Educational Scuba Articles

Girls that Scuba has not even celebrated it’s 2nd birthday yet and is already attempting to break records all over the world. Through the power of the female community we …

Gemma Smith is a scuba dive role model of our time – a technical diver, caver diver, Elite Instructor, PADI Ambassadiver, expedition leader, and the first woman ever to dive at the …

So you want to become a scuba diver! Welcome to the best club ever! We are so excited you want to join us and hundreds of thousands of other divers …

The first time you dive or snorkel with a manta ray in the ocean is a memory that stays with you forever!  These huge, inquisitive fish have a large brain …

It’s a topic that comes up a lot in Girls that Scuba: marine conservation project, how much they cost, are they worth it etc. As divers we are all fascinated by …

If there’s one question new divers ask our Girls that Scuba Community time and time again, it’s this one. From chlorine and salt water to spending hours in the sun, scuba diving …

At Girls that Scuba we aim to encourage and empower more women to start scuba diving and when we heard Belinda’s story about getting through hard times by starting to scuba …

Is it possible to learn scuba diving partially sighted? We talk to GTS member Hayley Kennedy to find out more! Scuba diving partially sighted I first thought about learning to scuba dive when I …

Technical diving is growing in popularity and it didn’t take long until it grabbed our attention here at Girls that Scuba HQ! But we had a lot of questions first and …

Girls that Scuba is just one years old (2017). We are new to the industry – yet have managed to make a big impact with our encouragement in female diving – so …

On Girls that Scuba we’ve heard it all; stories involving bodily functions, dive boat slip ups, lack of toilets(?!) and many more in between. And because we are a friendly sharing bunch …

Learning to scuba dive will be a life-changing experience offering adventure and the chance to explore parts of the world you may never have dreamed of visiting before. But how do …

Dear Wetsuit Manufacturers, My name is Hannah and I’m a twenty something travel addict who is head over heels in love with scuba diving.  I love marine life, I love …

I’m writing this one in first person for once. Sarah, founder of Girls that Scuba, accepting all of the “man bashing/feminist” comments as an individual rather than letting it fall on …

Fancy opening up a whole new world of dive sites? Whether it’s exploring lakes in the northern hemisphere or even plunging under ice, learning to dive in a drysuit can give you …

On a poll in the Girls that Scuba Facebook group about training that people found beneficial, self reliant diving was incredibly popular. So we thought we’d dig deeper and find out …

As passionate scuba divers, we have to admit a night spent in front of Netflix isn’t necessarily our idea of a good time, however, our views have changed slightly after watching some …

So you’ve decided to take your love of diving to the next level by joining the ranks of scuba diving professionals, and becoming a Divemaster! You know what you want (to become …

For many people, finding out that they are going to become a parent is one of life’s most joyous occasions. However, scuba diving while pregnant is not recommended. So for …

Describe scuba diving?  Awesome, calming, therapeutic, delivering a huge feel-happy factor.  But, how do you make non-divers get just as excited about it, understand it, want to protect it?  By taking underwater …

Set scene: One day, a girl went scuba diving in Palau. During her safety stop at the end of the dive she looked up to the surface and saw a colourful pattern. She …

As new divers maybe you know what you SHOULD be doing, but do you know what you SHOULDN’T be doing after diving? In fact, this is not just for new divers, as many …

Diving is about having fun! We are all just happy to be in the water and excited about learning to dive.  We do not often think about the more difficult …

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 …