scuba diving
Americannoun
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Origin of scuba diving
First recorded in 1960–65
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Let’s say my friends and I want to go scuba diving.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Tourism to the Philippines accounts for almost 10 percent of the country's GDP, mainly generated from people seeking sand, sea, surf and scuba diving.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
Her family are travelling to London to watch her play, then Tullis-Joyce already has a holiday booked to Barbados and the Dominican Republic to go scuba diving.
From BBC • May 15, 2025
It’s waterproof and perfect for underwater adventures like scuba diving.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024
And, perhaps most important, he would forever be known as the father of scuba diving.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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