Vallarta Adventure offers daily tours to a vast array of dive sites in Puerto Vallarta allowing divers of all levels and experience the opportunity to explore the treasures of Banderas Bay.
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UNDERWATER EXPLORING...
Centuries of recorded history have shown that man has always wanted to explore the underwater world. Divers held their breath to dive for shells in the Mediterranean Sea as early as 4500 B.C., ancient Greek and Roman divers sought pearls, sponges, and shells, and divers in the Persian Gulf used goggles made of polished clear tortoise shell to see clearly underwater as early as A.D. 1300. In the early 1930's, Guy Gilpatric, an American diver, became one of the first to use rubber goggles with glass lenses. In the mid-1930's, face masks, fins, and snorkels came into use. In 1943, the first safe and simple independent breathing device for diving, the aqua lung, was invented by two Frenchmen, Jacques Cousteau, a naval officer, and Emile Gagnan, an engineer. Before the 1950's, only the highly skilled or the most adventurous dared to venture underwater. Today, the Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI) estimates that there are 6 million active divers worldwide. They dive to study underwater life, to take photographs, or simply to explore the strange and beautiful world beneath the surface of ocean. | | |
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DID YOU KNOW?
Scuba stands for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, a tank of air that allows divers to breathe while deep underwater.
Generally speaking, anyone in good average health and at least 12 years old can scuba dive.
Recreational divers breathe air, not oxygen. It's filtered to remove impurities, but otherwise, it's air like you're breathing now.
Statistics show that recreational scuba diving is about as safe as swimming.
"Never dive alone" is considered one of the most important rules in diving by experienced divers all over the world. | | |
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