undrwater
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It's expensive to really enjoy this activity. Good luck!Sounds like I will be spending money on dry suit cert when I get home.
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It's expensive to really enjoy this activity. Good luck!Sounds like I will be spending money on dry suit cert when I get home.
My home town is in Maryland, I'm currently in Guam for a few months for work so I'm taking full advantage (Think I am going to end up loosing money in working Guam, instead of making money, because of diving). I haven't tried diving in Maryland yet, there are a couple of quarries and man made lakes, I'm not to keen on the the Chesapeake bay unless I have suit of armor for the Jelly fish. I think my biggest problem there is I have yet to find a good dive shop. Sounds like I will be spending money on dry suit cert when I get home.
A good DM is going to move slowly through the water, completely stopping ton a regular basis to point out interesting features and creatures and to allow slower divers to catch up to the group.
My home town is in Maryland, I'm currently in Guam for a few months for work so I'm taking full advantage (Think I am going to end up loosing money in working Guam, instead of making money, because of diving). I haven't tried diving in Maryland yet, there are a couple of quarries and man made lakes, I'm not to keen on the the Chesapeake bay unless I have suit of armor for the Jelly fish. I think my biggest problem there is I have yet to find a good dive shop. Sounds like I will be spending money on dry suit cert when I get home.
This sounds to me you're lacking confidence in your own skills? There's only one way to get around this: build your skills in your own pace. As others said: go diving with people who take the time and have the patience to let you learn and explore.I feel better now because the current outfit I’m going out doesn’t have a dive master in the water, this means the biggest gains I have made in comfortably in the water have actually come from when, I was paired with somebody random, with no stress to swim HERE or DO THIS, or LOOK AT THIS, it’s been a good experience because it’s forced me preplan and execute dives, think and communicate critically of my buddy and his/her gear and diving style and how it compares to mine. I can also swim at my own pace.