scuba
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
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If you’re feeling especially adventurous, you can day trip in a rented 4×4 or ATV into the spectacular Þórsmörk Valley, then scuba dive with Arctic Adventures in Silfra, a glacier-fed fissure with some of the best underwater visibility in the world.
Anyone planning to use a sea scooter to dive with oxygen should have proper training and scuba certification.
Best underwater scooter for safe and fun aquatic adventures | Irena Collaku | July 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFor years, my best friend, who loves the ocean and is a certified open water scuba diver, has been trying to convince me to go on a trip with her.
This was the 1950s, before scuba gear was commercially available.
Protecting the world’s vanishing coral reefs | Ari Daniel, PhD ’08 | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIf you tend to do more snorkeling than scuba diving, look for a fin with an adjustable heel and short blade.
The best scuba and snorkel fins for divers of all abilities | PopSci Commerce Team | January 25, 2021 | Popular-Science
The Oculus Rift is a wearable headset that goes over the eyes like a clunky pair of scuba goggles.
Welcome to Oculus XXX: In-Your-Face 3D is the Future of Porn | Aurora Snow | October 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor me, as a scientist, it all began in 1953 when I first tried scuba.
‘Mission Blue’ Warning: The Ocean Is Not Too Big to Fail | Sylvia A. Earle | August 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAccompanied by a guide, viewers can snorkel or scuba dive to the sculptures for an up-close look.
Artist Jason deCaires Taylor’s Underwater Sculptures Are a Sight to Sea | Justin Jones | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTScannon found his calling while on a scuba diving trip to Palau, a group of small islands near Japan.
Will These Men Ever Come Home? The Search for Missing WWII Pilots in “Vanished” | Jordan Michael Smith | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf I were on a desert island I would love to have a scuba diving kit.
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Revealing Reddit AMA: On Julian Assange’s Letter and Fame | Marlow Stern | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWatch the scuba diver hand feed giant turtles, sting rays and even the menacing moray eels in the Hawaiian Reef Tank.
Oahu Traveler's guide | Bill GleasnerWhen he's wearing his scuba mask, he's practically a self-contained submarine.
Anything You Can Do ... | Gordon Randall GarrettHis scuba was the type that combined the breathing apparatus with the full face plate.
The Wailing Octopus | Harold Leland GoodwinWhen he's wearing his scuba apparatus, he's practically a self-contained submarine.
Anything You Can Do | Gordon Randall GarrettThe speedboat was there, and so was the scuba cart, but the rowboat wasn't.
The Electronic Mind Reader | John Blaine
British Dictionary definitions for scuba
/ (ˈskjuːbə) /
an apparatus used in skindiving, consisting of a cylinder or cylinders containing compressed air attached to a breathing apparatus
(as modifier): scuba diving
Origin of scuba
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