skin divers
Shallow water explorers
Skin divers are people who swim underwater with minimal equipment—typically a mask, snorkel, and fins—without using scuba tanks or other breathing apparatus.
The term distinguishes them from scuba divers, who carry air supplies.
Skin diving relies on breath-holding and staying near the surface: The skin divers explored the shallow reef.
- scubaPortable underwater breathing gear
- snorkelUnderwater breathing pipe
- wetsuitInsulating garment for water
- wet suitInsulating water garment
- finsSwimming appendages
mask · underwater · open water · ocean · reef · flippers · spearfishing · freediving · bubbles · depth · coral · sea life · tropical fish · aquatic · submersed · breath-hold · holding breath · marine
relationship to water/medium
skin diverslandlubbers
Non-seafaring people, derisively
land dwellers · snorkelers · waders · beachgoers · sunbathers
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