date as your regular £600 second stage, that old one, the one that saw 5 years of trouble free service before you got reg envy and replaced it with the “latest thing”, that old reg makes a perfect spare!
Great advice.
One of my top tips is actually to do with what you do when you are not actually in the water, and that is “organise your storage / carry bags”. No matter if you are diving from a boat, or from the shore (potentially out of a car boot!) then having just the right kit, when you need it, without loosing it (especially amongst other divers gear) really makes the difference between a enjoyable, stress free dive and one that could be more stressful. I tend to compartmentalise things into strong waterproof zip lock bags, and then store all those subbags into one or two waterproof day bags. In this way, you know where everything is, and stuff you leave behind (esp on a boat) will not get lost (fall into the bilges….) or wet, or damaged. I typically use a caribiner or spare bolt snap to actually clip my waterproof bag to some part of the boat,like a hand rail, or rope or something (make sure the operators aren’t going to need the thing you clip too, so don’t clip to a lifeboat/lifering or anchor line etc!!!). When you hall youself out of the water, dripping wet (and probably a bit cold if in the UK), you can access everything you need, from where you left it, straight away! The smaller the boat and the larger the number of other divers diving with you, the more important this becomes……….
And make a “ritual” of donning your gear: the routine will make sure you don’t forget anything.
Sage words of wisdom.
Can someone summarize the video? He’s a nice guy but he talks a lot :)
No
It’s all about how much you want to learn..
YES. Do these things and you’ll be a better diver.
By the way: the abundance of commercials would be less annoying if they didn’t always start in the middle of a sentence. I watched until the end, though. Lots of good advice.
I finally paid the money to get you tube premier. Well worth it, I don’t miss the commercials at all.
YouTube inserts the commercials not us, although yes I know how annoying they can be.
#26: Pick up any plastic you come across under water.
I’d say trash in general, but agree that plastic is what we find the most!
Christos ZS Right, I once even found a kitchen lamp – in the sea! 🤔
@Leopold Bloom Yeah, sometimes i’m just like “People!! Whyyy??!”. But i get no reply…
@Leopold Bloom maybe they were looking for a midnight snack!
I found a full size water cooler bottle. It was quite impressive!
Cool tips! Thank you. I think, your vdeos deserve much more likes and comments.
Glad you like them!
Another great video! As a new diver with only 4 dives, I appreciate the tips. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed!
Welcome to the club! Stay safe out there!
Awesome! I can really appreciate the longer content, seems like there’s a huge push these days to keep videos short. 🤔
Definitely!