Day after day I read posts that include moaning over the 'high' cost of scuba diving.
Where do you people live??
Consider where scuba diving fits in the world of sports. Assume there are 3 groups of sports - benign sports which includes bowling, tennis, golf and similar easy going activities; extreme sports which includes motocross, downhill skiing, sky diving and similar high speed, high risk activities and family fun sports which includes boating, snowmobiling, ATVing and similar exciting but widely accepted and practiced activities.
Scuba diving has all the benefits of each group - it's easy going, enjoys an image of high speed, high risk (although it's actually neither) and it's exciting but acceptable and accessible to everyone including families.
Scuba diving is also less expensive than any of the sports named other than bowling. When compared to the return in excitement and pleasure, there is no other sport that even comes close to scuba.
What other sport can you enjoy 365 days a year, anywhere in the world, day & night?
For an initial investment of less than $500 (the price of cheap set of golf clubs), you can go scuba diving for about $25 a day.
Get all the gear you need for scuba diving, say $1500 (the price of a good set of golf clubs, a nice mountain bike or a ski outfit) and you can dive for $5 a day.
Perhaps not many have priced golf equipment or inquired about green fees lately. Ski equipment is as costly as scuba gear and sure doesn't last as long even if you only use it for 1 month a year. Any sport that involves a motorized vehicle also requires regular investments of large amounts of cash beyond the initial cost of the machine, insurance, maintenance and trail fees.
Heck, $500 won't fill the tanks of many sport boats, won't pay the insurance and trail fees on snowmobiles or replace the tires on an ATV.
A young man in our club just purchased a paintball marker (they don't call them guns) for $2100. With all the other stuff he needs he has over $3000 invested just so he can pay to go into a room and shoot paint at other people!
Let's not perpetuate the myth that scuba is expensive. It's not true and it stops people from trying it.
Where do you people live??
Consider where scuba diving fits in the world of sports. Assume there are 3 groups of sports - benign sports which includes bowling, tennis, golf and similar easy going activities; extreme sports which includes motocross, downhill skiing, sky diving and similar high speed, high risk activities and family fun sports which includes boating, snowmobiling, ATVing and similar exciting but widely accepted and practiced activities.
Scuba diving has all the benefits of each group - it's easy going, enjoys an image of high speed, high risk (although it's actually neither) and it's exciting but acceptable and accessible to everyone including families.
Scuba diving is also less expensive than any of the sports named other than bowling. When compared to the return in excitement and pleasure, there is no other sport that even comes close to scuba.
What other sport can you enjoy 365 days a year, anywhere in the world, day & night?
For an initial investment of less than $500 (the price of cheap set of golf clubs), you can go scuba diving for about $25 a day.
Get all the gear you need for scuba diving, say $1500 (the price of a good set of golf clubs, a nice mountain bike or a ski outfit) and you can dive for $5 a day.
Perhaps not many have priced golf equipment or inquired about green fees lately. Ski equipment is as costly as scuba gear and sure doesn't last as long even if you only use it for 1 month a year. Any sport that involves a motorized vehicle also requires regular investments of large amounts of cash beyond the initial cost of the machine, insurance, maintenance and trail fees.
Heck, $500 won't fill the tanks of many sport boats, won't pay the insurance and trail fees on snowmobiles or replace the tires on an ATV.
A young man in our club just purchased a paintball marker (they don't call them guns) for $2100. With all the other stuff he needs he has over $3000 invested just so he can pay to go into a room and shoot paint at other people!
Let's not perpetuate the myth that scuba is expensive. It's not true and it stops people from trying it.