Last Updated on August 8, 2020
Diving for beginners: how to make diving fun and safe: The underwater world is like another dimension. There are unusual physics laws, Sponge Bob, and beauty that you cannot see on land. But be careful – you have to go under the water prepared.
Diving for Beginners – Make Diving Fun and Safe
You will be taught in detail the intricacies of diving at the resort. And we’ll just tell you what you need to be prepared for and what to foresee before diving. Then diving will not be so scary, and you will spend less time on training, and you will get much more pleasure.
What You Need to Know
In the depths of the ocean, dangers lie in wait for the diver – panic, pressure, poisonous, and not always friendly sea inhabitants. In order not to spoil your vacation, you need to know three main things:
- Not everyone can dive: Diving is contraindicated in pregnancy and certain health problems such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, before the trip, go to the doctor and make sure that everything is in order with your health.
- You need to dive strictly together: Beginners dive ONLY with an instructor, experienced divers with a partner. Even an experienced diver can get confused underwater, and then a partner will save him. For a beginner, an experienced instructor is nearby – a guarantee that everything will go well.
- The instructor must be obeyed without question: If he gave the command to pop up, you need to pop up. If you said not to swim there, you could not swim. If it does not allow you to touch “that beautiful fish,” you cannot touch it. Believe me, you will have enough impressions, and so, and the dive can always be repeated.
Interesting fact. You don’t need to be good at swimming to scuba dive. The diving suit keeps you in the water perfectly due to the buoyancy compensators, and all you need is to learn basic leg movements to move freely underwater.
Have you gone to the doctor, and are you ready for complete obedience? Then you can plan your first dive! If diving is not impressive, read our article on surfing in Sri Lanka – maybe this sport will interest you more.
Where to Go
Diving is now offered everywhere – in Turkey, Emirates, Vietnam, Thailand. You can dive in almost any resort, and it would be the sea. But if diving is your main goal, look for places that are especially suitable for beginners.
Maldives
They are considered the best place for diving – the underwater world is very rich, you can get to the beautiful reefs right from the shore, almost every hotel has its own dive center with instructors. The best reef is on Allaydu Island. Minus one, but serious – the trip will be expensive.
Bali
Mostly advanced divers come here, but there is one wonderful place for beginners – Tulamben Island. Here, at a depth of only two meters, the wrecks of sunken ships rest, and the underwater world is impressive. There are also many really good schools and experienced instructors in Bali.
Malta
The underwater world in the Mediterranean Sea is not very bright – you cannot find rare tropical fish and corals here. But it is in Malta that diving is very interesting – there are many caves, grottoes, and sunken ships. If you are attracted not by marine flora and fauna, but by all sorts of interesting Titanics, choose Malta.
Vietnam
Here the diver will find corals, colorful fish, and huge turtles. They dive mainly near Mun Island and Fukuoka – you can see the beauty already at a depth of 5-10 meters. And diving here is one of the cheapest in the world.
Turkey
Not the most interesting place for diving – the underwater world is rather scarce, and the water is not always clean. But there are many instructors, and the flow of tourists is huge.
So if you are still in doubt whether you will like diving or not, you can do a test dive in Turkey – and then go to more exotic places. Although there is an exception – the town of Oludeniz attracts even experienced divers with its purest water and amazing underwater world.
You’ll Need to Choose a Training School
After training, it is important that she issues an international certificate PADI, CMAS, or NAUI – then, in the future, you will be able to dive without training in any country in the world. In Asian countries, you should pay attention to the owners of the school – foreigners usually have better training.
If the school owners are local, the tuition will be cheaper, but worse. It is better to choose a school according to the reviews of other divers.
What to Buy
The only thing worth buying from the equipment is an individual mask for diving. You can buy it on the spot. Your own mask gives you a good view and is much more comfortable than a rented one. A suit, cylinders, and everything you need will be rented at the dive center.
Over time, if diving becomes addictive, you can buy your own equipment, but if you are a beginner, you will not need it. It will also be useful for diving to purchase special medical insurance – if something goes wrong during the dive, it will come in handy.
But it is not necessary to buy it, especially for the first dive – it will be more useful when you have already gained experience and will not swim with an instructor, but simply with a partner.
How to Prepare for Your First Dive
You need to start preparing for the dive at the hotel. Avoid alcohol the day before your swim. This is important: even a glass of light cocktail can change the heartbeat, and the heart should work perfectly underwater. In no case should you dive with a cold – this will prevent you from blowing your ears underwater.
If you feel unwell, it’s best not to risk it. In a good dive school, you will receive detailed instructions before your first dive. An experienced diver will show you how to put on and check your equipment. How to sail, what gestures to use, and what to do in general.
The theoretical course can take about an hour. After that, good schools organize a trial dive in the pool to see if you are ready to dive into the ocean. After training, it remains to check the equipment under the instructor’s supervision – and you can dive.
How to Behave Underwater
- Equalize the pressure in your ears: The pressure rises rapidly underwater, this is normal. In order not to injure the inner ear, you need to pinch your nose and exhale into it every meter of diving – this will equalize the pressure, help you dive in comfort, and avoid injury.
- Do not be afraid: When you dive underwater, your brain feels like you are drowning. Many people have tears, a lump in their throats, fear awakens. Remember, the instructor is there. He will notice it and come up with you. The second dive is usually much easier.
- Don’t try to make friends with marine life: Underwater, you can be stung by a jellyfish, and corals or sea urchins can be pricked. Therefore, it is better not to touch ANYTHING with your hands without the instructor’s permission and observe the beauty from afar. Better even hold your elbows so that you are not tempted to grab some fish.
- Breathe evenly: The volume of air in the cylinders is limited, so you won’t be able to spend a lot of time underwater. To spend less air, breathe evenly and slowly, about half of your lungs – then you can swim longer.
- Get out of the water correctly: When you get into the boat, no one helps from below, and the water is so-so support. It is better to take off your fins in advance – it will be easier to get out.
Are you afraid that someone will sting you or bite you? Read our article on dangerous marine life in advance, forewarned is forearmed!
Conclusion
And be prepared for whatever else you want. Even if you panicked on the first dive, the beauty of the underwater world would fascinate you so much that you will want to dive again and again. So budget a new item of expenditure in advance and don’t say we didn’t warn you. You are now ready to dive into the underwater world. We let you go with a pure heart and wish you a pleasant active holiday!
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