The first piece of scuba equipment you want to invest in when you become a scuba diver is your mask. After all the mask is your window to the underwater world so it is very important to choose the right one, making sure its comfortable & looks good!
Buying the right piece of scuba equipment
At Drift we offer all the top brands and for all the biggest, the smallest & the medium faces!
Having your own mask that you know fits comfortably on your face ensures the best diving experience.
If you want to really enjoy your dive, you should have your own mask…. and snorkel… and mask strap!
Most scuba masks cut off a diver’s peripheral vision.
At first, this restriction may make some divers feel claustrophobic. As with most aspects of scuba diving, however, new divers quickly acclimate to their limited field of vision. Imagine that you are driving a new car with some significant blind spots. These blind spots can be annoying the first time you use the vehicle, but after a few trips, you will become aware of exactly where the blind spots are and will learn to turn your head when you need to see into an area which is out of your field of vision. Scuba diving is just the same! If you cannot see your instructor, simply look left, right, up and down and you will find her.
Light behaves differently in water.
Objects appear about 33 percent closer than they actually are. The implication of this change is that your dive buddy, instructor, the floor, the surface and every other object seems nearer than they are. (This also makes it really easy to read your gauges!) Most experienced divers do not even notice the magnification because a diver’s brain quickly learns to adjust to the difference. A good way to speed the learning process is to touch objects such as the pool floor, pool wall, or your dive buddy. This technique will teach you how distant these objects really are. Never touch corals, fish, or other aquatic life, however.
