| If you have never dived before and aren?t sure that | | | | to deal with it whether it?s a shark or a fish. |
| you want to spend the money on the certification | | | | After taking all of these things into consideration, and |
| process, you can still go diving. There are popular diving | | | | you are still ready to become certified there are quite |
| locations in the Caribbean or the Florida Keys where | | | | a few places you can go to do so. There are about |
| the resort may offer dives. These are typically one | | | | 1,900 professional scuba dive centers in just North |
| day or weekend crash courses, and they don?t allow | | | | America, so you should be able to find one relatively |
| you the freedom you have with becoming certified, but | | | | local. These centers should be listed in the yellow |
| they will give you a chance to see what it?s like. | | | | pages of the phonebook. You can also look online. |
| Getting certified in Scuba Diving can be a lengthy | | | | You should find one where you are able to take it and |
| process. Not everyone is cut out to scuba dive. If you | | | | get information on the course. Courses can range in |
| are thinking of being certified, there are a few things | | | | price from several hundred dollars to even several |
| you should do before you go any further. | | | | thousand dollars. You may also need to buy your own |
| One is to make sure you are a reasonable good | | | | equipment, so talk to the instructor and know what you |
| swimmer. Part of the certification requires you to be | | | | will need to have for the class. You may also want to |
| able to swim 200 yards and be able to float or tread | | | | ask about the size of the class, and the length. Some |
| water for roughly 10 minutes. Scuba diving can be very | | | | places offer the course in a weekend and others over |
| tiring, so making sure you are in good shape is | | | | a few week period. If this particular class doesn?t |
| necessary. | | | | sound right for you, keep looking around. Lots of places |
| Second, it is a good idea to get cleared from your | | | | offer the class, so you should be able to find one that |
| doctor. Health issues can occur with scuba diving, and | | | | works for you and your schedule. |
| you want to make sure that you won?t have any | | | | In order to become certified, there is a classroom |
| problems. You need to be able to breath through your | | | | portion, pool sessions, and open water dives. The |
| mouth instead of your nose and be able to equalize | | | | classroom portion will require you to take a written test |
| your ears. You don?t want to rupture an ear drum | | | | at the end that you need to pass. The pool sessions |
| while scuba diving because you were unable to ?pop? | | | | also require you to pass a swim test as talked about |
| your ears. Heart conditions and obesity can also make | | | | earlier. In the open water dives ( you will need to show |
| you more susceptible to heath conditions that occur | | | | your skills such as setting up and check equipment, |
| with diving. | | | | planning the dive, ascent and descent, clearing the |
| You also need to consider your mental health, meaning | | | | mask, and more. |
| if you can mentally handle scuba diving. You are | | | | All must be done before you are certified and able to |
| underwater and cannot panic. If you are one to panic | | | | venture the waters alone. By alone of course I do |
| easily at the sight of something you aren?t familiar | | | | mean using the buddy system because you never |
| with, scuba diving might not be for you. There is an | | | | want to dive by yourself. |
| abundant amount of sea life, and you need to be able | | | | |