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The amount of blood in our body varies in relation to our size. A rough rule is that we have approximately one pint of blood per stone in body weight (0.5 litres per 7kg), so the average adult has between...
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Purchasing Scuba Cylinders – New or Secondhand There is nothing wrong with purchasing secondhand equipment. In fact, it can be an excellent way for divers to build their own kit over time. However, when it comes to cylinders—whether for scuba...
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Dive Rutland has teamed up with DiveAssure and Dive Master Insurance to provide you with travel and / or dive insurance. Why do you need Dive Insurance? Diving is considered a safe activity, however, in the unfortunate event of a...
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Dehydration and Diving You’ll often hear Dive Rutland staff reminding you to drink water before and after diving. There’s a good reason for this—hydration has a direct impact on both performance and diver safety. Dehydration isn’t just discomfort. In...
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Choosing Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) Background to Surface Marker Buoys A surface marker buoy (SMB), or more correctly a delayed surface marker buoy (dSMB), is what many divers will affectionately know as a balloon or ‘safety sausage’.For recreational divers,...
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