DeepSeaExplorer
Contributor
For new divers, I think even the process of gearing up and getting in the water for five minutes has some benefit.
The prep, gearing up, getting in/out, successfully going thru the motions of diving. It still involves planning and effort.
My wife and I did a short dive and she wanted to know if she should count it. I told her yes.
Sure, we could have stayed for a few more minutes to make it official, but what would she learn in that extra time that she didn’t learn otherwise?
Diving is about learning, but it’s also about building confidence in your abilities. A short dive with no learning is still a mini-refresher and confidence builder.
The prep, gearing up, getting in/out, successfully going thru the motions of diving. It still involves planning and effort.
My wife and I did a short dive and she wanted to know if she should count it. I told her yes.
Sure, we could have stayed for a few more minutes to make it official, but what would she learn in that extra time that she didn’t learn otherwise?
Diving is about learning, but it’s also about building confidence in your abilities. A short dive with no learning is still a mini-refresher and confidence builder.