Great Dive Destinations

Archive for October, 2009

Scuba diving is nothing but an awe-inspiring and breathtaking activity. It allows you to see the beauty of the underwater world. It allows you to have great experience on the world beneath. But along with all the marvelous experience you will get as you dive in the water is the fear of having muscle cramps underwater.

Muscle cramp is every scuba diver’s enemy. This involuntary contraction of your muscles is a result from overexertion or poor physical condition. Cramps lasts for a few seconds to minutes distracting every divers close encounter to the oceanic world. Aside from distraction they can also lead to further underwater anxiety and even drowning.

So, therefore, necessary precautions must be taken by each scuba diver out there in order to prevent the occurrence of muscle cramps in the water.

Before going on diving, be sure you have done stretching exercises. Stretching will help you to prevent muscle cramps underwater. You have to prepare your muscles before you take a dive. Remember that underwater temperature is extremely low which attracts muscle contraction. So you need to warm up your muscles before you take a dive.

Drinking alcohol is always a big NO for divers. Alcohol utilizes anaerobic metabolism. In anaerobic metabolism is a type of cell metabolism in which our body uses carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen, lactic acid is the end product of anaerobic metabolism. And lactic acid promotes muscle spasms in our body. So if you are planning to take a diving, make sure you have been alcohol free for the past 12 hours if you don’t want to experience muscle cramps underwater.

Drinking plenty of water at least 3 liters a day. Studies have shown that dehydration is also one of the greatest causes of cramps.

Eating a lot of potassium source foods will help you prevent develop muscle cramps. Bananas are the richest known source of potassium. Potassium is known to inhibit muscle contractility and spasms.

Another great outdoor activity that I enjoy doing these days is gardening and I use my favorite Toro lawn mower parts. I usually buy Toro lawn parts at my favorite mower parts store, their products are simply the best.

Our diving trip to Cozumel with National Diving Center, Washington DC and dive masters from Dive with Martin – Cozumel.

On an amazing day in October, to be exact October 11, 2009, the Scuba Diver Girls went out on the Lois Ann with 15 amazing Scuba Diver Girls and SDG Guys and dove the Ruby E. The visibility was incredible, the fun the beyond fantastic!

Me and my friend Jon went Scuba Diving on our trip to Laganas, Greece. Here’s a rip of the DVD from our dive.

www.scubadivergirls.com We chartered the Lois Ann and filled her up with Scuba Diver Girls and their friends! Our first dive was to the Mighty Yukon! She lies on her side and is making a beautiful home to marine life! We lucked out with the best visibility and we all had a ton of fun! Scuba Diver Girls would also like to thank Aqualung for letting us try out the SOL AFX wetsuit! It kept SDG Margo nice and toasty!

Scuba Diver Girl Stephanie and Scuba Diver Girl Margo head out to dive with Diver Duncan in La Jolla Cove on another wonderful day. Looking for fun stuff and fish to share with all of you. Hugs & Happy Diving!

underwatersports.com Underwater Sports Seattle Scuba Diving is the best scuba diving training facility in the country. Underwater Sports located at 10545 Aurora Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98133 can train you how to scuba dive. The video was produced by Annie Crawley of www.diveintoyourimagination.com Underwater Sports Seattle has been teaching scuba diving in the Pacific Northwest for more than 50 years. Underwater Sports also has one of the largest instructional teams you’ll find in any store …

John and Rambo travel to Cape Town in South Africa to take a crash-course in Scuba diving; in order to dive in the ocean with Great White Sharks. Five / Objective Productions, 2004

Alex and I went scuba diving just off Lembongan Island in Indonesia whilst on our world tour. This was our first attempt at scuba diving hence the gracelessness of us in the water. Note: This is a higher quality version that the first one that was uploaded! Enjoy

Scuba diving & snorkeling in the Okinawan islands was unbelievable. There was colorful coral, many fish, eels, cuttlefish, and even manta rays. There are also hammerhead sharks and an ancient underwater city ruin that’s still a mystery. We went to Tokashiki, Zamami, Ishigaki, Taketomi, Iriomote and Okinawa itself. Watch these adventures of the marine world. You will want to become a scuba diver too.