It is further defined as an activity that includes one or more of the following diving beyond 40 meters 130 feet, required stage decompression, diving in an overhead environment beyond 130 linear feet from the surface, accelerated stage decompression and or the use of multiple gas mixtures in a single dive.

Why has television entertainment evolved the way it has?

In the year of my birth the Nintendo Entertainment System also went into development.

Thanks for the dinner and the floorshow, but the prices are ridiculous.

Ahead full, Diving stations!

And when I was researching pearl divers, I found the world of free diving.

I'll show you some real fancy diving!

I can get a diving bell.

Do you like scuba diving?

In recent years, oxygen has become available for recreational use in oxygen bars.

But, it struck me how much this dive, these deep dives, was like a space mission.

I realized scuba gear extends your range of activity in just the same way as a wheelchair does, but the associations attached to scuba gear are ones of excitement and adventure, completely different to people's responses to the wheelchair.

Stop wallowing in your foul memories.

What do you know about deepsea diving?

You're lucky. You have a champion skin diver here.

The total sum invested in the park is estimated at close to EUR 700 million.

Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing.

That also constitutes the entertainment portion of this talk, so I hope you enjoyed it.

Scuba diving attracts many visitors to the island.

So for two and a half hours, you sink down to the bottom.

During that year,

Has everyone seen the movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?

So when I began to dive, in 2005,

Drop all ballasts. Diving controls, full out position.

Ready to dive. Aye, sir. Diving stations!

Also, when you get down there, you find that the water is very, very clear.

There are a number of dive sites and a diving resort.

But before I dive into those I want to admit that I am an optimist.

We were at 360 feet.

And what I found, here's the wrinkle

Local fishermen are allowed to fish in adjacent waters and there is some recreational fishing and tourism on and around the islands.

Cycling and jogging are only common along the sea front, where recreational fishing is also popular.

These birds make a living by diving into the water.

So, I started researching into pearl divers.

Only you have to be careful to dive where the deep pool is.

Captain, is it possible to obtain the use of a diving bell?

We are now ready to make the dive at position number one.

What about the dive in the pool in the middle of the night?

Trimix is a breathing gas, consisting of oxygen, helium and nitrogen, and is often used in deep commercial diving and during the deep phase of dives carried out using technical diving techniques.

The region is rich in coral and has many diving sites.

Since the incident the United Kingdom had changed its diving procedures.

Well, in the context of diving, you get too much, you die also.

Narcosis is something that scuba divers learn about, and they fear it like the plague.

The stranger stood looking more like an angry diving helmet than ever.

For those of you who've been there, fantastic coral reefs, fantastic diving, fantastic snorkeling.