9 Essential Qs Before Learning to Dive

9 Essential Qs Before Learning to Dive
9 Essential Questions to ask before getting scuba certified
We hooked up with a friend of the channel, Tammy, who has not begun her scuba license training yet. These are 9 question areas Tammy wanted to ask about before getting certified (See below). This is a great view for those interested in diving, or those who want to dive Tammy some encouragement/advice. If you have any other advice for Tammy, please write a comment.
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1. The Course
01:19 a. What should I look for in a certification program?
03:16 b. What will I learn in the program?
04:17 c. Do I need to join a course with a buddy?
2. Challenges
05:09 What are the most common obstacles beginners face when learning to dive?
3. Sharks
06:32 Should I be afraid of sharks while diving?
4. Costs
09:35 a. How much does it cost to get scuba certified??
10:41 b. Do I rent or buy gear for the course?
13:01 c. Do I need to be fit to dive?
14:18 d. How much do dives cost?
5. Gear
15:36 a. What brand/thickness wetsuit will I need?
17:03 b. Should I bring knives or other tools with me?
19:02 c. Will I be cold in a wetsuit?
21:01 d. Why do I see snorkels on a person who is scuba diving?
6. After Certification.
22:25 a. When should I take advanced certification?
24:00 b. How many dives a year should I do to remain proficient?
25:14 c. What is the most important thing for a diver to remember/do/pay attention to while diving?
27:23 d. What keeps you interested in scuba for so many years?
28:27 e. Where are things that a beginner diver should see?
7. Emergency Procedures
30:09 a. Will I run out of air?
32:55 b. Why do some divers run out of air before others?
35:00 c. What do I do if I run out of air?
8. Panic
36:20 What makes people panic underwater? How to avoid panic?
9. Narcosis
38:19 a. What is Narcosis?
40:52 b. What do you do when narced?
Safe diving!
Jim
Big Dog, DDT
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[@laminar0886]

Don’t be such a stranger Jim! We need MUCH more content from you. I enjoy your work and could learn much more.. I’m sure I’ve said that before. I agree, I think having a great instructor is ESSENTIAL! My open water instructor was fantastic. Calm, knowledge, and very professional. It helps with the learning process a great deal. Poor instructors probably don’t train competent, safe divers.

[@DiscoveryDiversTokyo]

Thanks for the support, Laminar!

[@souswes]

+1 for scuba regret. We all have that shame closet. Great questions and good convo! Good luck, Tammy! You’ll crush it, no doubt. Hopefully you catch the bug and keep blowing bubbles. I didn’t go for the advanced course itself. I got it by default. Meaning I did the full training for deep diver, navigation, night, nitrox, and wreck. At that point the training agencies award you “advanced” I think it’s way better to get dives in, and specialize in those things for the deeper knowledge if you’re into the sport. Biggest piece of advice; relax, breathe, have fun and just enjoy.

[@tammyeldred2035]

Thank you so much!

[@DiscoveryDiversTokyo]

If you have any other advice for Tammy, please write a comment.

[@davidressler9316]

Tammy could try pool diving after certification to work on using the gear.

[@ronsnijders3636]

Cool video, definitely answers a lot of the questions I see popping up with aspiring divers! I'd have two bits of advice, that nicely contradict each other. First and foremost: don't overthink and enjoy the process! Diving seems like a pretty complicated sport, and especially the Open Water course, where you learn everything for the first time, can be a bit high on information. But in the end, diving gear and procedures aren't really that complicated. So don't sweat it, and have fun! The second would be to keep the basics of trim and buoyancy in mind. It takes a lifetime to master them and no one does it very well from the beginning. But if you at least care about them enough to realize they need work, it's not hard to get a little better every time. I see divers with hundreds of dives that swim around looking like a potato sack just because they don't care about it. But knowing you're stable in the water even when something happens makes it so much easier to enjoy all the rest :) Oh, and be aware of the addiction. I started a year ago and got my first tech certification last weekend... Once you get bitten stuff can go fast.

[@tammyeldred2035]

Thank you 😊

[@ddacombe4752]

hope this helps Tammy with the price but there is a big range between budget and high end... im new to this and doing my padi confined water in October with a DC education centre. cost so far buying just above budget is $395 for padi course, $500 covered my personal equipment & rental of confined water equipment (this excludes wetsuit and computer that cost me another $500). still need to pay for the 4 open water dives and safety equipment. i bought a 3mm suit for warm swims and will get a 5mm for quarry /deep diving.

[@tammyeldred2035]

Yes it helps!! Thank you so much!!!

[@thomasw5430]

Good luck with the certification, as someone who is a northeast diver, and only certified 3 years ago , I will say this, it is so worth it! I took the courses at my local dive shop, but went down to Key West for the actual certification dives- took classes in November so diving here was out of question. You don’t need to spend a lot right away. I bought mine as time and funds permitted.

[@tammyeldred2035]

@@thomasw5430 awesome! Thank you so much for the info!

[@AriefLatif]

Hope this is helpful: to keep things fun and always interesting in my early diving days I purchased tropical fish book on amazon and would try to log interestimg species I see in each dive. Before you know it you’ll be identifying other aquatic and marine lifeforms. Even if we are not planning to be marine biologists fish identifying I find is quite satisfying and always fun.

[@tammyeldred2035]

What a great idea!

[@TheGweedMan]

Sorry Jim. You are really boring and not organized with your responses. I hope she actually takes the course and enjoys it in spite of you. My credentials? CD in Southern California since 2001 with hundreds of successful students at all levels. Challenging conditions from the beach but worth it. Catalina Island a veritable aquarium just 20 miles away! A dive light on every dive!

[@mirth1]

What a boring comment