Open Water: Tips and Advice For Taking Your First Scuba Diving Class

By Anton Swanepoel

Advice And Tips On Taking Your First Scuba Diving Class

Are you thinking of taking your first scuba diving class? Do you want to know the different ways you can take your open water course? Are you unsure of what to bring to your class? Want to know what to expect in your training, such as skills needed to complete and how long training takes? Read on...

Completing an open water course opens the door to a whole new adventure. However, not knowing what to expect can cause you needless worries. Not being prepared for your class can cause you from unexpected delays, extra expenses, to not being able to compete the class.

Anton Swanepoel has been an instructor for 14 years, and worked in the Cayman Islands for 7 years as a technical scuba diving instructor. As a full tri-mix instructor, he has trained from kids on sassy units to divers on twins and mix deco gasses. Working at a popular dive resort, he has seen his fair share of unprepared students. To help prepare people interested in doing their first scuba diving course, he has penned this text.

In This Text You Will Discover:
•3 Ways to take your open water course.
•Tips for what to take to the class.
•Tips for gear purchase.
•The 10 skills almost all agencies will require you to complete.
•And more...

If you are thinking of doing your first scuba diving course, then This Book Is For You.
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Anton Swanepoel
• Release date: Mar 12, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310058509

Anton Swanepoel

Adventurer and world traveler, Anton Swanepoel, hales originally from Pretoria, South Africa, but has called a number of exotic locations home. Educated as a software engineer, he worked for a large multinational company before deciding to travel the globe. Along life's journey, Anton became a skilled scuba diver and technical diving instructor, teaching for seven years while living in the Cayman Islands. His resume touts Tri-Mix instructor levels from multiple licensing agencies, and dive records over 400 feet.Mr. Swanepoel has always loved travel and writing. In the past several years he's combined these passions, authoring and publishing a host of books, sharing secrets he's learned along the way. When he's not exploring an underwater landscape or racing a motorcycle down a stretch of highway, you'll find Anton visiting world destinations and chronicling his experiences.Today, he is a fulltime globetrotter and writer, having penned instructional guides for diving and travel, as well as a pair of fictional novels. His excurtion titles are geared toward do-it-yourself travelers, who enjoy saving money and seeing the out-of-way places. His favorite destinations include, Machu Picchu, the mountains of Vietnam, and the Temples at Angkor Wat.

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Open Water

Tips and Advice For Taking Your First Scuba Diving Class

By Anton Swanepoel

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Introduction

This text by Anton Swanepoel was written to help people who are interested in taking their first class in scuba diving. It is intended to prepare individuals for the class by giving some general information and course expectations.

It amazes me how many people start an open water course with one instructor, with the intention of doing the open water dives at another location, only to turn up at the referral location and still have no idea of what to expect.

As this text is not agency -specific, it will list general procedures. In addition, note that dive training is flexible and can be conducted in different ways depending on the instructor and the dive location. Nevertheless, the information in this article will give you valuable information, as well as questions you may ask your potential instructor to help you prepare for