Educational Scuba Articles

The ear is an incredibly important organ responsible for our hearing as well as our balance. Scuba divers do have to be careful to take good care of their ears …

It’s one of our passions here at Girls that Scuba; finding women who are making waves in the professional dive industry, and there is none quite like Richa Malik – a tech …

Anxiety in scuba diving, or in every day life, is a psychological state that can cause emotional and physical symptoms which can range from a quickened heartbeat to the paralyzing …

So you’ve booked your first liveaboard? You’re going to have the best time! And if you’re yet to book we suggest browsing through Divebookers or PADI Travel to find yourself a suitable one. So …

We first heard Amber’s story a few months ago when a video of her was shared to our Girls that Scuba group, and it was one of our most interacted posts. Scuba …

When a member of our GTS community came forward to talk about how she achieved her dream of scuba diving after being diagnosed with Non Hodgkin Lymphoma in August 2008 which …

First of all CONGRATULATIONS on starting (passing?) your Open Water! Welcome to the best club in the world! You’re struggling to clear your mask right? Donnnn’t worry! We’ve all been there – so much …

How often do you spend your dive looking at, or searching for coral? Coral reefs are the foundation of the marine environment but often get overlooked for flashy fish, tiny …

Ok, so what exactly is it NITROX? What is Enriched Air? Which one is better? If you’ve just started scuba diving you’ve probably heard the word Nitrox thrown around a fair few times now. But …

Decompression illness is a serious subject and one here at Girls that Scuba we talk about often. While every case of DCS is different there are some similarities between women who have …

We’ve seen 70% more of the world than you – a world you don’t even know exists, animals that you’ll never see outside of water. We are scuba divers, and here’s why …

Girls that Scuba contributor Jeanette Smith wanted to share her experience as a dive instructor, and tells us all the things she wishes she could say to her students. What do all you instructors …

Being able to scuba dive with manta rays is on most people’s bucket list, but these interactions are becoming harder to obtain as mantas become vulnerable to extinction. Thankfully, there are scuba stars out …

Well, hello there fellow scuba addict. Are you looking for a diagnosis or confirmation that you are indeed addicted to scuba diving? Let us help by talking you through 10 tell-tale …

If anything has come from our women’s scuba diving community over the first few months, it’s that the world is full of inspiring women who not only care about the ocean, but …

Every now and then here over at Girls that Scuba we come across inspirational ladies that are aboutsely rocking the underwater world, and as proud as we are to have …