ool Dives

4 Open Water Dives

Class Room Instruction involves reading the textbook, doing quizzes, and practicing the techniques in a pool. You cover the basics of how it works, what the safety concerns are, how the PADI program works for certification (a sales pitch basically), and you get a good feel how to operate the gear within a safe pool environment.

TheI was certified for scuba diving a few years ago and it turned out to be one of the best things I have done for my traveling. I am not going to go off on how awesome it is and how many dives I have done (because I have not done many really) so do not worry. This article is more about how it adds to your traveling and how to go about getting certified.

When traveling, there are so many opportunities to go diving (and for reasonable prices) that it is almost foolish to not be certified. It always gives you the opportunity to see a bit more when you are somewhere. Especially if you end up in one of those resort locations for a bit of time. You can throw in a few dives on those days when you just do not feel like laying on the beach or sweating on some day hike somewhere.

I was certified through PADI which is one of the recognized bodies around the world and will let you dive basically anywhere. I have used my diving in Thailand, at Kande Beach in Malawi, and on the island of Zanzibar. I have had many other opportunities as well, but did not have the time (Galapagos Islands, Cuba, and Vietnam).

Now we will discuss how to get certified. You can read this and more in the main article.

How Does Certification Work with PADI
My cousin first gave me the idea before I left on my trip to South East Asia in 2004. Basically it comprises of 2 components which cost around $300 Canadian altogether or $150 each.

• Class Room Instruction/Pool Dives
• 4 Open Water Dives

Class Room Instruction involves reading the textbook, doing quizzes, and practicing the techniques in a pool. You cover the basics of how it works, what the safety concerns are, how the PADI program works for certification (a sales pitch basically), and you get a good feel how to operate the gear within a safe pool environment.

Theunities to go diving (and for reasonable prices) that it is almost foolish to not be certified. It always gives you the opportunity to see a bit more when you are somewhere. Especially if you end up in one of those resort locations for a bit of time. You can throw in a few dives on those days when you just do not feel like laying on the beach or sweating on some day hike somewhere.

I was certified through PADI which is one of the recognized bodies around the world and will let you dive basically anywhere. I have used my diving in Thailand, at Kande Beach in Malawi, and on the island of Zanzibar. I have had many other opportunities as well, but did not have the time (Galapagos Islands, Cuba, and Vietnam).

Now we will discuss how to get certified. You can read this and more in the main article.

How Does Certification Work with PADI
My cousin first gave me the idea before I left on my trip to South East Asia in 2004. Basically it comprises of 2 components which cost around $300 Canadian altogether or $150 each.

• Class Room Instruction/Pool Dives
• 4 Open Water Dives

Class Room Instruction involves reading the textbook, doing quizzes, and practicing the techniques in a pool. You cover the basics of how it works, what the safety concerns are, how the PADI program works for certification (a sales pitch basically), and you get a good feel how to operate the gear within a safe pool environment.

Thetified through PADI which is one of the recognized bodies around the world and will let you dive basically anywhere. I have used my diving in Thailand, at Kande Beach in Malawi, and on the island of Zanzibar. I have had many other opportunities as well, but did not have the time (Galapagos Islands, Cuba, and Vietnam).

Now we will discuss how to get certified. You can read this and more in the main article.

How Does Certification Work with PADI
My cousin first gave me the idea before I left on my trip to South East Asia in 2004. Basically it comprises of 2 components which cost around $300 Canadian altogether or $150 each.

• Class Room Instruction/Pool Dives
• 4 Open Water Dives

Class Room Instruction involves reading the textbook, doing quizzes, and practicing the techniques in a pool. You cover the basics of how it works, what the safety concerns are, how the PADI program works for certification (a sales pitch basically), and you get a good feel how to operate the gear within a safe pool environment.

Thehe main article.

How Does Certification Work with PADI
My cousin first gave me the idea before I left on my trip to South East Asia in 2004. Basically it comprises of 2 components which cost around $300 Canadian altogether or $150 each.

• Class Room Instruction/Pool Dives
• 4 Open Water Dives

Class Room Instruction involves reading the textbook, doing quizzes, and practicing the techniques in a pool. You cover the basics of how it works, what the safety concerns are, how the PADI program works for certification (a sales pitch basically), and you get a good feel how to operate the gear within a safe pool environment.

Theool Dives

4 Open Water Dives

Class Room Instruction involves reading the textbook, doing quizzes, and practicing the techniques in a pool. You cover the basics of how it works, what the safety concerns are, how the PADI program works for certification (a sales pitch basically), and you get a good feel how to operate the gear within a safe pool environment.

The 4 open water dives are four separate dives on open water. Open water means a lake, river, or ocean. You can do more than one dive a day as well so it does not have to take long.

When you have completed both portions, you will receive a nice little PADI Open Water card in the mail that you can take with you whenever.

This is just a preview of what it takes. You can read the rest of the article here.