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The Importance of Scuba Diving Schools
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


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Whether you’re going for your first dive or your fifteenth, it’s never too late to learn from a professional. Being underwater is serious; we’re out of our element and the only way we can get back into our element and die of natural causes is through training. Military dive trainers often decry the methods used in civilian schools because of the relaxed attitude many dive instructors have toward their subject. So no matter how relaxed and laidback Scuba diving schools are, *you* be aware that what you’re learning how to do is dangerous, regardless of whether combat is involved.

Water is much better at pulling the heat away from your body than air is. So even in water that you’d merely call “cool,” you’ve got to have a functioning wet suit (or dry suit), or else you will very quickly begin to suffer the effects of hypothermia. This is something that any good diving school will tell you on your first day.

Diving schools, for the most part, all offer lessons on the basics. After this, schools tend to specialize. Some offer various certifications that allow for legal spear fishing, or even search and rescue. Some offer more recreational instruction, such as photography, and others still offer one time classes on being sensitive to underwater ecology while scuba diving.

Scuba Schools International (SSI) offers three separate beginner’s classes, as well as many of the types of classes mentioned above. Their website explains the minutia in more detail.

Persons 15 years and older can be fully certified to scuba dive on open water. Younger children can receive a more restrictive junior certification. Scuba Diving Schools do not teach you how to swim; you must be able to swim before you attend a class. The average cost for a complete course on Scuba diving is between 170 and 250 USD.



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