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About Diving
About Gears
Counter question: How much is a car? There is huge range of equipment to buy so that there is almost for every budget the right selection. When you will start diving you should rent equipment in the beginning and if you continue start slowly to buy parts.
About Courses
There are three parts of training to achieve the brevet. 1. Knowledge Development…you’ll learn the basic principles of scuba diving by a book and video. 2. Confiend water dives…you’ll develop basic scuba skills in a pool or in confined water 3. Open Water Dives….you’ll head to open water, where you and your instructor will make dives. On these dives you’ll get to explore the underwater world. You’ll apply the skills you learned in confined water while enjoying what the local environment has to offer.
1. Knowledge Development
You’ll learn the basic principles of scuba diving by a book and video.
2. Confined water dives
You’ll develop basic scuba skills in a pool or in confined water
3. Open Water Dives
You’ll head to open water, where you and your instructor will make dives.
On these dives you’ll get to explore the underwater world. You’ll apply the skills you learned in confined water while enjoying what the local environment has to offer.
About Certification
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About Diving
Scuba diving is a fun, relaxing activity, but it’s important for divers to be healthy and fit.
Before getting in the water, students must complete a medical questionnaire — they’ll be asked to receive a doctor’s clearance if any potential medical issues exist. This way, they are safe to go full steam ahead with the dive course.
It’s also important to be comfortable and competent in the water. Many courses have built-in tests to make sure you can handle yourself underwater and stay safe. Here are some of the physical skills tested:
Owning your own scuba diving gear can guarantee comfort and fit, but is not a requirement. Many shops require incoming students to buy a mask, fin and snorkel before diving, because these items have a personal fit. Almost all gear, including computers in many cases, can be rented at a dive shop.
An open-water or scuba diver training course consists of three parts:
- Coursework
- Pool aka Confined-Water Dives
- Open-Water Checkout Dives
Many dive training agencies — including PADI — allow students the chance to complete much of their coursework at home, leaving only in-water training and check-out dives to complete. The eLearning, or online coursework, takes students through the academic training with slideshows, videos and narration, making the curriculum interactive and more impactful.
About Gears
The minimum age requirement for most training agencies is 10 — including NAUI, PADI and SSI — but there are also introductory programs offered for younger children.
The main scuba diving certification agencies — including NAUI, PADI and SSI — have affiliated dive shops across the country and around the world. You can find the shop closest to you or travel to a new location to become a certified diver. Many resorts also offer special resort certifications or introductory courses that will give you a taste of what diving is like.
Of course! Having a friend or family member working toward a scuba diving certification with you at the same time can make the experience even better. You’ll have a dive buddy from the get go!