By Simon Andrew

Man by nature is not designed to breath underwater, and it has taken many years of experimentation for people to create stable, safe life support systems for us to do just that.

Nowadays, the underwater world is open to almost anyone, although it is recommended you have a basic medical first before undertaking any training.

Scuba diving is a multi-million pound leisure industry, and the range and style of equipment available publicly is vast. Should you wish, you can even customise your equipment with style and colour.

With a little special training, you too can experience life under the waves.

Many training agencies exist worldwide for people to gain the skills needed to dive safely.

You can even combine a holiday with your training. The choice of destinations with warm clear waters to dive in is huge. Typical destinations are Australia, The Maldives and Egypt; all are a haven for wildlife and an experience not to be missed.

Once your basic training is completed you are able to participate in any number of dives to wonderful destinations and dive sites. Divers trained to a basic standard however, are usually limited to the depth they can dive to.

You can extend your education beyond basic diving to many levels.

Learn more about advanced techniques that you would need for more challenging and deeper dives, how to cope in an emergency, or, how to train other people to dive too!

It is even possible now to capture memories from dives by using off the shelf camera equipment and housings for the cameras that are now a fraction of the price professionals would have paid just a few years ago. You can then share those memories with loved ones and friends in a variety of ways. The internet allows you to post your images online for all the world to see and comment on.

There are many resources on the Internet to find out more about scuba diving, including forums where people participate in a wide range of subjects from how to start to the very technical aspects of advanced diving.

I have been leisure diving for over eleven years and traveled to Egypt and South-East Asia on numerous occasions and even produced videos to promote tourism and diving in those locations.

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