Fun

Meet the Characters from Submerged

 

 

Go for a Virtual Dive in Alaskan Waters

Photos courtesy of Nice-Diver.
 

Play the Treasure Dive Game

 

Test Your Diving Knowledge!

 

For more diving fun, take the Scubish.com Ultimate Underwater Quiz.

 

Interesting Diving History:

• 1650: Otto von Guericke built the first air pump
• 1893: Louis Boutan invents the first underwater camera and makes the first underwater photographs.
• 1841: First documented case of decompression sickness occurs
• 1849: Pierre-Aimable de Saint Simon Sicard (a chemist) makes the first practical oxygen rebreather.
• 1948 – First archaeological excavation on scuba. Cousteau, Dumas, Tailliez, Alinat and five other divers excavate a Roman galley off Mahdia, Tunisia.

 

Great Diving Quotes:

• “The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.” – Jacques Cousteau
• “Scuba diving is itself a hazardous sport. To do it without any training is tantamount to playing Russian roulette with a loaded revolver.” – Robert F. Burgess

 

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