Scuba diving

Last year, I tried a new hobby: scuba diving. Since then, I have been diving 35 times underwater and discovered so many amazing things! Now, I would like to share my experiences with you.

First of all, scuba diving is not an activity you can improvise with. Security is very important. In fact, if you want to dive you will need to pass some exams. There are several certification levels you can pass from various organisation (PADI, CMAS, CEDIP, BSAC). Those exams have pretty much the same purpose: to teach you how to dive safely within the boundaries defined by the certificating organisation. You can start diving easily by passing the first PADI exam, of PADI organisation called "Open Water Diver", which can be taken after 6 dives.

After passing your exam, you will start to discover the underwater like you never have seen it. A normal dive is about 40 minutes, plenty of time to observe fishes, corals, wrecks, rays, turtles and even sharks if you are lucky. A lot of people think sharks are dangerous, and that's true for some species like the white shark, but trust me a lot of them are really peaceful. As a scuba diver you are not food for them (because of all the equipment and the bubbles) so you are safe.

Last but not least, do not think the huge amount of equipment required to breath under water will be a burden as you will stop noticing it as soon as you are bellow the surface.

I hope you liked to enjoyed reading about scuba diving and are now ready to try it out!

Scuba diving

Last year, I tried a new hobby : scuba diving. Since then, I went 35 times underwater 35 times and have discovered so many amazing things! Now I would like to share my experiences with you.

First of all, scuba diving is not an activity you can improvise with. Security is very important. In fact, if you want to dive you will need to pass some exams. There is are several certification levels you can pass from various organisation (PADI, CMAS, CEDIP). Those exams have pretty much the same purpose : to teach you how to dive safely between the within the boundaries defined by the certificating organisation. You can start diving easily by passing the first exam of PADI organisation PADI exam named "Open Water Diver" which can be obtained after 6 dives.

After passing you the exam, you will start to discover the underwater like you never have seen it. A normal dive is about 40 minutes, plenty of time to observe fishes, corals, wrecks, rays, turtles and even sharks if you are lucky. A lot of people think that sharks are dangerous, and that's true for some species like the white shark, but trust me, a lot of them are quite peaceful. As a scuba diver, you are not food for them (because of all the equipment and the bubbles) so you are safe.

Last but not least, do not think that the huge equipment required to breath underwater will be a burden; as you will stop noticing it as soon as you will be bellow are below the surface.

I hope you liked to read about scuba diving and are now ready to try it out!