DIVE IN


AND SCUBA WITH PADI


PADI is the world’s leading scuba diver training organisation with more than 6,600 dive centres, 128,000 individual PADI professionals who have issued more than 28 million certificates around the world


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ADI Divemasters and PADI Diving Instructors are in great demand to work on superyachts with many superyacht owners requiring their


deckhands and stewards to have at least a basic PADI diving certification so they can buddy-up with them on fun dives.


Crew can gain their certification at hundreds of PADI Dive Centres throughout the Mediterranean, opening up a world of opportunities to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle, travel the world, seek adventure and scuba dive at some of the best dive sites the Med has to offer - all whilst earning a great salary.


PADI® is the world’s largest and most popular diver organisation and, in this edition, we dive in with them to discover some of the scuba diving gear you’ll use in your diver certification journey.


KNOW YOUR DIVING EQUIPMENT We all use scuba diving equipment each time we dive, but do we really know the names of each part of our gear? Maybe you only know the acronym (BCD) or slang (occy) names for certain parts of your gear? Besides, we all know that diving is full of acronyms and shortened terms!


Whether you’re looking to purchase your first set of gear, want to learn more about your equipment or if you just don’t want to mispronounce anything, here is a basic guide of scuba diving equipment for beginners, so listen up.


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Being divers, the majority of us have come across or regularly wear a wetsuit. But have you ever heard other divers refer to their wetsuit with a different term? Some refer to their wetsuit as a ‘wetty’ (slang for wetsuit), ‘steamer’ (long wetsuit) and ‘shorty’ or ‘spring suit’ (short wetsuit). Despite what you call yours, wetsuits are essential for protecting your skin and keeping you warm while you are diving down into the deep blue.


BUOYANCY CONTROL DEVICE Most divers refer to their Buoyancy Control Device as their BCD or BC for short. Much like the name, this piece of equipment is crucial to any diver’s buoyancy and essential to have when diving. With practice, your BCD will help keep you neutrally buoyant (well, that’s the goal) as you either inflate or deflate air into your BCD. Some divers even use an integrated weight system that has pockets to hold their weights (this will minimise or eliminate you having to wear a weight belt).


REGULATORS


While most divers have only heard the term regulator during their diving course or in conjunction with ‘don’t forget your dust cap’, this piece of equipment is essential to any dive. Your first stage is actually used to attach your primary second stage to the cylinder valve and reduce high-pressure gas to breathable pressure. Your primary second stage is the regulator that you put in your mouth which then allows you to breathe underwater.


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