Five Ways to Improve Situational Awareness in Scuba Diving

I've been asked many times by people, how can they learn or improve their situational awareness. The answer to this is simple, go dive more! The more time we spend in the water the more comfortable we get. When we are comfortable, our brains will slow down and will be able to process sensations coming to the brain for our other senses. This article will list five things that people can do to improve or learn situational awareness for their scuba diving.

1. Listen to your body - When we go scuba diving, we have to equalize the dead air spaces in our body. If you are swimming along and you suddenly feel a squeeze in your ears, then it should be obvious that you are descending. You can correct this by inhaling deeply to slow down your descent or add a puff or two of gas to your BCD. This is particularly important when doing safety or decompression stops. But the point is, there are tell-tell signs of change that will come from our bodies...[PrecisionDiving.net]