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var tiptitle='<strong>Tip of the day</strong><br>'


tips[1]='Do not pull the straps to tight on your mask as this will distort the mask and make it flood'
tips[2]='Leave your fins on when climbing up spine ladders into the boat. The ladders are designed for this.'
tips[3]='Swim underwater slowly, you will see more and will not scare the fish'
tips[4]='Do not put you mask on backwards to look like a tec diver. If you jump in like this you will loose the mask and get water up your nose.'
tips[5]='Always take a goody bag in your BCD pocket so if you see any trash on your dive you can remove it.'
tips[6]='Use an underwater laser pointer so you dont have to touch the reef to point things out.'
tips[7]='When taking underwater photographs, talk to the fish and tell them which way you want to swim.'
tips[8]='Never take an expensive underwater camera shore diving.'
tips[9]='Use diluted baby shampoo in an atomiser as mask defogger.'
tips[10]='When tec diving using a double bladder wing use your back up bladder for an entire dive on occasion for practise'
tips[11]='Climb into the water down the boat ladder rather than using a giant stride entry in case there is any current.'
tips[12]='Put your fins on before donning your tec rig.'
tips[13]='Never jump into the water carrying an underwater camera - always have it passed to you.'
tips[14]='Do not eat a big meal between dives, just have snacks, soup is good.'
tips[15]='When pouring a drink on a boat hold both the cup and the bottle.'
tips[16]='Never attach a surface marker buoy to your BCD to keep your hands free.'
tips[17]='If planning trimix dives over 100m allow as least one week to plan the dive and warm up dives.'
tips[18]='Use gloves when making clean up dives as you never know what can be lurking in the trash.'
tips[19]='Never wear all black equipment, have something bright so you can be seen in an emergency.'
tips[20]='If eating Mars bars while underwater take only small bites.'
tips[21]='Always take a spare mask when conducting any dive that requires decompression stops.'
tips[22]='When staging tanks reduce your buoyancy before letting go of the tanks to avoid an unwanted ascent.'
tips[23]='Drink liquids on a long dive to rehydrate yourself.'
tips[24]='If you HAVE to pick up a Stonefish put your finger in its mouth.'
tips[25]='When picking up aluminium cans from the seabed, squeeze and crush them to push out any marine life.'
tips[26]='Use stainless steel gas savers on DIN fitting doubles when using Trimix as back gas.'
tips[27]='Leave your mask on until you are completely back on the boat.'
tips[28]='Never put weights in BCD pockets or thigh pockets that are not designed to hold weights as they will fall out.'
tips[29]='Always manually control a closed circuit rebreather and do not dive alone with it!'
tips[30]='Wet your wet suit before donning and never leave it in the sun to dry.'
tips[31]='Bananas make great underwater snacks, tuck one under your mask strap!'

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