Rhea's Diving?

[Herk_Man]

Thanks for a great post with lots of good information. I've been considering both shops for a little over a year now and your statements have confirmed what I suspected all along. With Rhea's focus on tech and cave diving, I've imagined that their course might be more "intense" and valuable. Just how intense is the question that I am trying to determine.

Here's my challenge, I know that I need to become a better swimmer and part of taking scuba is to force me into the water to improve my skills. Nevertheless, I am going to the FL keys this summer and am hoping to be certified before I go. Between now and May is my only opportunity to complete my training. Which means if I'm going to do this, I need to start now and work on swimming skills concurrently with scuba skills. That's why I was asking about the swim test.

Thanks again for the great post and advice. Rhea's sounds like a great shop to become acquainted with.

If my water-averse west texas farm girl wife can handle the swim test, then unless you are just unbelievably out of shape, you should be fine. Can you jog a mile? No worries.