PADI on Instagram: "🏆 PADI Top Posts of the Year: #8 A group of divers off Koh Tao, Thailand, had the shock of a lifetime when they spotted a massive, unidentified creature during a routine fun dive. 🤯 Witnesses, including local ocean photographer and PADI Instructor Ella, say it was ‘larger than a whale’ with features that don’t match anything scientists have seen before. Ella managed to grab a quick video before it disappeared into the blue, and now the internet is buzzing! 😯 Some are calli

Nurtle on Instagram: "Deep sea diving exposes the human body to extreme pressure, forcing nitrogen from breathing gas to dissolve into the blood and tissues. The deeper and longer a diver stays down, the more nitrogen builds up. If a diver surfaces too fast, that nitrogen can form bubbles inside the body, a condition known as decompression sickness. These bubbles can block blood flow, damage nerves, cause paralysis, or become fatal. That is why divers returning from extreme depths are rushed int