Nakoda
New
Hi, I'm new to the forums and very rusty in terms of knowledge. In 2006 I completed my padi scuba diver in Portugal and I intended at the time to go back and complete the rest of the training for my open water diver the following year, but life gets in the way, things change and it never happened. This year I'm going out to Spain and hoping to get a dive or two in while I'm there. 4 days ago it hadn't even crossed my mind but a random link on a link online reminded me of the underwater world and the penny dropped I had both the time and childcare to give it a try. A quick google took me to my local dive school who happened to have space for a scuba review today, so I signed up and off I went. I didn't complete all the skills for the review due to a combination of lack of confidence, time and getting cold, but I'm determined to try again and hopefully next time I won't be so scared. I was literally shaking when I walked into the pool today, the fact I got in the water and took a breath under water was a huge achievement for me, I even managed 10 of 14 skills so not too shameful. I'm looking forward to learning more and will no doubt have some daft questions to ask along the way.