| Diving can be fun and enjoyable. With your first | | | | What happens when SCUBA diving starts to get |
| underwater breath, your life will never be the same | | | | boring? Take a class, go on vacation, or assist with |
| again. But while you're considering everything you | | | | an Open Water class. Do something different. |
| read and hear about SCUBA diving, lets keep our | | | | It is always better to have your own gear. The basic |
| eyes open about the process of learning to SCUBA | | | | facts are pretty clear: divers, who have their own |
| dive. | | | | SCUBA equipment, will dive more often. Just think |
| While most SCUBA instructors and certification | | | | about this, your best friend calls and wants to go |
| agencies sell the, "adventure", of SCUBA diving, | | | | SCUBA diving. You need to run down to the dive |
| learning to dive is a process. To master this process, | | | | store, rent some equipment, try it on and make sure |
| remember three basic rules of learning to SCUBA | | | | it fits and then go SCUBA diving. Loading up your car |
| dive: | | | | and meeting at the beach is pretty simple right? And |
| | | | you know the wetsuit is clean!! |
| 1. SCUBA will give you, what you put in. | | | | There will be a time when your SCUBA experience |
| 2. It is always better to have your own gear. | | | | will not be fun. The beach will have big waves, you |
| 3. There will be a time, that the SCUBA experience | | | | will not like the boat trip, your buddy is weird; stuff |
| will not be fun! | | | | happens. Just like when you go skiing, you"ll land face |
| SCUBA will give you, what you put in. If you do not | | | | down in the snow. Your tee shot curves right and |
| apply your new found skills consistently and | | | | lands in the water hazard. Your movie has 30 minutes |
| frequently, they will get lost. Think about it, would | | | | of advertising before it starts. Not all of life's |
| you fly with a pilot who was certified 9 months ago | | | | experiences will be fun and SCUBA is no different. |
| and now is ready to take you up on their first flight? | | | | Anything worth doing will have its bad moments. |
| How about having surgery with a surgeon who has | | | | Learn by doing it differently, take a different dive |
| not had an operation in over one year? Diving skills | | | | boat, have your best friend SCUBA dive with you; |
| need to be practiced if you are going to be a safe | | | | life is too short to dive on a half a tank. |
| diver. | | | | |