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Name of groups:

1. Annisa Savitri Wijaya
2. Muhammad Fahmi Rasyid
3. Ridho Ilahi
4. Viska Yuzella

Class: XI IPA 1

SNORKELING

Snorkeling is a great way to see life under water. You float on the top of the water and breathe through a snorkel. One end of the snorkel tube fits in your mouth, and the other end sticks above the water. But you must be a good swimmer to do the snorkeling.

            Because snorkeling only requires basic equipment, most people find it easier to take up than scuba diving, which requires specialized equipment and training. The two activities differ in that snorkelers do not take air tanks underwater with them to enable them to breathe. Instead, snorkelers hold their breathe while underwater and breathe only while at the surface.

The primary swimming technique used by snorkelers is the free dive, also called a breathe-hold dive. To make a free dive, snorkelers take a deep breath of air through the snorkel, bend their bodies down at the waist, and kick their feet up. This action forces their bodies underwater, and they can descend in a straight line.

            Once the diver begins to run out of breath, he or she swims back up to the surface. By exhaling, or blowing strongly, the diver clears water that has entered the snorkel tube during the dive. The diver can then take another breath through the snorkel and resume floating at the surface without lifting a head above water.

            Without a snorkel, the diver would bob up and down on the surface and be hit by waves while struggling to breathe, in addition, the diver might lost sight of underwater objects of interest. By using a snorkel and remaining face down, the diver can easily float over the waves while continuing to breathe and maintaining focus on underwater objects.

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