In the wake of Michael Phelps' success at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the ever-popular relaxation activity has turned into a passion for many. If you want to become a champion swimmer, a lot of hard work, perseverance and determination is required.

While, swimming pools offer an excellent way to have fun and relax, one needs to adhere to certain safety guidelines to avoid accidents and prevent any drowning incident. Here are a few swimming guidelines you should always keep in mind, particularly if you are a parent.

Are you an Adventurous person? Then, you will simply love shark diving. Since 1990, the popularity of shark divining has increased tremendously. Remember shark diving is not an activity for weak hearted but for those who live their life on the edge.

Known as the tropical Indian Ocean Paradise the city of Mauritius forms a small dot in the middle of Indian Ocean. With developed infrastructure and booming tourism industry to its credit. The place attracts tourists from across the globe. Mauritius is also popular for its array of luxury hotels, apartments and bungalows. Apart from the luxurious lifestyle and beautiful white beaches the city offer fantastic opportunities for scuba diving as well.

While swimming does not comes under the category of our best strengths as we are upright walking mammals, but still a lot of people take a lot of swimming lessons, and even send their kids to learn swimming some as young as 6 months.

Scuba diving refers to swimming underwater while using self-contained breathing equipment. Other swimming underwater activities such as free-diving or snorkeling use breath-holding techniques. Scuba diving in contrast, involves having a compressed air source, which means that the scuba diver can remain submerged for a longer period of time and he/she is not hindered by a remote air source.