I took a discover scuba course in 2010 and fell in love with it. Later that week, I enrolled in the open water course and ended up getting up certified a couple of months later. Learning how to dive was the best decision I ever made.
I took the Discover Scuba class in the summer of 2016 at the Turks and Caicos Islands! Needless to say, when we went back the next year I got my Open Water certification and then my nitrox certification afterward through my college's scuba club! It's too much fun!
I just have to say to you thank you so much for making me want to go scuba diving a long as i can remember and now i am finally advanced open water because of you thank you so much
So, when I drag my hubby (looks like cameraman Tim!) to some tourist destination, like Maui, cause my two best friends live there, could we get geared up, a short tutorial, and then a little guided scuba dive? Is this the kind of quick tutorial tourists take to be able to scuba? Oh, I will definitely take the tutorial as well. Heck, 40 years ago is when I got certified, even have a card so I could have gotten air tanks filled. I don't remember hubby being anywhere near me when snorkeling. Why is that? I don't remember him swimming in a pool with me? I'll start with snorkeling and work up to trying scuba. We got married in Maui, 16 years ago and at that time the waters were in a horrid algae bloom (nitrogen runoff from golf courses!). He bought me a ticket for a tandem ride in a paraglider. I was a lot afraid of jumping out of planes. Didn't jump out of a plane either. Wasn't scary at all. So he has been informed he has to try to do scuba, once, with me. Poor dude! He's watched all of your episodes, without falling asleep!
I loved this class It was so much fun to go underwater and breathe did have some trouble equalizing tho but I also took the regulator out of my mouth a lot have doing it once I was doing it like second nature Jonathan Birds blue world is what go me to take the class If I didn’t find Blue world,I don’t think I would want to be a marine biologist
On 'freaking out' when removing the mask, a hint: move your head to the side a bit. the reason why I say this is cause of your nose. with a straight head, the bubbles you create while exhaling will end up passing your nose. which can feel very uncomfortable cause it pushes some water into it. and that's where people freak out. but by moving your head to the side a bit, the bubbles will choose the path of least resistance and will pass next to your nose (over your cheek and side of your face). which is ridiculously more comfortable when you need to replace or recover your mask underwater :P
Your best option is to have your cardiologist contact a medical advisor at DAN (the Divers Alert Network) to discuss you case; every case is a little different. For non-emergencies, medical questions, and other DAN services the number is 1-800-446-2671. (You may need to get a one-year DAN membership before they'll discuss your case, but I'm not sure about that.)
16 pounds? Around here (Seattle area) that's light. We need insulated dry suits or wetsuits, which are very buoyant. I use a very thick wetsuit, and I'm also really tall; as a result I need 42 pounds of weight to get below the surface.
@@seikibrian8641 42 pounds seems a lot though. Are you sure you weren't over weighted? Diving with my drysuit and thickest winter undersuit plus two aluminium tanks (i.e. buoyant at the end of the dive) I need 26-27 pounds. And I'm not a skinny guy at all.
@@Yggdrasil42 Yeah, even my instructor was shocked at how much weight I needed, and she's an instructor trainer and PADI Course Development trainer. On my first open water dive, she kept adding more weight followed by more weight; she had to go back to shore to get still more weights until I was finally neutrally buoyant at the surface. If I'd had a dry suit I could have used less weight, because I could let air out until I sank, and then add more as needed to compensate for depth; but with my thick foam suit (6mm hood, 7mm arms and legs, and 14mm torso) I needed 42 pounds to get below the surface. As I went deeper and the foam compressed, I had to use my BCD a lot more than I did in the pool dives, but it worked. Don't forget, too, that at 6'5" tall and 220 pounds my wetsuit has a LOT of surface area.
I took a discover scuba course in 2010 and fell in love with it. Later that week, I enrolled in the open water course and ended up getting up certified a couple of months later. Learning how to dive was the best decision I ever made.
I took the Discover Scuba class in the summer of 2016 at the Turks and Caicos Islands! Needless to say, when we went back the next year I got my Open Water certification and then my nitrox certification afterward through my college's scuba club! It's too much fun!
I just have to say to you thank you so much for making me want to go scuba diving a long as i can remember and now i am finally advanced open water because of you thank you so much
That is awesome! Congratulations!
Scuba diving has to be the best hobby. Exploring 70 percent of planet earth and spending time with fish and all aqua life.
I took this class 2 years ago in Key Largo , Florida!
My teenager (wow when did I get two of them) just got signed up for a discover scuba for his 13th birthday adventure
Awesome! Anything but video games!
So, when I drag my hubby (looks like cameraman Tim!) to some tourist destination, like Maui, cause my two best friends live there, could we get geared up, a short tutorial, and then a little guided scuba dive? Is this the kind of quick tutorial tourists take to be able to scuba? Oh, I will definitely take the tutorial as well. Heck, 40 years ago is when I got certified, even have a card so I could have gotten air tanks filled.
I don't remember hubby being anywhere near me when snorkeling. Why is that? I don't remember him swimming in a pool with me? I'll start with snorkeling and work up to trying scuba. We got married in Maui, 16 years ago and at that time the waters were in a horrid algae bloom (nitrogen runoff from golf courses!). He bought me a ticket for a tandem ride in a paraglider. I was a lot afraid of jumping out of planes. Didn't jump out of a plane either. Wasn't scary at all. So he has been informed he has to try to do scuba, once, with me. Poor dude! He's watched all of your episodes, without falling asleep!
Can’t wait to start scuba diving!
Wow, does learning how to do those bubble rings part of the class?
Thanks for the video. It might help lots of people.
LOL...not that's the advanced class!
Hello thank you for your video, a very good one. I am a french scuba instructor and I really appreciate your channel :-) :-)
Thank you very much!
I loved this class
It was so much fun to go underwater and breathe did have some trouble equalizing tho but I also took the regulator out of my mouth a lot have doing it once I was doing it like second nature
Jonathan Birds blue world is what go me to take the class
If I didn’t find Blue world,I don’t think I would want to be a marine biologist
On 'freaking out' when removing the mask, a hint: move your head to the side a bit.
the reason why I say this is cause of your nose. with a straight head, the bubbles you create while exhaling will end up passing your nose. which can feel very uncomfortable cause it pushes some water into it. and that's where people freak out.
but by moving your head to the side a bit, the bubbles will choose the path of least resistance and will pass next to your nose (over your cheek and side of your face). which is ridiculously more comfortable when you need to replace or recover your mask underwater :P
This old school "shark academy" theme😍😍🤙
Milking our music library!
How on earth do you make those rings, those are so cool. I'm going to impress my dive buddies next time I go diving!
A little practice!
Welcome to underwater world
Well, Unfortunately my area doesn't have a brick and mortar scuba shop with Discover Scuba Diving available.
Hi, i really want to dive with you. Next Time😊😊😊😊
I had heart surgery can I still go diving I have a triple bypasses and one stent
Your best option is to have your cardiologist contact a medical advisor at DAN (the Divers Alert Network) to discuss you case; every case is a little different. For non-emergencies, medical questions, and other DAN services the number is 1-800-446-2671. (You may need to get a one-year DAN membership before they'll discuss your case, but I'm not sure about that.)
Looks fun;)
Love this vid :)
I did a one-day scuba calas and I want to get certified
Sir, where can I start this? Is it by any chance in India?
You can take a Discover scuba class virtually anywhere there is a dive shop.
Why is it so that I just said last video that I was trying scuba diving and Johnathan did this video?!
scuba diving is awesome, but i have to lose some blubber before trying it again. carrying 16lbs weight belt down isn't fun.
16 pounds? Around here (Seattle area) that's light. We need insulated dry suits or wetsuits, which are very buoyant. I use a very thick wetsuit, and I'm also really tall; as a result I need 42 pounds of weight to get below the surface.
7.5kg??? this is not that much, is a pretty standard weight!
@@seikibrian8641 42 pounds seems a lot though. Are you sure you weren't over weighted? Diving with my drysuit and thickest winter undersuit plus two aluminium tanks (i.e. buoyant at the end of the dive) I need 26-27 pounds. And I'm not a skinny guy at all.
@@Yggdrasil42 Yeah, even my instructor was shocked at how much weight I needed, and she's an instructor trainer and PADI Course Development trainer. On my first open water dive, she kept adding more weight followed by more weight; she had to go back to shore to get still more weights until I was finally neutrally buoyant at the surface. If I'd had a dry suit I could have used less weight, because I could let air out until I sank, and then add more as needed to compensate for depth; but with my thick foam suit (6mm hood, 7mm arms and legs, and 14mm torso) I needed 42 pounds to get below the surface. As I went deeper and the foam compressed, I had to use my BCD a lot more than I did in the pool dives, but it worked. Don't forget, too, that at 6'5" tall and 220 pounds my wetsuit has a LOT of surface area.
well guess what i have a scuba instructor thats gonna teach me and then i can get certified
Hi how are you
u stayed here with jake
Yes we did!! Very observant.
@@BlueWorldplus OH MY GOD U REPLAYED THAN U SO MUCH i want too be scuba diver too so thank u for responding
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