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Skin care Tips for Female Divers

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By Carey Ye from www.forhers.com

There’s nothing more exciting than the first few days of warm, sunny weather. After working hours on end, finally, you have a chance to enjoy the great outdoors and indulge in your favorite hobbies. Though diving is certainly thrilling, there are many potential risks to your skin and hair. Exposing yourself to the sun for a longtime can dehydrate you. Additionally, saltwater can potentially damage your skin and hair. But that doesn’t mean you have to give up on your hobby. With the right measures, you can enjoy diving while also ensuring that your skin won’t be damaged.

Here are a few skin care tips for female divers:

Preemptively Prepare Yourself Before You Go Diving

A great way to protect yourself from sun damage is to take some careful, preemptive steps. Thirty minutes before embarking on your diving journey and getting on the boat, you can thoroughly apply SPF 35+ reef-safe sunscreen (oxybenzone and octinoxate free) on your neck and face. Though sunscreen is a great way to prevent your skin from getting damaged, there are other things you can do as well. You can wear hats and flowy t-shirts that cover your skin for the duration of your boat ride. There are also measures you can take to stop your hair from getting too dry and tangly.  In addition to lightly applying coconut oil to your hair, you should tie it or braid it so you don’t have to struggle with taking your mask strap on and off. You can find all of these products at any local drugstore.

Since everyone’s skin and hair is different, you should only use products that work for you. For example, just because a friend doesn’t have a negative reaction to coconut oil, doesn’t mean that won’t happen to you. Luckily, there are plenty of alternatives out there. So, chances are that you will find a product that works.  If you’re having trouble, you can always consult a dermatologist.

Take Important Measures When You’re On The Boat

While you’re on the boat, there are additional things you can do to protect your skin and hair. Before exposing your hair to saltwater, you should pour some fresh water on it so it’s less frail and delicate. When you go diving, you may find yourself out in the water for a long time — that’s part of what it makes so fun! But you should remember to apply sunscreen after each dive and when it’s possible, sit in the shaded area of the boat. Just because you have taken preemptive measures, doesn’t mean you can ignore that swimming and being out in the sun can negatively impact your skin.

How To Prevent Skin and Hair Damage After You’re Done Diving

After a long day of diving, you may feel tempted to just immediately take a nap or grab some food. However, you should make sure to take post-dive measures so your skin and hair don’t get damaged. It’s important to come up with a post-dive regimen that’s not only simple, it’s effective. To prevent an accumulation of bacteria, you can thoroughly wash and dry yourself. Following a day out in the sun, your skin and lips may be dryer than usual. SPF lip balm can help mitigate the damage done by treating chapped lips. To replenish your dehydrated skin, you should apply wrinkle creams, moisturizing lotions, and serums like you normally would.  If you had a sunburn, aloe vera can help soothe the pain. There are also a myriad of face masks out there that can help repair your skin.

Ideally, you should bring a small waterproof gym bag with you so you can easily carry sunscreen, lip balm, moisturizers and serums. In addition to those items, you should also consider bringing sunglasses, a change of clothes, and some water so you don’t get dehydrated.

There’s no reason why diving should have a negative impact on your skin and hair. With simple, efficient precautions, you can go diving while maintaining your youthful glow. Though diving does involve exposing oneself to the sun and swimming in saltwater, if you take the proper preemptive and post-dive measures, you can protect yourself and have a fantastic time.  Get ready for a summer of fun.


Carey is a freelance writer from Burlingame, California. She enjoys writing articles for professionals that are interested in self-improvement, health, skincare and wellness. She has been diving for few years and her favorite spot is the The Underwater Aquarium of the World – Cabo san lucas.

Jeff is a multiple award winning, freelance TV cameraman/film maker and author. Having made both terrestrial and marine films, it is the world's oceans and their conservation that hold his passion with over 10.000 dives in his career. Having filmed for international television companies around the world and author of two books on underwater filming, Jeff is Author/Programme Specialist for the 'Underwater Action Camera' course for the RAID training agency.Jeff has experienced the rapid advances in technology for diving as well as camera equipment and has also experienced much of our planet’s marine life, witnessing, first hand, many of the changes that have occurred to the wildlife and environment during that time.Jeff runs bespoke underwater video and editing workshops for the complete beginner up to the budding professional.

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Sharks, Shipwrecks, and Sea Turtles: My Boston Sea Rovers Adventure

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by Mia DaPonte

A couple of weeks ago, I went to a conference called the Boston Sea Rovers Symposium, where I met many different people. I was astonished by the presentations and how we can help. Today, I’m going to explain more about the Boston Sea Rovers conference.

As I mentioned, I met many different people. I met Dan Dolan, who I’ll talk more about in my next blog. He told me he could take me to the New England Aquarium rehab center—which isn’t open to the public—to see the behind-the-scenes work. I also met Jenn Sellitti, who gave an amazing presentation at the film festival about discovering an old ship named Le Lyonnais. She wrote a cool book about the ship, The Adriatic Affair, which my mom is reading. She even offered to take me on a dive in New Jersey to recover an anchor! Jenn and her team love finding underwater boat parts and anchors.

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Mia with Jenn Sellitti

I also got a picture with Cristian Dimitrius, who’s known for his photography and cinematography for National Geographic. And I met Greg Skomal, who is a marine biologist—just like I want to be! He’s a white shark expert, and I loved his presentation on Jaws: Fact vs. Fiction.

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Mia with Cristian Dimitrius

We attended many different presentations at the conference, but I was especially inspired by the underwater terrariums. These H2O terrariums are designed for underwater farms, where plants grow and thrive under a bubble-like protection system. I was also fascinated by the coral restoration project. The presenter explained that millions of corals are getting sick and dying, but we can help by cleaning up the ocean and avoiding toxic waste. She shared that they’ve developed a medicine that sticks to corals, kind of like toothpaste, to help heal them. They’re also trying to save coral by removing young ones, growing them in labs, and reintroducing them to prevent disease. This technique is working, but there’s still a long way to go. We all can pitch in to help save coral reefs and our beautiful ocean.

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My absolute favorite part of the conference was the film festival. Chris from Dive On It Scuba let my mom and me sit in the front row with all the Sea Rovers and interns. My favorite presentation was Jenn’s—she talked about the deep ocean and discovering all kinds of things. Cristian also presented at the festival, showing a National Geographic video he filmed about baby turtles hatching on the beach. The video followed their journey to the ocean, where they had to dodge not just birds but even crocodiles waiting in the water!

The Boston Sea Rovers was an amazing experience. I can’t wait to go back next year and share my new blog. Thanks for reading—until next time!

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Making a Splash: My Path to Becoming a Master Scuba Diver at 12

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Meet Mia Daponte, New England’s youngest female Master Scuba Diver and Scubaverse.com’s latest blogger!

Hi, I’m Mia DaPonte, and this is my first blog! I am New England’s youngest female master scuba diver. I did my training in Jamestown Rhode Island and I’m 12 years old.

I’m also black belt in karate, and I also play soccer, basketball, and love to race my sailboat named “Beluga”. My journey to become a master diver was amazing, not all of it was easy but with the help of my friends and family they supported me so much.

When I turned ten years old, I wanted to scuba dive for my Birthday. After learning diving in the cold murky waters near my home, I wanted to start my training for this Master Diver certification. I met my instructor Seamus on my first day of diving. He was a very good influence on me and always supported me. He taught me everything I know about diving.

I also got to go to new tropical places and dive for fun. We went places like Puerto Rico, Punta Cana, Bermuda, and Bahamas. For the first time I could see far. I saw stingrays, lion fish, coral reefs, tropical fish, and lots of other animals. My favorite animal that I saw was an octopus.

Finally, it was time for my certification trip. The trip came so fast, and I eventually succeeded. In February, I went down to Cozumel Mexico and went diving at Blue Angel Resort. To get my certification, I had to do a deep dive of a max depth of 60ft, and I had to do rescue training. I also had to do an online e-learning test to qualify for this certification.

On the first day I only worked in the pool to practice and perfect rescue techniques for the next day. It was fun putting the online learning to reality. The first part felt harder than the second because I didn’t have as much room in the pool as the open ocean. On the second day, we did it in the ocean. It was hard for me to do the rescue breaths, and bring the adult diver from the bottom of the ocean to the surface. But I was able to do it after hard work.

Cozumel was a lot of fun. We made so many friends down there and hope to see them again. Diving down there was truly magical. I can’t wait to go back someday.

After hard work and dedication, I was able to achieve this accomplishment. It took me 2 years of studying and practicing, but in the end it all paid off. I can’t wait to share my next adventure with you.

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