Captain Morgan1
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Hi All
My wife and I (old farts 50) were PADI OW certified in Maui this past September (2014). We are now ready to start rockin. Living in Atlanta doesnt afford us many diving opportunities so we have to travel. Our LDS has a trip planned to the FL Keys in March that we would really like to go on. Yet we have some concerns. Mainly being new divers and it being our first real dive (and 6 months from our cert). Our concern is that we will hold back or get in the way of the rest of the group that has more experience. (ever heard of the book Scuba Snobs well I read it and now Im worried that we might do something that would end up in the next version ) What if we have some unexpected issue in the middle of the dive and everyone has to go back? Or equipment issues on the boat? Etc, etc? We have come up with a list of hundreds of things that could go wrong that could ruin the trip for everyone else. We have access to a heated pool at our LDS and have started using it to practice our skills. Our LDS helped us pick out some very nice equipment (all Scubapro) so we are getting used to it as well. But I really dont think any measure of pool practice would get us ready for the big dive. So my question is, how do we really get prepared? Ive wondered if I should call a DM in FL and try to line up a private trip or something like that beforehand. Sounds very expensive though havent checked that out yet. Im open to thoughts, ideas, suggestions, opinions, hints, plans, etc. If you got em, Im interested.
Thanks much!
My wife and I (old farts 50) were PADI OW certified in Maui this past September (2014). We are now ready to start rockin. Living in Atlanta doesnt afford us many diving opportunities so we have to travel. Our LDS has a trip planned to the FL Keys in March that we would really like to go on. Yet we have some concerns. Mainly being new divers and it being our first real dive (and 6 months from our cert). Our concern is that we will hold back or get in the way of the rest of the group that has more experience. (ever heard of the book Scuba Snobs well I read it and now Im worried that we might do something that would end up in the next version ) What if we have some unexpected issue in the middle of the dive and everyone has to go back? Or equipment issues on the boat? Etc, etc? We have come up with a list of hundreds of things that could go wrong that could ruin the trip for everyone else. We have access to a heated pool at our LDS and have started using it to practice our skills. Our LDS helped us pick out some very nice equipment (all Scubapro) so we are getting used to it as well. But I really dont think any measure of pool practice would get us ready for the big dive. So my question is, how do we really get prepared? Ive wondered if I should call a DM in FL and try to line up a private trip or something like that beforehand. Sounds very expensive though havent checked that out yet. Im open to thoughts, ideas, suggestions, opinions, hints, plans, etc. If you got em, Im interested.
Thanks much!