| Getting started with scuba diving means that you | | | | basic diving techniques, safety measures, scuba diving |
| have to learn extensive scuba diving and go through | | | | equipment maintenance, and physiological effects of |
| rigorous training from the best and most qualified | | | | diving, planning and some basic skills used in diving. |
| diving instructors. The instructors to look for can be | | | | You will be given homework and exams just like in |
| found in a PADI or NAUI affiliated diving school. | | | | any other class. |
| When you are new to something it is important to | | | | Pool Sessions - In order to assimilate the practical |
| learn properly from the best. Your training could go | | | | application, you will be holding training sessions in the |
| from a few days to as long as 11 weeks. A longer | | | | pool. This will help beginners in easing up their |
| time for training is recommended because you have | | | | systems and mindset so they can grow accustomed |
| to condition yourself to spend a long time | | | | to being submerged in water for a long period of |
| underwater. Bundled up nerves can get pretty | | | | time. You will be able to try out the diving skills you |
| dangerous underwater so they have to train you to | | | | learned in class as well as all the other discussions |
| be calm. Not to mention the fact that you have to | | | | that the class held in the pool. You can simulate open |
| learn about all the basic equipment and how to use it. | | | | water conditions and consequently conditioning also |
| Requirements - if you plan to enroll in a scuba diving | | | | your body to grow accustomed to this activity. |
| school, you have to at least be 15 years old. This is | | | | Through pool sessions, you will be expected to |
| the earliest that you can participate in this but then | | | | master the basic techniques which you will in turn, |
| of course, you have to have parental consent. If you | | | | use in open water. |
| are a parent, make sure that your child is going to | | | | Examinations - typical to any class or course, you will |
| enroll in a safe and trusted school. Health is another | | | | also have to go through examinations both written |
| requirement that you have to meet. You have to fit | | | | and practical. The coverage of the exams will be a |
| the medical bill to make you qualified in such an | | | | comprehensive test of all that you are learned during |
| endeavour. | | | | the course of the training. You will be quizzed on |
| Classroom Training - as with any type of course, you | | | | theories, application of decompression tables and |
| also have to sit down and take notes. While some | | | | hand signals. These are all important parts of the |
| people may find this boring and unnecessary, it is in | | | | learning process and you should know this by heart |
| fact a vital step. Learning the concepts in the mind | | | | should you decide to seriously go into scuba diving. |
| first will properly equip you with knowledge that could | | | | You are expected to get perfect marks. |
| prove useful to practical applications. You will learn | | | | |