Starting your PADI Open Water course is both exciting and frightening. You’re being bombarded with odd sounding words and concepts like wetsuit, pressure groups, regulators and buoyancy. It is quite daunting to be told to breathe through a mouthpiece, fully submerged. Are you going to manage all these things? As it turns out, yes. Because you will be taken under the wings of the most passionate of human beings, your dive instructor
The Padi Open Water diver course has been structured in such a way that you get all the information you need in small bits and pieces. It’s an organic way of developing your knowledge and understanding of everything Scuba. In the end, you’ll have acquired the necessary knowledge logically, often without even fully realising it.
What makes every course different though is the dive professional that will teach you. It is the instructor that will guide you through the concepts of decompression, trimming and even proper finning technique whilst Scuba Diving. He or she isn’t just there to sign off the papers, but to make sure you have an unforgettable experience and yearn for more.
If by the end of the course, you feel confident as a diver but also feel like your instructor has become a friend, a kindred spirit enamoured with all that the big blue oceans have to offer, you’ll know that you’ve done more than just sign up for a course “To get my PADI”. You will have in fact embarked upon a life changing adventure that opens up a whole new world, ready to be explored.
Reblogged this on Savour the Journey and commented:
If you have ever thought you would like to try scuba diving – Just do it! You will truly discover a new world. Research your dive shop, however very key to researching and finding professional and truly certified PADI shops. When I dive abroad I only dive with 5 star PADI businesses. And even here at home your experience will depend on the dive professionals skills and teaching style.
Getting my PADI has changed how I travel, and opens a world of adventure and discovery!
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