| Scuba diving is a means of experiencing an | | | | Interact with a New World |
| environment that will change your thoughts of | | | | Now that you have been certified you are ready to |
| normal. Humans take hearing, seeing and even | | | | explore oceans, lakes and rivers in a manner |
| breathing for granted. When you leave your | | | | unknown to those who have only viewed them from |
| environment and indulge yourself in a one filled with | | | | the surface. If you have snorkeled before, you get a |
| liquid instead of air, things change. Breathing cannot | | | | view that could be compared to a person flying low |
| be taken for granted. You must prepare yourself for | | | | over a town. You may see the people and the |
| that first frightening breath underwater. | | | | structure but you are hovering above. They are too |
| Breathing Underwater | | | | far away to interact. |
| Humankind has a natural fear of drowning. This | | | | If you scuba dive, you can go down to where the |
| comes from the first time you accidentally allows | | | | activity is and be part of it. Imagine seeing a fish |
| liquid to enter your windpipe. You start choking, | | | | larger than you and swimming next to it. Wow what |
| coughing and trying to expel the liquid from your | | | | a thrill! |
| lungs. Everyone has experienced this frightening | | | | Your Eyes Can Deceive You |
| occurrence. Now, consider that you are surrounded | | | | When you are underwater, visibility is considerably |
| by water and are at a point that air is not as plentiful | | | | different than that of what you are use to. In our |
| as on the surface. If you are not prepared, it can be | | | | environment, we have developed the ability to judge |
| quite overwhelming. Prepare yourself, and you will | | | | distance and speed of objects. Underwater, this just |
| open up a world like no other. | | | | isn't what you are use to. Its whole new ball game |
| Certification First | | | | where objects are not as close as they appear. |
| Scuba diving is learning how to control yourself in an | | | | Your Ears Will Fool You Too |
| environment hostile to your existence. Scuba diving | | | | One other thing is your sense of sound. Under water |
| requires training that will help you to change from an | | | | sounds travel different from sounds in air. Not only |
| air filled environment to a liquid filled environment. | | | | do you hear sounds but your body will also perceive |
| After you master the basic skills necessary of | | | | the vibrations. Fish use this phenomenon as a means |
| breathing underwater, safety requirements, and | | | | to find food and hide from predators. Scuba diving |
| show self-control, you will be able to be certified. The | | | | will give you a chance to rediscover your senses. |
| certification allows you to rent scuba gear, and get | | | | Additionally, it gives you a greater sense of your |
| air tanks filled. | | | | place in the world. |