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scuba diving

noun

  1. the activity or recreation of diving or exploring underwater through use of a scuba device.


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Other Words From

  • scuba diver noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scuba diving1

First recorded in 1960–65

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Example Sentences

Tony Fontes first went scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef in 1979 on a trip to Australia.

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Of those who make that first cut, three-quarters will wash out during training, which requires swimming 1,000 yards in less than 20 minutes and running 4 miles in 31 — not to mention proving one’s scuba diving prowess.

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These days, she enjoys daydreaming about her future garden and scuba diving trips.

Snorkeling and scuba diving are amazing vacation activities for all ages.

At the neighboring Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park, an adventure-sports center, swim in the lake, rent stand-up paddleboards or kayaks, go scuba diving, or climb man-made routes.

Scannon found his calling while on a scuba diving trip to Palau, a group of small islands near Japan.

If I were on a desert island I would love to have a scuba diving kit.

To do the running, jumping, scuba diving, and to cap it all off with a mouth-to-mouth kiss with Harmon.

He is photographed kayaking, scuba diving, meditating, sleeping in a mosquito net, and on a myriad of outdoorsy sojourns.

You might climb a mountain, or go scuba diving or backpack in South America for a year.

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