Scuba Skills

We have talked about doing Scuba diving for ages and a few months back there was a groupon for a discounted first lesson at a centre near us. We figured if we didn't do it when it was on sale, we'd just talk about it forever but never get around to it, so we seized the chance and signed on. There are 5 evenings of classes split between indoor quizzes and underwater skills with home study inbetween, so we've had a class every 2 weeks or so ever since and last night was our last confined water dive.

 We had started out not being able to tell our BCD from our ABT but after a few classes and doing our homework it has come together pretty nicely. We can setup a proper rig in a few minutes and know all the signals and practices to get started. Our first few times in the water Kathryn was nervous to get her face under and here she is neutrally buoyant and upside-down.

 Not that I was any sort of super-star. It certainly takes awhile to get used to breathing underwater and some of the skills you have to learn like mask removal are not much fun in practice, but will no doubt be lifesavers when we're out in the ocean for real.

We have had a total blast with scuba so far and if anyone else out there is considering it or has been meaning to try it, I would very heartily recommend it. It may be awhile before we have too many pictures as our camera is only designed to be 30 feet deep, but we'll see how quickly we take to it and if we invest in a proper underwater housing of some sort.