You dont ned a professional to mentor with. Many times I have dove with a club member or the like and after the dive some one says to another. Wow you looked good. How do you do that so effortlessly. Discussions lead to weighting ect adn the next dive you make changes and things are better. I mostly find that all I spire to be is not in a single diver, It is a gathering of the best of many divers abilities. Trim from one, kicking from another. buoy shooting from another. every one has something they are good at and few are good at as much as you want to learn. I have a guy I dive with occasionally that is still working on frog kicking, I am not good at it but he is not good at all. When he learns all he can from me then he will move on to someone else to improve from there till he is happy. Untill a few years ago i didnt care about trim. Now I do and though not an expert, I and others play hovering games and score by the silt stirred. Nothing but diving experience makes you better. One day i will be able to hover an inch off thesilt and shoot a buoy with no silt trace. But each to our own goals. Botttom line is that you dont have to buy a mentor. You do have to know what you want to become, who is better than you at it adn work to out do them. Most the time they will help you.
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Ayisha
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TN-Steve, good for you for appreciating the difference and striving to become a better diver. I'll say what some seem to be avoiding saying. Do you have any GUE (Global Underwater Explorers) divers/instructors in your area? They have a very welcoming and strong mentorship program and will likely take video of you and give you very honest critique and suggestions for improvement.
I am being mentored by GUE divers and it's amazing how dedicated they are. I am a slow learner in general, but am coming along slowly but surely. Good tech divers of other organizations would be happy to help as well, I'm sure. You'll just need to ask around and find them. And of course watch them in the water as well...
I am being mentored by GUE divers and it's amazing how dedicated they are. I am a slow learner in general, but am coming along slowly but surely. Good tech divers of other organizations would be happy to help as well, I'm sure. You'll just need to ask around and find them. And of course watch them in the water as well...
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I say take the camera and go diving! Unless you have some kind of insecurity or nagging suspicion that you really suck...(and I don't mean that in a derogatory manner) - Go Diving!
What do you want to do in diving is the real question. You are never going to be a "good" Ocean diver if you only dive in quarries. But maybe you have no desire to ride a boat in rough seas for 6 hours so you can spend 40 minutes underwater and come home smelling of urine, salty and beat to hell.
If you goal is to take pictures in calm water with no waves, no currents, no weather issues then go find a like minded diver and do it.
If you want to dive somewhere else more challenging, then find a club or an experienced diver who will show you the ropes. If you want to challenge yourself in the quarry, do a bunch of night dives. That may provide a new challenge that will enhance your skills or highlight weaknesses. Practice ascending and descending with no visual reference.. you can do that in a quarry..
What do you want to do in diving is the real question. You are never going to be a "good" Ocean diver if you only dive in quarries. But maybe you have no desire to ride a boat in rough seas for 6 hours so you can spend 40 minutes underwater and come home smelling of urine, salty and beat to hell.
If you goal is to take pictures in calm water with no waves, no currents, no weather issues then go find a like minded diver and do it.
If you want to dive somewhere else more challenging, then find a club or an experienced diver who will show you the ropes. If you want to challenge yourself in the quarry, do a bunch of night dives. That may provide a new challenge that will enhance your skills or highlight weaknesses. Practice ascending and descending with no visual reference.. you can do that in a quarry..
PfcAJ
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How you look is minor. Go dive somewhere besides a quarry and experience different things.
Its a million times more useful to spend your money on that right now than anything else.
Its a million times more useful to spend your money on that right now than anything else.
I second Ayisha's comment.
I have heard this "you look great under water" for some years now since a fellow diver I asked on a vacation what I could improve told me to learn the frogkick instead of bicycling through my dive in 2011.
This year I found myself a tec instructor and did an advanced nitrox course with him. I failed the course, as I had expected, but it was worth every cent spent for the tips and homework he gave me.
I have heard this "you look great under water" for some years now since a fellow diver I asked on a vacation what I could improve told me to learn the frogkick instead of bicycling through my dive in 2011.
This year I found myself a tec instructor and did an advanced nitrox course with him. I failed the course, as I had expected, but it was worth every cent spent for the tips and homework he gave me.
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