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Kayak diving is a type of recreational diving where the divers paddle to a diving site in a kayak carrying all their gear to the place they want to dive. The range can be up to several kilometres along the coastline from the launching point to a place where access would be difficult from the shore, although the sea is sheltered. It is a considerably cheaper alternative to using a powered boat, as well as combining the experience of sea kayaking at the same time. Kayak diving gives the diver independence from dive boat operators, while allowing dives at sites which are too far to comfortably swim, but are sufficiently sheltered. Other advantages of kayak diving include: * breathing gas is not needed for getting to and from the site, * passage through a surf line can be easier on a kayak than on a wider boat, * rip, tidal and longshore currents are easier to manage * no engine is required - this is cheap, light and has a low environmental impact, * the kayak can get to places that are inaccessible to larger boats, ==History== Kayak diving has been done in southern California since at least the mid-1990s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kayak diving introduction )〕 More recently it has been exported to other countries : - New Zealand, - and to a very limited extent the United Kingdom, where it remains rare. - One couple has been Kayak diving in Sabah, North Borneo, Malaysia since 2008 with members of the Piasau Divers club. Several dives have been made in and around the islands of the Tunku Abdul Rahman marine park. It was found that a dive-yak was perfect for diving and snorkelling. Especially since as an inflatable it could be deflated, brought by speedboat out to the further islands and then inflated and left to dive and kayak their way back home. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kayak diving」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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