1. Step 1: Determine If You Meet The Physical Prerequisites for Scuba Diving. NOAA Photo Library/Flickr.com.
2. Step 2: Choose a Scuba Diving Course. Staff Sgt.
3. Step 3: Buy or Rent Dive Gear. Thomas Quine/Flickr.com.
4. Step 4: Learn Essential Dive Theory.
5. Step 5: Practice Simple Skills With an Instructor.
6. Step 6: Ask Away!

What preparations would you make before diving?

Before You Go Scuba Diving

• Make Sure You Are Certified to Dive.
• Make Sure You’re Fit to Dive.
• Dive With a Certified Diving School.
• Listen to Your Instructor or Dive Guide.
• Double Check All Your Scuba Gear.
• Make Sure You Do Your Buddy Check.
• Have Scuba Diving and Travel Insurance.

What should you not do before scuba diving?

Some might sound obvious, some less so, but these are all important things not to do before scuba diving.

• Drinking Alcohol Before Diving.
• Taking Recreational Drugs Before Diving.
• Not Considering Medical Factors or Changes Before Diving.
• Leave a Long Time Between Dives.
• Diving Tired or Straight After Travel.

What training do you need for scuba diving?

To enroll in a PADI Scuba Diver course (or Junior Scuba Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required, but you can try it first through the Discover Scuba® Diving program.

How difficult is diving?

Is it hard to learn to scuba dive? As active recreational pastimes go, scuba diving is one of the easiest to learn. While you’re gliding around enjoying the underwater sights, you’re engaged in only three basic skills: floating, kicking and breathing. The necessary skills are not tough for most people to master.

How deep do beginner scuba divers go?

How deep do you go? With the necessary training and experience, the limit for recreational scuba diving is 40 metres/130 feet. Beginning scuba divers stay shallower than about 18 metres/60 feet.

What are the 10 steps to scuba diving?

The top 10 safety tips for scuba diving include:

1. Never hold your breath.
2. Never without a buddy.
3. Ascend slowly from every dive.
4. Perform a safety stop at 5-6 metres (16-20 feet).
5. Plan your dive and dive the plan.
6. Know your limits and dive within your limitations.
7. Check your air contents gauge regularly.

Why is scuba diving so fun?

Scuba diving is an exciting and fun sport, and that fun is not just while underwater, it influences your entire life. Scuba diving broadens the mind and gives you a better quality of life, you are happy. Face it, if you are not a diver, then divers are having more fun than you do.