Comments on: Do you have to be experienced to scuba dive? http://www.servantsofallah.org/dive-training/do-you-have-to-be-experienced-to-scuba-dive Explore the nice oceans Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Doug http://www.servantsofallah.org/dive-training/do-you-have-to-be-experienced-to-scuba-dive/comment-page-1#comment-637 Doug Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:50:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/dive-training/do-you-have-to-be-experienced-to-scuba-dive#comment-637 There are a few ways "give you the basics" can be handle: 1. Discover Scuba: The instructor will go over some very basic stuff. You will then get to play around in the pool or in some very calm and shallow ocean/sea water with the instructor by your side. 2. Resort Course: You go to a resort. The instructor will give you a very basic course. For your stay at that particular resort, you will be able to go on some simple dives with the instructor nearby. 3. Open Water Diver Course: You spend time in the classroom learning theory. You spend some time in the pool learning some skills. You then do some certification dives demonstrating what you learned in the class and pool. After certification, you can follow your training and go diving with a buddy. With PADI, the fastest you can get certified (classroom, pool, and certification dives) is two days, and those would be a couple of really long and exhausting days. The typical class that I teach is five weeknights for about 5 hours each night to cover the pool and classroom. After that, you will have to do the certification dives over two days. The training is necessary. You can kill yourself or get severely injured (like a ruptured lung) if you mess up while scuba diving. Scuba diving is safe and easy, and preventing major accidents is easy as well. Without that knowledge, you could mess up.<br><b>References : </b><br> There are a few ways "give you the basics" can be handle:

1. Discover Scuba: The instructor will go over some very basic stuff. You will then get to play around in the pool or in some very calm and shallow ocean/sea water with the instructor by your side.

2. Resort Course: You go to a resort. The instructor will give you a very basic course. For your stay at that particular resort, you will be able to go on some simple dives with the instructor nearby.

3. Open Water Diver Course: You spend time in the classroom learning theory. You spend some time in the pool learning some skills. You then do some certification dives demonstrating what you learned in the class and pool. After certification, you can follow your training and go diving with a buddy.

With PADI, the fastest you can get certified (classroom, pool, and certification dives) is two days, and those would be a couple of really long and exhausting days. The typical class that I teach is five weeknights for about 5 hours each night to cover the pool and classroom. After that, you will have to do the certification dives over two days.

The training is necessary. You can kill yourself or get severely injured (like a ruptured lung) if you mess up while scuba diving. Scuba diving is safe and easy, and preventing major accidents is easy as well. Without that knowledge, you could mess up.
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]]> By: Jazzy http://www.servantsofallah.org/dive-training/do-you-have-to-be-experienced-to-scuba-dive/comment-page-1#comment-636 Jazzy Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:19:59 +0000 http://www.servantsofallah.org/dive-training/do-you-have-to-be-experienced-to-scuba-dive#comment-636 yes you have to take the class.<br><b>References : </b><br> yes you have to take the class.
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