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Discover More About Scuba Diving
If you’re one of the many who are not sure whether you want to dive or would even like diving then the discover scuba would be for you. With this you will be able to see what scuba diving like without having to go through the whole course.
What is Discover Scuba Diving?
All agencies have there own version of this course and the overall course out lay is much the same. Discover Scuba Diving allows people who are interested in scuba diving to dive, learn a few basic skills then do a dive or two under close one to one supervision. This will take around one day and can be done on holiday or at your local dive centre.
Can I do try Discover Scuba?
Basic requirements are you need to be 10 years or older and have no health concerns.
How long will the Program Take?
The program can be from 2 hours to several days depending on your skill level.
What are the requirements of the Course?
Scuba Knowledge Development
Here you will be taught the basic scuba safety requirements and watch a short video or a safety briefing from your instructor.
Confined Water Training
Here you will learn some basic skills that will make your dive safer and far more enjoyable as you will be more comfortable, here is a list of some the basic skills you will learn but your instructor may teach you more:
- Regulator Clearing
- Mask Clearing- this is how to clear water from your mask.
- Alternate Air Source Use- learn how to share air if any emergency
Open Water Dive
This is the bit you have been waiting for the bit where you can enter the water and see the fishes. The first dive is the same as you will do on the open water course and will count towards your curse if you continue. Some places may add additional dives to the course depending on the package. All these dives will be done under close supervision of the instructor.
What does the program qualify you to do and how to sign Up?
After you have completed the discover scuba course you will count as partial completion towards the open water course, you can find out more or do the discover scuba at most dive centre and resorts.
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Easy Come, Easy Go $6.18 Not the worst Elvis picture, but not near the top, either. This is the one with Elvis as a Navy frogman, diving for sunken treasure–which means lots of underwater photography (inspired by Thunderball, perhaps?). What’s fun about it is seeing Elvis collide with the summer of love: he falls in with a beatnik buddy (Pat Harrington in a goatee) and meets a commune of artsy hippie types; they stage ob… |
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Here Comes The Clown $4.94 Who’s ready for some “clowning around?” Join the antics of Boswick the Clown and his pal, Phoebe the Duck, as they go through one zany fun-filled day. From scuba diving in the bathtub, to disco dancing in the bedroom, to racing around the landscape of San Francisco, viewers will be thrilled with each hilarious twist. Boswick , a former Ringling Brothers Circus (TM) clown, has been entertain… |
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Underwater [VHS] $19.98 … |
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Extreme Machines Volume 3 : Diving Deep Choppers Hovercrafts $4.93 Crest the horizon or plumb ocean depths with unconventional mechanicalinventions. Explore diving technology that originated with scuba- Jacques Cousteau’s Self-Contained Underwater Breathing apparatus. See how machines like rebreathers may provide the ultimate underwater experience – free diving. Examine the helicopter’s unusual construction which allows it to ascend without a runway and execute a… |
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THE BEST OF JACQUES COUSTEAU – PALAWAN COAST 80% of the topical aquarium fish sold in the world are captured off the coast of Palawan, the largest Island of the Philippine Achipelago. These vivid creations decorate the waters of Palawan like jewels. The hunters who treasure them, however are often brutal. Dive with the Cousteau crew as they study these beautiful creatures and the methods of the people who capture them for export. Palawan’s t… |
