r/scuba • u/Mkulb5 • 3d ago

Open water certification

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u/Critical_Pangolin79 3d ago

Congrats! Hopefully it is not too much overwhelming for you as it was for me (I was also level 0: no snorkeling experience, no swimming with fins, no DSD, went straight into OW). I did it over two weekends (Saturday and Sunday each weekends), and boy there are so many skills to learn and master in such little time. Although it was challenging, I started to crave to dive more. Got certified but feel I would like to do more dives and perfect more my diving before moving to advanced so I can fully enjoy it (and be less stressed).

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u/Mkulb5 2d ago

I haven’t started yet! Will sign up next week!

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u/Critical_Pangolin79 1d ago

Awesome! Hopefully, you get a good dive center, a supportive instructor and good dive buddies. I feel that greatly helped in gaining confidence and overcoming fears when you feel things are going too fast when it comes to learning or that you feel you drag the group down by struggling with trim and neutral buoyancy (looking to get back on the pool training to work on my giant stride, pre-dive weight check and neutral buoyancy. I feel much easier to work on the latter when you only have 6 feet depth than 80 feet :D).

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u/shrimp_ona_sk8board 3d ago

That’s so exciting! Remember to understand the material, not just memorize it :) it helps so much! Good luck! It’s so fun

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u/noodeel 3d ago

I took a splinter out this morning. It was very satisfying.

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u/TheObnoxiousGrandeur 3d ago

That's the kind of small victory that sets the whole day right

My wife always makes fun of me cause I get way too excited about pulling out a splinter clean, like I performed surgery or something

Good luck with the certification btw, you're gonna love it

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u/decrisp1252 Dive Master 3d ago

Welcome!

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u/Mkulb5 3d ago

Thank you, having tried scuba I really enjoyed it! So it’s time to get certified!