The first step into diving: a complete beginner’s guide

Diving is not only for adventurers. It is available to any ordinary person who wants to see a different, beautiful world.

Are you qualified to dive?

Most people are qualified to dive. The basic requirements: good health and swimming skills that suit the program, and age according to certificate standards (for example PADI: a scuba try dive usually from age 10; Open Water from age 10 as a junior or 15 for adults; the full Freediver course from age 15, or age 12 for the Basic Freediver program in the pool only). Consult the center and the medical form if you have any doubt.

Fear of diving is very normal

Fear of the unknown is normal, and diving is unknown to anyone who has not tried it. Every professional diver passed through the same fear, and those who got past it found a world they do not want to leave.

First experience: a guided try dive

Before committing to a full course you can try a guided dive with an instructor for only two hours, in which you learn the basics and go down to a simple depth with the instructor.

What to expect on the first experience

• You may feel some tightness from wearing the mask, but it goes away quickly
• Breathing from the regulator will feel strange at first, then it becomes natural
• The sense of balance takes time, and the instructor will help you

What after the first experience

If you liked it, enroll in a beginner diving course. If you did not, that is fine. Diving is not for everyone, and you discovered that yourself.

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The first step is the hardest. After that everything becomes easier and more beautiful.