I Am the 15%
Some people try scuba once. Some dive every few years. And some of us get bitten by the bug so hard that the underwater world quietly rearranges our lives.
Some people try scuba once. Some dive every few years. And some of us get bitten by the bug so hard that the underwater world quietly rearranges our lives.
Most divers memorize buoyancy rules. Everything changed for me when I finally understood the two invisible forces fighting over every diver underwater. A practical, human explanation of Archimedes’ Principle, breathing, BCD control, and why buoyancy finally clicked for me after years underwater.
Scuba diving doesn’t magically erase stress. It does something stranger: it forces presence. A personal look at why the underwater world quiets the noise of modern life for so many divers.
One of the core skills we use as scuba divers is controlling our buoyancy. That is controlling where we are in the water column. When we’re in the water we have two forces acting...