| One can enjoy the pleasures of scuba diving without | | | | enjoyable your first dives are going to be, there is |
| taking scuba diving classes or earning an open water | | | | always something else to give you more of an |
| certification, but if you think you'll enjoy it and would | | | | adrenaline rush in the advanced scuba disciplines, be it |
| like to do it more than once, then you really should | | | | just going deeper than 60 feet, or wreck diving, |
| consider getting certified. Read this article and learn a | | | | cavern diving, deep diving, underwater photography |
| few of the most compelling reasons why. | | | | and videography, and many, many more. Before you |
| An open water certificate is your license to | | | | can take any of these advanced courses though, |
| underwater freedom. As we said earlier, you can | | | | you will need your open water certification and a few |
| scuba dive without going to any classes, but this | | | | dives under your belt. |
| means that you will have to do it under the guidance | | | | You get exercise that doesn't feel like exercise. |
| of a dive master. This is fine for getting a feel for | | | | Going to the gym and lifting weights makes you fit, |
| the hobby or for a one-time experience, but if the | | | | but for a lot of people, it's also one of the most |
| scuba bug bites and you feel the need to make a | | | | boring activities known to man. Diving can also be a |
| regular activity out of it, getting a dive master each | | | | tiring, physically demanding sport, but the difference |
| time will mean a lot of added expense and | | | | is that everything is so exciting that you never feel |
| complication. When you get certified, you will have | | | | like it's exercise. But like any fitness program, you will |
| the knowledge, skills and confidence to dive | | | | only get the benefits if you keep on doing it, and in |
| unsupervised. Think of it as the difference between | | | | scuba diving terms, getting your certificate is like |
| driving a car with a learner's permit (you must always | | | | getting a lifetime membership at the gym. |
| have an experienced driver with you, you can only | | | | Diving is a lot of fun, and a great majority of the |
| go up to a certain speed), and driving with a | | | | people who try it once end up getting bitten by the |
| full-fledged license. | | | | diving bug. The most practical way to keep on |
| It allows you to explore more. There are several | | | | enjoying it, and to get the maximum benefits, is to |
| aspects to scuba diving, much more than you will | | | | take your scuba diving classes and earn that |
| experience within your first dive or indeed in your | | | | certificate. It's easy, it's fun, and it opens up the door |
| first scuba diving classes. No matter how exciting and | | | | to a lifetime of enjoyment. |