What we should know about snorkels
Snorkels are tools that help us to breathe when swimming in the water. Shaped like a funnel and by using snorkels we can swim comfortably and easily as we breathe without difficulty.
Scuba gear Snorkels are a shaped tube like a J letter with a protective mouth at the end of the bottom. This tool serves as the entrance of air when breathing with the mouth without having to look up from the water surface. You can be see the underwater view while swimming and breathe through snorkels. Divers can take a deep breath before diving into the water. The Scuba divers using snorkels to save the air in the tube while swim in the water.
To use snorkels you need to learn good breathing technique. Because when we dive, we breathe through the mouth. In addition to mastering how to breathe with the mouth through snorkels, snorkeling activities do not require special education. Beginners who have never done snorkeling can learn in a short time from the dive guide. However, snorkeling is not for alone, but together with friends or in groups.
Snorkels designed a funnel-shaped connection between the mouth and the air. To use snorkels so we have to stay afloat in the water. Of course, to use the snorkels, you should be able to swim. However, if you cannot swim, so do not be afraid. Other tools help you to stay afloat above sea level like buoy, life jacket or something.
Besides snorkels, to help you breathe on the surface of the sea, you can also use other diving gears. Like:
Diving mask
Diving mask is usually affiliate with snorkels. By using a diving mask, diving becomes easy because our eyes will clearly see the bottom of the sea. Without using a diving mask, our eyes will be painful because the exposed seawater.
Swim fin
Besides diving masks and snorkels, other equipment needed is swim fin. With swim fin, swimming will be more lightly because of our strength in our legs will be helped by using swim fin.
Wetsuit
If the snorkels helps us to breath in the water, the wetsuit is a garment made of rubber that keep our bodies to keep warm and keep us from jellyfish.
If you are happy with the activities of snorkeling, you can purchase or rent snorkels and other equipment at the dive shop.
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