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We have sought the wisdom and experience of other families at Scuba4families and come up with a few hints and tips on meal and dive planning to optimise everyone’s energy levels and make your dives safe and enjoyable.
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Energy and Diving
Not eating enough before a dive can lead to disastrous consequences. Mood swings and tantrums can prevail completely spoiling a family day out diving. Did you know, a young person, burns energy at a significantly higher rate than an adult and therefore must be refuelled continuously? If they are not eating sufficiently tiredness can creep in resulting in a lack of concentration, or physical impediments such as leg cramps. So, it’s important for everyone who is going to dive to have enough energy on board before they dive but particularly for young people as they run out of energy more quickly.

During a dive your body keeps itself warm by burning the energy (calories) from the food you have eaten. Several factors influence how many calories you will burn during a dive: the water temperature, (the colder the water the greater the loss), the type of dive (the more strenuous the dive the greater the loss) and a person’s body size, height and age. Research has shown that for adults an average shore-dive in temperate water burns as much as 600 calories per hour (similar to running). A leisurely boat dive in warm, tropical waters burns about 300 calories an hour, equivalent to hiking or a brisk walk. For children and adolescents this calorie burn rate is even higher.

It’s easier when planning your meals on dive days to break it down into eating before, during and after your dives.