Guide To Dive

The First Steps To Diving…
Once you have decided that diving is worth a look, the next step would be to get a feel for it. To test the waters, so to speak. My first step was the PADI Open Water Diver certificate course, which basically prepares you to dive up to a depth of 60 feet unassisted in open [...]
Learning to Dive
Some time back, a friend of mine was surprised to find out that scuba diving could actually be taken up as a profession and that there were even certifying agencies for the sport. This propelled me to write this post, which is basically a very minimalistic guide on just a few of the agencies that certify scuba [...]
Would You Like To Dive?
We stay on a planet where 70% of the surface is covered by the oceans, and a little over 1% by lakes and rivers. Some of the world’s most extensive bio diversities and breath taking landscapes lie beneath the waves. And diving’s no rocket science! It’s like driving a car. Scary maybe, when you [...]

The Best Dive Job In The World February 24, 2011 The Best Dive Job In The World Posted by Mritunjai 1 Response Best Dive Job Tagged with: Bali, Best Dive Job, Blue Season, Dive Journal, Scuba Diving It has been a while since I have been working on my entry for The Best Dive Job In The World contest that is being hosted by Blue Season Bali. And it has been great so far! What started as a small post on their contest blog soon expanded into a body of work [...] Full Story	Why Would A Manta Smile? December 18, 2010 Why Would A Manta Smile? Posted by Mritunjai 1 Response Conservation Tagged with: Manta Ray, Manta Watch, Marine Conservation, Scuba Diving Found across the globe in warm temperate oceans, these beautiful giants (averaging12 feet across) neither bite nor sting and have a gentle disposition. Manta Rays (or Manta birostris) are one of the ‘big’ reasons that make diving so much more fun. The largest known Manta was measured at 25 feet across and weighed 2,300 kilograms! I wonder [...] Full Story	Jacques Cousteau December 14, 2010 Jacques Cousteau Posted by Mritunjai 1 Response Dive History Jacques Cousteau was a man who loved diving, loved the oceans and worked throughout his life to create awareness about the rich heritage of our planet, marine ecology. In 1942, along with Émile Gagnan, he designed the Aqua Lung, which became the foundation for the modern open-circuit scuba technology. In 1943, he used it to make [...] Full Story
Dive Trip to Goa – Day 3 and 4 November 20, 2010 Dive Trip to Goa – Day 3 and 4 Posted by Mritunjai 2 Responses Dive Journal Super excited on day 3, day for my first open dive. Got a lift from Venkat to the jetty, where the boat was waiting for us. When rest of the guys arrived, we all loaded into the boat along with our scuba gear and started for the Grand island. It takes almost an hour to [...] Full Story	Dive Trip to Goa – Day 1 and 2 November 18, 2010 Dive Trip to Goa – Day 1 and 2 Posted by Mritunjai 2 Responses Dive Journal The class was to start at 10 in the morning, so caught a bus to Calangute and had breakfast at a small inn there. This was half way to Sun Village, also had the closest ATM I knew then. I had paid half of the course fees at the time of registration and was supposed [...] Full Story	Dive Trip to Goa – Day 0 November 16, 2010 Dive Trip to Goa – Day 0 Posted by Mritunjai 2 Responses Dive Journal After a weekend at Bangalore, I caught a 5:30 pm Seabird shuttle and reached Panaji at eight in the morning. And then there was the first incident of the trip – Getting down in a hurry, still packing up my backup I forgot to pick up my purse; which I had taken out to check [...] Full Story

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