Let's visit the Underwater world

Every traveler to the underwater world needs to known about scuba diving so that they can observe the extraordinary and amazing living organisms, natural corals and scenic beauties.
An experienced diver from Myanmar Treasure Beach Resort had this to say to MRTV-3 about his experiences.
Q: Could you please tell me how scuba diving became a hobby of yours?

***Before becoming interested in diving, my hobby was swimming. After diving for the first time, I began to appreciate scuba diving and since then it became a hobby of mine.

Q: Please, let us know about the feeling you get when you scuba dive?

***As we, all are born on land and live most of our lives on land, when you dive under the ocean where you can move freely and observe the movements of living things with their different kind of colourful designs. There is nothing to compare with this feeling.

Q: As an amateur diver, what should we do before practicing scuba diving?

***Firstly, we should snorkel or skin diving, which is a kind of breathing exercises using a snorkel. We will become familiar with snorkel by practicing snorkeling 10 to 20 feet from the surface of water while looking at the beautiful underwater scenery, marvel and the exotic fish in the water.
As the next step, we have to exercise with self-control underwater breathing apparatus. As we have lived our lives on land since the day we were born, thus, it is important to attend a training course so that we will be prepared for any danger lurking in the underwater world we don’t know off.
After having taken proper training, only then you will be allowed to go underwater world without any fear for your safety.
Q: What kind of signals do you use when you want to contact each other in the water?

***There are international set standards for signals used in scuba diving. First, we dive into the water and then gather in-group to wait for dive master’s command. Dive master points over his head with closed fingers. So other divers have to gather because of his signals. If it is all right, they make on “ok” sign. Then, dive master points his thumb downwards, which is the sign for diving. All the divers reply back by using the same sign.
Afterwards, the air in the BCD or control device is let-out so that divers can dive in the water. We must breath-in steadily in the water and if we see anything unusual or unique, we signal to each other by hand gestures or sometimes by sound. When we approach the features we are observing we must be careful not to get excited because they sense our presence. Therefore, they swim away and sometime even become hostile.
Depending on the depth you are diving you will find soft corals, which according to their life spans will be from soft to hard. You will find them in all sorts of colours and designs, beautifully created by nature. And yet, you will also curtness various kinds of fish, water-snakes, sea turtles in all sorts of forms and colours which will without any doubt, amaze you and leave you awe-struck. And the sight you are seeing is not a photo or an image on television, but you will be seeing living creatures face to face, and that will leave you exhilarated.
These corals take years to form. So when someone breaks them to take away as souvenirs they are destroying the fragile ecology. We want the beautiful and rare creatures from the underwater world to stay as they are for centuries to come.
If possible, we would like them to last forever, without losing their beauty. If we don’t want to see them destroyed, we must also help to prevent their destruction as well.
Let’s say that we have dived to a certain depth underwater and will be there 60 minutes or more, as we want to study the underwater world. If we happen to raise to the surface suddenly a condition known as the bends or decompression sickness occurs when nitrogen bubbles form in the blood. And these nitrogen bubbles can block the flow of blood and cripple or kill the diver. According to the decompression table, we have to rest every 10 feet, 20 feet or 30 feet, so that we can prevent the nitrogen from crippling or killing the diver. That is why it is very important to follow this procedure accordingly.
Thank you every much for giving us this interview.
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