How To Be The GREATEST Scuba Diver EVER! | Deep Dive

How To Be The GREATEST Scuba Diver EVER! | Deep Dive
Nobody really wants to be the worst scuba diver right? But what makes a great scuba diver? Whether you’re just starting out, or you’ve been diving for a while now and want to up your skills you’ll hopefully find something inspiring in this video and you’ve already taken the first step in becoming a better scuba diver; you’re doing research by watching videos like this and searching online for scuba diving content. You’re not limiting yourself to just classrooms and textbooks, you actively want to know more which is the first step in wanting to become the greatest scuba diver.
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00:00 - Hello
00:44 - Do your homework
03:04 - Respect everything
04:47 - Support your local dive schools
07:03 - Always want better
09:22 - Read the manual
11:12 - K-Bye
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[@simplyscuba]

What do you think makes the greatest scuba diver? Let's have a chat about it down below.

[@endurorideraja6766]

The Knowledge they have, that they can share and show. I had someone in my class that was doing his dive master training and he was a bigger help than the actual instructor.

[@r.jackson9962]

Buoyancy 👏 control 👏

[@davidbonnichsen2901]

I learned a long time ago that buying from your local LDS is the only way to go. Might cost you a bit more cash, but it is well worth it. As for what makes a diver great…buoyancy control, always calm even under stress, always learning, willing to share experiences, and willing to grab a beer afterwards! Best thing I ever did was get away from the classic BCD setup and learn how to properly dive with a backplate/harness/long hose setup. Love your content. Keep it up! Oh…one other thing…learn to dive using the metric system!! So much easier…

[@lapp2]

Diver for 20 years. Trimix and instructor. Stay humble. Be a visitor, not a conqueror. Be openminded. Always question: how does this improve MY diving. Configure gear to custom YOU. Learn your gear. Dive your gear. You observe your enviroment with your eyes, not hands. On boats: listen to those in charge, act accordingly. Store your gear and help those who need it. In general: always calculate to cancel a dive. At any point of the dive.

[@liquefiedzombie1378]

You Guys have actually helped me tremendously. In the last 3 months I have done nothing but dive and train every free moment and I am almost a rescue diver and have gotten job offers on a legitimate dive charter already! Thank you soooo much for your knowledge

[@simplyscuba]

Glad we can help Liquefied Zombie! 🤙

[@michaelatherton5761]

Great advice, but ack! I don't want to be the Greatest! One of the most attractive things about diving to me is that it's not competitive and that sometimes I can learn as much from a novice as I can from an expert. If I'm not learning something new from each dive, I'm remembering something I've forgotten. Have fun! Be safe.

[@davidscott5903]

Practice Practice Practice!

[@michaelatherton5761]

Local diving was one of the things you could easily do during the pandemic while social distancing. Masks required.

[@r.jackson9962]

Facts

[@r.jackson9962]

@@michaelatherton5761 nope use goggles 😂😂

[@michaelatherton5761]

@@r.jackson9962 It took me years to get my wife to stop saying goggles! ;-)

[@r.jackson9962]

@@michaelatherton5761 my fiancé does the same thing and I explained it like this you break my nieces 10$ swim goggles that came with her floaty I’ll be like “dollar store time” you break my 120$ mask I’ll be like “funeral home time” and she got the picture

[@bbl2019]

Top traits: perfect buoyancy, situational awareness, technical proficiency, collaborative mindset, calm under different situations, curiosity, humility, sense of adventure, environmental conscientiousness and lifelong learning

[@dansmith4394]

I personally hate it when scuba divers break off a bit of coral "as a souvenir", I hope they grab a hand full of fire coral and find out why it got that name.

[@leopoldbloom4835]

Cases like these justify an exception to my other post about being polite to other divers.

[@r.jackson9962]

I was cave diving with a group of people and my brother and one of the dudes was talking about breaking off one of the stalagmites to keep and I had to convince him it might cause a cave implosion (I know it is a tiny % risk but I just don’t like damaging a ecosystems any kind)

[@davidscott5903]

Fire coral would be funny! Especially if they hid it inside their wetsuit to take home.

[@peterlazuric5641]

Nice video I only got my Open Water and not been diving for over twenty years. I am thinking about getting back into it though.

[@krismoonpie]

I love this channel, so much great advice! Plus Mark looks strikingly like Tom Hardy.

[@aaronbennett293]

Do a good job and your KZbin channel is cool and awesome keep up the good work

[@SquigglyCarton8]

Think of supporting dive centres as an investment in the sport. Dollars spent in LDS’s are dollars that pay for keeping dive around for longer and improving the quality of the sport

[@DSO1994]

Helping others in a non critical way & assist with carrying, loading/off loading cylinders, etc even when you’re on holiday. Oh & be self sufficient.

[@Kirbythediver]

Lol the forums aka the ces pool

[@tocandy8423]

Hi Mark and Bruce (and Shaun) , I have just ordered a back plate and wing! Currently I have a 15L cyl with a 3L pony back mounted. I have a neoprene drysuit and need about 12kg. My current BCD I have 4 kg in inter grated pockets. 2 on my tank band and 6 on my weight belt. Any suggestions on how to best distribute the weight on a backplate. I’ve got an Ali backplate so that’s something I could look to change but would still need a lot of residual weight. I’m also going to go to side slung with the pony so I’m used to it if I need a bigger tank for deeper diving in the future. Any suggestions would be great! #askmark

[@blakebarnett04]

Multiple log books detailing experience, gear service records, well taken care of gear, having equipment setup before arriving to dive boat, organization, willingness to help others less experienced, constantly seeking improvement through continued education.

[@michaelatherton5761]

Ack! This sounds like a job. ;-) We get suited before getting on the boat, but how do you set up your tank before you get on? I stopped keeping a log book 30 years ago. Probably not the smartest thing, but I hate paperwork.

[@Maritime007]

@@michaelatherton5761 I've been away from diving for a while but even back then I was dowloading my dives from my dive computer and kept that as my log. Presumably the technology is that much further along now.

[@michaelatherton5761]

@@Maritime007 Yep, even Bluetooth sometimes these days. I have a minimal ($175) computer now, for the kind of diving I do these days a $1500 computer is overkill. The only records I keep are photos and memories. It's not as though there are no records, these days my wife's always my buddy and she's into records and logs. :-) When you don't keep logs it's as though each dive is the first time you've done it. Joy of discovery all over again. ;-)

[@jesspeoples3292]

I always support my local dive shop.

[@leopoldbloom4835]

Be polite and helpful to other, maybe less experienced, divers, but never condescending. There's no need to let everybody know they are encountering the greatest scuba diver ever. It's like in the plane: real alphas don't fight for the middle armrest.

[@mikebbabe1120]

no need for that video I already am the greatest

[@jake4101]

05:39 "cu**ts" indeed

[@ReaperofMind]

That was hilarious. Some Freudian slip.

[@aaronbennett293]

Done

[@chuckmontecillo9620]

LDS? Or LDC- Local Dive Center.

[@lachlangibson8214]

Leave nothing but bubbles

[@michaelatherton5761]

Take nothing but memories. :-)

[@dtt3426]

should cameras be banned. they ban gloves and knives i was in cozumel where they started having 2 groups off the boat those with a camera and those without. that is wear you get kicked and spend a lot of your time as 10 divers with cameras cluster to get there chance to see an octupus one thing i'm going to learn is back finning out of these situations

[@vnoockthebrain]

My local diving center is run by an arrogant idiot, who offers old/bad equipment and does not want to order stuff from equipment makers who are not "on his list". Few days ago I went there to urgently buy a new pair of boots, and all he were able to offer were poorly made boots from unknown manufacturer and the size of 46 (my feet) were too small, so we kept tryin another boots on, until the size of 52(!!) suddenly fit. I didn't buy it. I ordered my new boots from a..z.n, and I never will go there again. If he will disappear - it will be his only fault.

[@pucioy]

You are all wrong. To be the greatest diver ever enough is to be born 81-96' and have watched "Finding Nemo". Giving free lessons to the crowd is included. The rest of the aplicants has to learn, look around and practice hard. :)))

[@anotherdave5107]

You've obviously never seen Sea Hunt.