BSAC SPORTS DIVER
THEORY QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS WITH
GUARANTEED PASS!!
BSAC
OCTOBER 1, 2024
EVATEE
,BSAC SPORTS DIVER THEORY QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS WITH GUARANTEED PASS!!
When can a sports diver dive with an ocean diver or another sports diver?
Answer - In conditions already encountered by the ocean diver during their
training and under the supervision of a dive manager.
What's the initial limited depth for a sports diver? Answer - 20m
What's the progressively extended depth of a sports diver? Answer - 35m
Is a neap tide small or large? Answer - Small
Is a spring tide small or large? Answer - Large
What causes a neap tide? Answer - When the Moon is at a right angle to Earth
and the Sun, creating the least amount of gravitational pull in one direction,
creating weak tides.
What causes spring tides? Answer - The gravity of the sun and moon pull in the
same direction, creating strong tides.
Neap tides coincide with what? Answer - The quarters of the moon
Spring tides coincide with what? Answer - New and full moon
, What's the average tide cycle in most places? Answer - 12 hours
How many tide cycles in a day? Answer - 2
How many high tides in a day? Answer - 2
How many low tides are there in a day? Answer - 2
How many times do spring tides occur in a lunar month? Answer - 2
How many times do neap tides occur in a lunar month? Answer - 2
What's the tidal range? Answer - High water - low water
What's slack water? Answer - At the tides turning point, when the water speed
is at its slowest.
What can make diving on a static site (e.g. a wreck) safer? Answer - Diving in
slack water
What is ground swell? Answer - When wind causing wave action on the surface
can be felt on the sea bed.
When is ground swell the roughest? Answer - When the surface winds go
against the tide/stream/current flow.
Is an incoming or outgoing tide better for visibility? Answer - Incoming
THEORY QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS WITH
GUARANTEED PASS!!
BSAC
OCTOBER 1, 2024
EVATEE
,BSAC SPORTS DIVER THEORY QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS WITH GUARANTEED PASS!!
When can a sports diver dive with an ocean diver or another sports diver?
Answer - In conditions already encountered by the ocean diver during their
training and under the supervision of a dive manager.
What's the initial limited depth for a sports diver? Answer - 20m
What's the progressively extended depth of a sports diver? Answer - 35m
Is a neap tide small or large? Answer - Small
Is a spring tide small or large? Answer - Large
What causes a neap tide? Answer - When the Moon is at a right angle to Earth
and the Sun, creating the least amount of gravitational pull in one direction,
creating weak tides.
What causes spring tides? Answer - The gravity of the sun and moon pull in the
same direction, creating strong tides.
Neap tides coincide with what? Answer - The quarters of the moon
Spring tides coincide with what? Answer - New and full moon
, What's the average tide cycle in most places? Answer - 12 hours
How many tide cycles in a day? Answer - 2
How many high tides in a day? Answer - 2
How many low tides are there in a day? Answer - 2
How many times do spring tides occur in a lunar month? Answer - 2
How many times do neap tides occur in a lunar month? Answer - 2
What's the tidal range? Answer - High water - low water
What's slack water? Answer - At the tides turning point, when the water speed
is at its slowest.
What can make diving on a static site (e.g. a wreck) safer? Answer - Diving in
slack water
What is ground swell? Answer - When wind causing wave action on the surface
can be felt on the sea bed.
When is ground swell the roughest? Answer - When the surface winds go
against the tide/stream/current flow.
Is an incoming or outgoing tide better for visibility? Answer - Incoming
