Summer Dive Club Happenings

We are launching our third session of Summer Scuba Club.  Summer students will have the opportunity to learn to dive, and our returning divers from previous sessions will have the opportunity to take their knowledge about diving to the next level.

During our open water session, students learn useful water habits and skills before embarking on the PADI Open Water Diver Course.  During our very first session we had students that were excited about the adventure but did not have solid swimming or water treading techniques.  Our sessions take a novice from the utter basics in water safety rules such as no eating immediately prior to entering the water to the course completion.

Having the best foundation early on creates a good starting point on which to build.  By having good skills, divers enjoy their dives a lot more and do not waste valuable dive time with a litany of issues that come with poor skills.  Have you ever been on a dive tour and seen a whole group of divers held up trying to help one individual who got into the water, then panicked from a torn fin strap?  Obviously, experienced divers should have patience with these types of novice divers, but think of how smoothly the dive could have been if that diver who held up the group had good water skills and dive habits.   Had the panicked diver taken the time to check their gear before this trip and in addition had been comfortable enough in the water to not panic if their fin strap did tear and just could quickly swap fins out, the whole incident could have been avoided.  Hence, preparation is a very important dive skill to have.   All these basics are what students learn during this entry level session.

What awaits our return students?   Deeper dives.  They can go on to do more advanced dives as they work on their advanced certification.  Also, a favorite is the underwater clean up and fish/reef surveys that the advanced divers are allowed to participate in.

Parents and divers that have been inactive should consider getting into a dive club in their local area, such as this one.  It is a good way to keep skills fresh.  Dive clubs also allow for a close interaction with others.   They also promote friendships around a great hobby.  Let’s get wet!