Learn To Scuba Dive

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Safely Learn to Scuba Dive

Scuba diving can be a great hobby but it can also be dangerous if you are not taught properly. When learning to scuba dive, do not go for the cheapest possible means. Make sure that you are being given instruction by someone who is not only qualified, but is also an experienced and certified instructor that is recognized by an organization such as the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. This type of teacher can get you certified in the correct way.

There are places around the world that are geared towards tourism that often have quick lessons and off you go underwater. These can be dangerous. If you want to go scuba diving on your vacation, then take the time to learn first before you go. Get the proper instruction from qualified teachers.

It doesn't take a lot of time to become certified. The first step is to learn all of the written material in the scuba manual. This can take a week or two, depending upon how much time each day you devote to your studies. After this, you devote two full weekends to learning scuba diving with equipment - two days in a swimming pool for one weekend, followed by the following weekend in open water for two days. If you pay attention from the beginning, and learn all of the safety precautions, you will be able to enjoy underwater scuba diving safely.

Prices for these types of lessons can vary depending upon what is included with the lessons. It is best to inquire about diving lessons from a local source of scuba diving equipment. If you do not live near an ocean, there is often scuba diving available near large lakes and other bodies of water.

Once you become certified you will want to gain experience as a diver before you tackle anything tricky such as cave diving. This type of diving is a specialty area and takes additional skill and knowledge along with the experience of someone who has been scuba diving for some time.

The two leading causes of death and injury while scuba diving are ignorance and carelessness. Most of this is due to a crash course in scuba diving while people are on vacation. This person is not given extensive training and if they get into trouble underwater, it can often be fatal. However, due to good education by qualified instructors, the number of deaths from scuba diving continues to drop each year -and this is while the number of scuba divers increases around the world each year.

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Learn To Scuba Dive

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I am trying to learn scuba diving. I seldom swim in a pool or open sea. How should I go about picking up ?

I've been a certified diver for over 30 years. Swimming on the surface is not the same as swimming underwater. I was not a strong swimmer when I got certified, but I was able to pass the swim test. I think it's more important that you feel comfortable in the water than you be able to swim long distances.

If it was me, I would go to a local pool and practice swimming laps. You'll probably only be able to do a few at first, but you should be able to increase that soon. Practice good form, regular breathing, etc. If you're not sure what good form is, watch the other people swimming laps. Notice how they turn their head to breathe rather than lifting it up out of the water, how many strokes they take before they breathe, which side they turn their head to, etc. You can also sign up for an adult swim class, and get some regular training and practice.

Stay with it - scuba is great. It's a good way to meet a bunch of outgoing, friendly people, and it can be a lot of fun to go somewhere different and exotic and go diving.

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Learn to Scuba Dive

There are many different ways to learn to scuba dive. A friend or partner teaches someone in a pool. Others jump off a boat and descend holding hands with an instructor. (The French system). “Batem”.

Some join a scuba diving club or sign up for a scuba diving course at their local dive shop. The best way to get a ‘taste’ for it and having the greatest chance of having a safe enjoyable diving experience is at a holiday resort. Preferably on a tropical island holiday resort. Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean is surely one such place – Diving Mauritius. The calm clear water, the relaxed atmosphere and your own relaxed state of mind will all contribute to the success of the experience.

Before signing on and paying your money for a full open water certification diving course. Participating in an ‘easy diving lesson’ or ‘resort course’, as it is also known would be the answer. An ‘easy diving course’ or ‘resort course’ usually starts at the pool and consists of a lecture or discussion by a certified instructor explaining about the pressure, the equipment, and everything that will happen on the dive. He will also go through all the basic skills that will be demonstrated and practiced in the pool. “Seeing hearing and doing is the best way to learn.”

After all is well understood the students go into the pool with full scuba gear donned. At a standing depth in the pool the instructor will group the students in a semi-circle so that they can a see well what he is explaining. After some breathing exercises and regulator recovery at the surface the instructor will get all the divers to kneel on the bottom of the pool breathing and getting used to being underwater. The instructor, followed by the students having to complete each of the skills, will demonstrate some basic skills. The students need to complete mask clearing, regulator recovery and some basic buoyancy control skills. These basic skills are required to ensure the safety of the divers, as well as giving them confidents to participate in an open water dive. The instructor them allows the students to swim around at the bottom of the pool getting comfortable with the equipment and used to the feeling of weightlessness and breathing underwater.

Directly after the pool lesson is completed while the student divers are comfortable, confident and relaxed from having had such a great time in the pool they go directly to the sea to complete a safe controlled open water dive. The sea dive is usually from a boat in crystal clear water to shallow sites that are perfect for beginners.

After the student divers have completed and enjoyed their first open water scuba dive. They surface with big smiles on their faces. The instructor will debrief them and explain how they may improve their diving knowledge and skills by doing a full certification open water scuba diver course.

This is by far the best way to learn to scuba dive.

Prodive Limited is a professional scuba diving company at the Casuarinas Hotel at Trou aux Biches, Mauritius. They offer easy scuba diving courses, full certification courses (PADI), diving excursions, private dives and exclusive dive charters.

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Kevin Cock is NAUI INSTRUCTOR, Founder and owner of Prodive Limited a South African with 23 years tourism and diving experience in Mauritius Prodive Limited is a professional scuba diving company at the Casuarinas Hotel at Trou aux Biches, Mauritius. They offer easy diving courses, full certification courses (PADI), diving excursions, private dives and exclusive dive charters

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