What education is needed for scuba diving?

Answer 1

Scuba Diving lessons can be a lot of fun! The key decision is finding a reputable dive shop to take your lessons with. The first certification that most people choose to do is an Open Water Certification, once complete you will be able to dive anywhere in the world. PADI is the most reputable SCUBA certification agency in the world, with over a million certifications a year.

After choosing your reputable dive shop, you want to make sure you work with a good dive instructor. This key decision can make or break your entire experience. Ask to meet some of the dive instructors, discuss with them any goals or fears you might have.

The first portion of your lessons will be online or in a classroom, where you will learn all about sorts of things about scuba diving. Your first water experience will be in a pool, where you can stand up at anytime. This is to help you get familiar with what it's like to breathe underwater, if at any point you are uncomfortable, you can just stand up. In your open water pool session you learn many valuable skills. Some of those skills are, how to set up you gear, how to clear your mask and how to surface.

Normally you have to do at least three confined pool session before you can go out in to open water in the ocean or a lake.

The first open water experience is a ton fun, allowing you to get comfortable with an open water environment. Here you will have really good chance to play around with your buoyancy underwater.

In your open water sessions you will have to perform the skills you learned in your confined pool sessions. You must pass your skills tests in an open water environment to pass this portion of the class. Once you have successfully completed your multiple-choice test and open water skills test, you earn your open water certification.

Overall, the experience is worthwhile and very fun. You open up the window to explore the the amazing underwater world. For many scuba diving is not a hobby, it's a passion.

Answer 2

It depends on the course that you are doing of course...

But lets say that you are doing your PADI Open Water Course, (which basically introduces you to Scuba.)

What you will learn includes:

• To Never HOLD YOUR BREATH!
• how bouyancy affects you and how to control it.
• How the pressure affects you when you are in the water
• what a squeeze is and how to stop it.
• the dangers of nitogen narcosis, and oxygen toxicity
• your equipment
• the features of your equipment
• how to prepare your equipment
• how to use your equipment
• care of your equipment
• How underwater will be differnet.
• How to communicate with your buddy
• the skills you will need underwater
• About th environment, and how NOT TO DISTURB ANY WILDLIFE
• about how different weathers affect what happens in the water.
• currents
• the differnt skills for boat and shore diving
• basic medical procedures
• what to do if you run out of air
• How to use dive tables
• how to use dive computers
• health and safety when in contact with animals and possible dangerous ones
• Entries and exits from the water
• how to use a compass

This is only part of what you will learn. you will basically leave knowing how to keep safe when diving, and how to dive properly.

Answer 3

You must take a class and become certified as an Open Water Diver, most often through PADI or NAUI. This class usually consists of at least three confined water dives (in a pool), three classes, and four open water dives. In the classes you go over all the information in a book. In the confined and open water dives you demonstrate the skills required to a dive master.

Answer 4

You need to take an Open Water scuba class.