I am an experienced lifelong diver/divemaster, and have enjoyed your videos. I appreciate your delivery style, which I would imagine will make beginners very comfortable. The one thing I would suggest that you advise new divers to not over use their tank bangers, reef rattles, etc. There is nothing more frustrating than to have a beautiful, serene dive disturbed by a lot of of banging/rattling, etc. Thanks.
100% spot on. There's a saying in the hiking community, "we travel as fast as our slowest hiker" Same with diving. I have a few hundred dives, (I stopped counting some of them) my regular dive buddy, my wife has around 30. We dive plan around her comfort/skill level. As an example, my wife doesn't dive/swim anything overhead so we don't do swim-through's. I'm a bit of an air hog so we tend to try to stay shallow. "you can't teach experience" so dive and dive some more.
Very good video.... I'm only at 150 +/_ dives and have learned some of these points from experience. It took almost 50 dives to learn to simply relax and enjoy the underwater world. I'm addicted now and dive at least 2x per week here in the Philippines and always looking for ways to improve my dive skills.
So glad you enjoyed it. Yes, it takes time to be able to just relax and enjoy. Can I say I am jealous of you being able to dive 2x a week 🤣🤣. That is fantastic! Keep on enjoying!!
Did/do you know these things when you first started diving? Or was it only me, LOL. Please share, I would love to hear your experience. For more tips on becoming a better diver and have a better travel experience, subscribe to my channel here: ruclips.net/user/ScubaDivingSmiles
Very well done, thanks for the tips (just learning!). You have a great straightforward presentation style which I really appreciate. One thing, you have a red box around your thumbnails that show on the playlist or on the youtube home page. The red bar along the bottom of the thumbnail usually throws me off as it looks exactly like the red progress bar to show you how much of a specific video you've seen. So if one is looking quickly at a bunch of thumbnails, it's easy to think that the video has already been viewed and therefore either skip it or not really focus on it. I know it seems to be part of your branding to have your videos stand out, but just wanted to point out that it might cause a little confusion visually. Thanks again, will look for more of your work!
Thanks so much, glad you found the video helpful. And many thanks for the input on the red bar. Didn't think of that. I stopped using the red box recently because yt made rounded corners on the thumbnails and it looked weird, lol. Will have to go back and redo them when I get a chance. Thanks so much for your input, greatly appreciated!
The NUMBER ONE thing: dive buddies are not a security factor (as they tell you) but a risk factor! never do a dive with a buddy that you would not dare do alone! and if you do not dare going solo, get better training. (NUMBER TWO, if you are a seasonal diver: never start a season with dives requiring a proficiency level you ended the previous season at)
I'm an instructor and what Dianne has stated in this video is absolutely true. Dive instruction organizations are focused on teaching you the skills necessary for scuba diving. Your instructor should give you this information but do not. Much of Dianne's information may be contained in specialty courses that instructors will teach - yes for more money, their livelihood. When diving, remember the skills you were taught and implement the concepts Dianne has shared and have a good experience.
My wife and kids all got certified at different times. What I have seen, in addition to some instructors are MUCH better than others, some are less arrogant than others. Most instructors have so many dives and doing it so long that they forget some of the struggles many new divers have.
I am an experienced lifelong diver/divemaster, and have enjoyed your videos. I appreciate your delivery style, which I would imagine will make beginners very comfortable. The one thing I would suggest that you advise new divers to not over use their tank bangers, reef rattles, etc. There is nothing more frustrating than to have a beautiful, serene dive disturbed by a lot of of banging/rattling, etc. Thanks.
Thanks so much. I appreciate the kind words. And agree about keeping the noise to a minimum!
100% spot on. There's a saying in the hiking community, "we travel as fast as our slowest hiker" Same with diving. I have a few hundred dives, (I stopped counting some of them) my regular dive buddy, my wife has around 30. We dive plan around her comfort/skill level. As an example, my wife doesn't dive/swim anything overhead so we don't do swim-through's. I'm a bit of an air hog so we tend to try to stay shallow. "you can't teach experience" so dive and dive some more.
Sounds like a great arrangement! Perfect you can accommodate each other. My husband is my dive partner. Love getting to do this together.
Very good video.... I'm only at 150 +/_ dives and have learned some of these points from experience. It took almost 50 dives to learn to simply relax and enjoy the underwater world. I'm addicted now and dive at least 2x per week here in the Philippines and always looking for ways to improve my dive skills.
So glad you enjoyed it. Yes, it takes time to be able to just relax and enjoy. Can I say I am jealous of you being able to dive 2x a week 🤣🤣. That is fantastic! Keep on enjoying!!
Did/do you know these things when you first started diving? Or was it only me, LOL. Please share, I would love to hear your experience.
For more tips on becoming a better diver and have a better travel experience, subscribe to my channel here: ruclips.net/user/ScubaDivingSmiles
Very well done, thanks for the tips (just learning!). You have a great straightforward presentation style which I really appreciate. One thing, you have a red box around your thumbnails that show on the playlist or on the youtube home page. The red bar along the bottom of the thumbnail usually throws me off as it looks exactly like the red progress bar to show you how much of a specific video you've seen. So if one is looking quickly at a bunch of thumbnails, it's easy to think that the video has already been viewed and therefore either skip it or not really focus on it. I know it seems to be part of your branding to have your videos stand out, but just wanted to point out that it might cause a little confusion visually. Thanks again, will look for more of your work!
Thanks so much, glad you found the video helpful. And many thanks for the input on the red bar. Didn't think of that. I stopped using the red box recently because yt made rounded corners on the thumbnails and it looked weird, lol. Will have to go back and redo them when I get a chance. Thanks so much for your input, greatly appreciated!
The NUMBER ONE thing: dive buddies are not a security factor (as they tell you) but a risk factor! never do a dive with a buddy that you would not dare do alone! and if you do not dare going solo, get better training.
(NUMBER TWO, if you are a seasonal diver: never start a season with dives requiring a proficiency level you ended the previous season at)
I'm an instructor and what Dianne has stated in this video is absolutely true. Dive instruction organizations are focused on teaching you the skills necessary for scuba diving. Your instructor should give you this information but do not. Much of Dianne's information may be contained in specialty courses that instructors will teach - yes for more money, their livelihood. When diving, remember the skills you were taught and implement the concepts Dianne has shared and have a good experience.
Thanks so much Thomas. I always appreciate and value your contributions - especially since you are an instructor. Relieved you agree with me, LOL!
My wife and kids all got certified at different times. What I have seen, in addition to some instructors are MUCH better than others, some are less arrogant than others. Most instructors have so many dives and doing it so long that they forget some of the struggles many new divers have.
Good points Chris.
it's really an interesting topic .thanks a lot for sharing this with us...
You are more than welcome Ahmad! Glad you enjoyed it.