Buddy breathing
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Buddy breathing is a rescue technique used in scuba diving "out-of-gas" emergencies, when two divers share one demand valve, alternately breathing from it. Techniques have been developed for buddy bre
Scuba divers practicing buddy breathing technique during formal training
Scuba skills
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Scuba skills are skills required to dive safely using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, known as a scuba set. Most of these skills are relevant to both open-circuit scuba and rebreather s
Buddy breathing
…accompanies the diver closely enough for the pair to be able to assist each other in any reasonably foreseeable emergency. There are several ways that breathing gas may be shared between divers, and buddy breathing is the only one of them that only uses the most basic scuba equipment. Out-of-gas incidents most commonly occur due to poor gas…
The instructor monitors a trainee practicing diving skills.
Assembly of the scuba set – connection of the regulator to the cylinder valve
Pre-dive check before a surf entry
Stride entry or front step entry from a low dockside