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Beginning your journey on the way to SCUBA certification is one of the most exciting adventures you’ll ever undertake. Your initiation into this very close community is the day you get sized for your wetsuit and purchase your equipment. |
You’ll squeeze yourself into a form fitting wetsuit. The goal is to have it be snug but not totally constricting. Your instructor will of course help you don the suit. Once your wetsuit is selected you’ll move on to choosing your mask, fins, snorkel, booties, gloves and a bag to hold your new toys. You’re now one step closer, committed to the adventure as you’ve purchased your first pieces SCUBA gear.
The following Saturday and Sunday you’ll arrive at the shop bright and early eager to learn the mysteries of the deep. You’ll have already read the chapters and completed the knowledge reviews. Your eager to get wet and you will after the morning class room exercises. Following the completion of the quizzes it’s time to head to the pool to put into practice some of those skills you read about.
After the short swim test at the pool you’ll practice skills such as mask clearing, buddy breathing, donning your BC on and off and back on, buddy swimming, tired diver tows and other safety exercises. All these skills will get you ready for your final open water dives the following weekend.
Your confidence has grown and you excitement has built over the past week. The pool skills were a breeze and you can’t wait to try your first giant stride into the ocean. All your classmates are all quiet and contemplative on a pleasant leisurely ride out to Catalina Island.
After arriving at the dive site you’ll have a short briefing of the skills you’ll practice on your first dive. You giant stride into the inviting ocean and descend down the anchor line. You kneel down on the bottom and watch with anticipation until its your turn to accomplish each skill.
After each skill your instructor claps and moves on to the next student.
On your final dive and after your final skill is complete your instructor hands you your Open Water Diver patch. You’ve done it! You’ve just joined an elite, fun, and gregarious community.
You may decide to continued your education and possibly go pro or you may decide that diving is a just a fun hobby to enjoy once in a while.
Either way, you’ll find yourself noticing dive shops that you never saw before as you travel the country. You’ll see people with their red and white dive flag decals or license plates on their cars and you’ll know that at some point they trained just like you. Where you were tempted before but never ventured you’ll strike up a conversation with that diver yearning to know where they dive..
BEGIN YOUR ADVENTURE HERE Karen Praxel at Ocean Adventures, California, USA
JoAnn Hoffman at Madison Scuba, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Shelly Mackun at Dixie Divers, Washington, Utah, USA
Terri Allen at Madison Scuba, Ocean Divers, Melbourne, Australia
Kristi Bernot at AA Diving, Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, USA http://www.aadiving.org
Patty Seery at Southwind Diving, Andover, Kansas, USA
Brenda Van Gestel at Rich Coast Diving, Costa Rica
Cindy Ross at Girl Diver, Puyallup, Washington, USA
Suzanne Seguin at Global Scuba Diving, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada www.global-scuba-diving.com
Tara Sutherland Private Instructor, Auckland, New Zealand
Nancy Easterbrook at Divetech, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islandshttp://www.divetech.com
Katrina Adams at Kosrae Resort, Kosrae, Micronesia
Ayesha Cantrell at Buddha View, Koh Tao, Thailand http://www.thailandtechnicaldiving.com
Sara-Lisa Haith at Divas in Dubai, Dubai, UAE http://www.divasindubai.com
Jill Heinerth at Into the Planet, Florida, USA http://www.intotheplanet.com
Nikki Piper at Hollywood Diverst, California, USA http://www.hollywooddivers.com
Garlinde Seupel at Aquanauts, Grenada http://www.aquanautsgrenada.com
Cristina Zenato at Unexso, Freeport, Grand Bahama
Nadine Beard at Bill Beard's Scuba Diving and Adventure, Costa Rica http://www.billbeardcostarica.com Acacia Brown at One Stop Diving, Winnipeg Manitoba,Canada |
PLACES TO BECOME A SCUBA DIVE INSTRUCTOR
Szilvia Gogh at Ocean Adventures, California, USA
Patty Seery at Southwind Diving, Andover, Kansas, USA
Alessandra Figari at Enjoy Diving, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Tina Conrad at Seaweed Diver, New Albany, Indiana, USA
Lori Pocock at Sea Sports, roswell, Georgia, USA
Judy Taylor at Cane Bay dive Shop, Kingshill, St Croix http://www.canebayscuba.com
Erica Wedepohl at Neptune's Diving College, Colima, Mexico
Bettina Waller at Dive Academy, Horgen, Switzerland
Judy Kay at We B Divin', North Richland Hills, Texas, USA
Patti Stewart at International Scuba, Garland, Texas, USA
Lynn D. Wickline at Aquatic Realm, Centerville, Ohio, USA
Claudia Pfennig at Boise Water Sports, Boise, Idaho, USA
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