Scuba diving is a great recreational sport where you get to explore exotic underwater locations either in the ocean or your favourite lake. The word scuba is an acronym that stands for self contained underwater breathing apparatus.
The scuba gear you'll need when you go diving:
Dive tanks - This is your air supply. They come in different sizes and shapes - and are made of aluminium or steel. You can rent or buy your dive tanks at one of the many diving outlets.
A mask - dive shops carry a variety of diving masks. Some are full-face masks while others just cover your eyes. You can even buy them with optical lenses.
Valves - regulate the air-flow from the tanks.
Gauges - there are many different type gauges you can get from the diving stores, such as depth, temperature, and pressure gauges.
If you are thinking of taking up scuba diving as a hobby you'll need to purchase or rent all the scuba gear mentioned above. You should also check out scuba certification. There are different levels of scuba dive certificat
