Safety for scuba diving

Dive only when in perfect shape mentally and physically.

Have a full medical check-up at least once a year, and take a course for a diving-certificate with a professional institution.

Only dive at least four hours after your last meal.

Personally check whether the diving equipment is in excellent conditions, whether the oxygen tanks have been tested, and whether the two distributors are made be a specialized company.

Check whether your equipment is complete ( tables for decompression and sub computer, depth-meter, knife and an adjustable vest ) before diving.

Don´t dive beyond 30 m of depth without assistance, and if you skip steps in decompression, take a pause of 5 minutes at 3 m of depth.

Dive in the company of another expert diver, and keep an eye on eachother constantly.

Inform family or friends of the location of diving, and of the time of return as well.

Plan your dive according to the timetables for decompression and use the right breathing techniques.

When diving indicate the spot with an underwater buoy ( and stay within 50 m from it) and if possible arrange the accompaniment of a divers’ vessel with divers’ flaf exposed and at least one person aboard who is able to intervene.

When going uo to the surface, do not overtake the bubbles you exhale.