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I would to thank everyone who gave tips and advices here. Today I practised in the deep end of the pool and completed 200m swim, and for survival float i could stay as long as I want with combination of water treading, backfloat, drownproofing and playing around in the water. Will sign up for Scuba course next.
In Scuba course, what is the most challenging thing that we need to pass?
In Scuba course, what is the most challenging thing that we need to pass?
It was the last one: I have seen one person who didn’t want to stay down because he felt like they couldn’t get enough air from the reg.Overbreathing an AL80 on a pool dive may make it harder to control your buoyancy and the drills in mid-water, but won't get you in trouble. Unless you hyperventilate so hard you pass out. When chlorine up the nose hits the spot, it stings, it makes your eyes water, and (to me anyway) everything smells like vinegar for some 5 minutes afterwards. I'm not enjoying any of it, but after decades in the pool I can "man up" and keep going. I can easily see someone not used to it bolting to the surface, coughing and spluttering -- that can be trouble.
Today i found out most of the swim part is mental, all this while i swim at the deep end of the pool, maybe i was afraid of exhausting in the middle of the pool and drown hence i have doubt to keep going. Today i swim at the shallow end and had no problem of 200m continuous breast stroke. now its time to focus on the 10m survival float
My hardest skill as newbie diver is maintaining neutral buoyancy at depth. It’s a work in progress, I’m sure I’ll get there eventually, but improvement is incremental.
I would to thank everyone who gave tips and advices here. Today I practised in the deep end of the pool and completed 200m swim, and for survival float i could stay as long as I want with combination of water treading, backfloat, drownproofing and playing around in the water. Will sign up for Scuba course next.
In Scuba course, what is the most challenging thing that we need to pass?