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Hello everyone, I'm new to both diving and this forum.
I'm from Belgium and we don't really have that much of an active dive scene here as far as I can tell. My only experience so far, is that I've been following channels like dive talk on YouTube for a while and I used to spend some time freediving but nothing crazy. (I think something like 7m must have been my deepest dive with a static apnoea of 2:30min at the time) as well as a summer spent snorkelling in Tuscany. I'm fairly comfortable in the water.
I'm currently looking for a good place to learn how to dive that is near me, which has proven difficult. Given the weak shoreline that my country has to offer that shouldn't come as a surprise. Most of the dive clubs I see have pictures of people on their knees in a pool and from what I could gather from dive talk this is a sign they are putting too much weight on the divers. Maybe I have been misinformed, but with the current knowledge that I have I sort of treat it as a red flag. (feel free to correct me if this is just noob-think).
I also saw various online courses promising that you can get your cert online. With numerous courses being sold starting around 100 euro. I was wondering if there are some places I could find the same information without having to pay. (not pirating the courses, just the same information the courses are based on).
Or is there an added value I am missing with these courses? I really am just interested in learning all about the theory behind diving, maybe it could get me a leg up when I eventually do find a diving club to make my time spent more valuable as I could focus on practice rather than internalising the information.
As someone interested into getting into diving I find the whole certification area to be somewhat confusing as a whole. I also find it hard to gauge how good the instructor might be due to my lack of experience. Any tips are welcome.
Nice meeting you all.
I'm from Belgium and we don't really have that much of an active dive scene here as far as I can tell. My only experience so far, is that I've been following channels like dive talk on YouTube for a while and I used to spend some time freediving but nothing crazy. (I think something like 7m must have been my deepest dive with a static apnoea of 2:30min at the time) as well as a summer spent snorkelling in Tuscany. I'm fairly comfortable in the water.
I'm currently looking for a good place to learn how to dive that is near me, which has proven difficult. Given the weak shoreline that my country has to offer that shouldn't come as a surprise. Most of the dive clubs I see have pictures of people on their knees in a pool and from what I could gather from dive talk this is a sign they are putting too much weight on the divers. Maybe I have been misinformed, but with the current knowledge that I have I sort of treat it as a red flag. (feel free to correct me if this is just noob-think).
I also saw various online courses promising that you can get your cert online. With numerous courses being sold starting around 100 euro. I was wondering if there are some places I could find the same information without having to pay. (not pirating the courses, just the same information the courses are based on).
Or is there an added value I am missing with these courses? I really am just interested in learning all about the theory behind diving, maybe it could get me a leg up when I eventually do find a diving club to make my time spent more valuable as I could focus on practice rather than internalising the information.
As someone interested into getting into diving I find the whole certification area to be somewhat confusing as a whole. I also find it hard to gauge how good the instructor might be due to my lack of experience. Any tips are welcome.
Nice meeting you all.