SCUBA Basics
This piece of gear helps divers maintain neutral buoyancy underwater.
What is a BCD?
Where is the first dive location of the Spring 2025 semester?
What is Manatee Springs?
The Great Blue Hole, a famous diving site, is located off the coast of this Central American country.
What is Belize?
Clownfish form a symbiotic relationship with this type of sea creature.
What is a sea anemone?
You should pee in your wetsuit only in emergencies. (true/false)
What is false? (but maybe true...)
The depth limit for a basic Open Water Diver certification is typically this many feet.
What is 60 feet?
This is the local dive shop that Gator SCUBA recommends renting gear from.
What is Extreme Exposure?
This is Roger's least favorite local dive spot.
What is Blue Grotto?
Known as "the puppies of the sea," these curious marine mammals often interact with divers in San Diego.
What are sea lions?
Many people believe that sharks are the biggest danger to divers. However, this small marine animal is responsible for more diver injuries every year.
What is jellyfish?
This gas mixture contains more oxygen than regular air and allows for longer bottom times.
What is nitrox?
What is Dive Rite?
Gator SCUBA recently saw many turtles on a night dive at this Florida Keys wreck.
What is the Benwood Wreck?
This is Roger's favorite shark species.
What is a tiger shark?
Some people believe that touching coral is harmless, but even a light touch can cause this type of damage.
What is tissue damage?
This color disappears first as you descend underwater due to light absorption.
What is red?
This is one of the new dives the club is trying to organize this semester.
What are shark tooth dives or coral restoration?
This Florida Panhandle dive site features a 911-foot-long aircraft carrier intentionally sunk to form an artificial reef.
What is the USS Oriskany?
Some species of these fish use countershading, with a dark top and light bottom, to avoid predators.
What are sharks?
Many divers believe you need to go to the store to buy defog, but your body actually produces its own type of defog.
What is spit?
This gas law, which states that a gas's volume decreases as pressure increases, explains why divers must equalize their ears.
What is Boyle's Law?
What is K U T Y N A?
This Caribbean island is famous for its shore diving.
What is Bonaire?
This species of endangered sea turtle, named after its large head, nests along Florida’s beaches more than anywhere else in the U.S.
What is the loggerhead sea turtle?
People often think that diving with enriched air nitrox means they can dive deeper. However, nitrox actually limits depth because of this risk.
What is oxygen toxicity?