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Scuba Diving Terminology

All the most common terminology explained.
Nudibranch
A definition of the scuba diving term - Nudibranch.
Air
A definition of the term air as it's used by scuba divers.
Buddy Check
Definition of the scuba diving term 'Buddy Check'
Buddy
Definition of the scuba diving term 'Buddy'.
Buoyancy
A definition of the scuba diving term - Buoyancy.
Caisson Disease
Definition of the scuba diving term - Decompression Sickness, also known as DCS, The Bends, or Caisson Disease.
Cenote
Definition of the scuba diving term 'Cenote'
Decompression Sickness
Definition of the scuba diving term - Decompression Sickness, also known as DCS, The Bends, or Caisson Disease.
Decompression Table
Definition of the scuba diving term 'Decompression Table'
Enriched Air
A definition of the scuba diving term - Nitrox. Also know as Enriched Air and EANx.
Fun Dive
The meaning of the term fun dive.
Liveaboard
Liveaboard can be used to describe both a dive excursion and a type of boat. A dive trip of at least one night is generally called a liveaboard. Liveaboard dive trips usually last from 3-14 days and involve staying on the boat for the duration of the trip while making up to 5 dives a day. The term is sometimes used to describe the boats that are used for these trips.
Martini Effect
A definition of the scuba term - Martini Effect. Also know as Martini's Law.
Martini's Law
A definition of the scuba term - Martini Effect. Also know as Martini's Law.
Nitrogen Narcosis
A definition of the scuba term - Nitrogen Narcosis. Also commonly known as Rapture of the Deep and Gas Narcosis.
Nitrox
A definition of the scuba diving term - Nitrox. Also know as Enriched Air and EANx.
Partial Pressure
Definition of the scuba diving term - Partial Pressure.
Safety Sausage
Definition of the scuba diving term - Surface Marker Buoy (also known as a Safety Sausage).
Safety Stop
Definition of the term Safety Stop.
Surface Marker Buoy
Definition of the scuba diving term - Surface Marker Buoy (also known as a Safety Sausage).
The Bends
Definition of the scuba diving term - Decompression Sickness, also known as DCS, The Bends, or Caisson Disease.

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