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As your legs follow your upper body, straighten them out and point your toes.As you enter the water, exhale, then hold your breath. You might accidentally inhale underwater if you feel startled, but once you get the hang of diving it'll feel natural to hold your breath. The best wreck dive in the world, the SS Thistlegorm lies in the northern section of the Red Sea. As a popular day trip and liveaboard stop, it’s easily accessible from Sharm El-Sheikh. The wreck itself was a 420-foot (128-meter) British transport ship. Unfortunately, she met her fate in 1941 when she was sunk by a German air attack.

The spring has a commercially operated recreation, camping and dive park, and is located near Ponce de Leon. It is the largest diving facility in the state of Florida. It is a popular diving area both for experienced and novice divers, and Dive training is offered at the park. The cavern entrance is at 58 feet below the surface, and has an opening of 9' x 12'. The cave is accessible to 310 feet , further passage is blocked by a steel grate. Sipadan in Malaysian Borneo — Large biodiversity with 3000 species of fish and reef diving on a wall that descends 600m hurghada diving center into the ocean.

Covered in soft corals with an average of around 200 species of fish on each dive and almost 600 species of corals, it directly compares to Raja Ampat and the diversity shown there. Manta rays, a variety of sharks, pilot whales, dolphins and a plethora of macro life, the diving is outstanding. With an underwater volcano easily accessible beginning at 7 metres and dropping down to 30 metres at the largest vent opening, the variety of macro life is unbelievable. Soft corals cover the walls of the different vents and allows beginning to advanced divers to enjoy this unique dive location. This popular dive destination in the Pacific is a typical middle-aged island composed of ancient fossil-rich coral limestone atop a subsiding, extinct marine volcano. A fringing reef of healthy offshore corals forms an extremely large lagoon and many small shallow lagoons in its larger bays, and a few offshore subsurface coral mounts.

Plus you’re close to Cozumel if you feel like shaking things up. If you like wreck diving, the Corveta Ipiranga can be found at about 60 meters deep. An oasis for fish now, the wreck is still riddled with artifacts. It’s well preserved and makes a great addition to any dive in the area.

Find a pool where the depth of the water is clearly marked. In many cases there will also be a sign posted that specifies diving is permitted there. The PADI Open Water Diver course is flexible and performance-based, which means you progress at your own pace. Once you and your instructor feel confident that you've mastered a skill, you’ll move on to the next one. If you want to try the new skill a few more times, that’s okay too. The goal is for you to learn how to be a safe, confident diver and feel comfortable in the water.

In the Olympics or other highly competitive meets, many divers will have nearly the same list of dives as their competitors. The importance for divers competing at this level is not so much the DD, but how they arrange their list. Once the more difficult rounds of dives begin it is important to lead off with a confident dive to build momentum. They also tend to put a very confident dive in front of a very difficult dive to ensure that they will have a good mentality for the difficult dive. Most divers have pre-dive and post-dive rituals that help them either maintain or regain focus. Many divers rely on their coaches to help keep their composure during the meet.

Deep in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the entire country is built on coral reefs and has some of the best diving on the planet. Prices for accommodation and diving services are expensive, though, and currents can be strong on the outer reefs. There are over 300 diving sites around Malaysia scattered across many of the islands on the East Coast of the Peninsula and Sabah. On Ishigaki-jima, there are numerous dive sites surrounding the island.