What are the basic requirements to allow you to begin to learn to dive and what are the alternatives for where you can learn to scuba dive?
There are only really 3 essentials to getting started on a diving program and these are:
1 - you ought to be in decent health - you ought to not have a cold (save you are partaking of a referral and only doing the out of water sections for now) and certain medical conditions for example back problems, asthma and migraines might stop you from being able to start the training.
2 - you ought to be confident in the water - you do not need to be a magnificent swimmer, but you must be able to be confident in the water. You will have to participate in a swimming trial comprising of some swimming (not timed, only a set distance) and then treading water for a set time. The precise time and distance relies upon on the instruction organisation.
3 - you must be ready, willing and able to learn! Straightforward as that. As long as you might read the manuals and the exam paper and fill in a multiple choice paper, you would be there.
Now all that you might want to do is to choose where and when to do your instruction. There are three choices available, depending on when you plan to be scuba diving in the future. These are:
1 - Complete all of your instruction abroad in warm water. Amazing if you are merely going to be a holiday diver as it avoids the discomforts and additional training involved in cold water instruction. If you are going to scuba dive at home once qualified, then you may need to undertake an additional dry suit specialist training course to allow you to scuba dive in one of these.
2 - Complete the training in cold water at home. If you are going to be diving heaps in cold water, then why not learn in cold water? When you then scuba dive in warmer water with the freedom of a wet suit instead of a dry suit you will appreaciate how much easier it really is! It also means that the dry suit training is out of the way along with the initial training, which could make the whole training ample more affordable!
3 - Undertake a referral and split the instruction. If you do not want to spend your entire holiday scuba diving, then a referral may be best for you. There are around 2 full days of instruction out of the water and then 4 dives. If you are only away for a week and allowing for not scuba diving the day before you fly, then this in actuality does take up most of the holiday. So referrals split the training. The classroom work and the initial pool work is done at home when you have loads of time. Then, when you fly out to your tropical hotspot, you are then merely left with the final 4 instruction dives and then you are a qualified diver.
And that is it! As long as you are healthy you just have to make a decision whether to learn at home or abroad or split the instruction.
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