superstar
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This is a video my daughter in her seal team class. Do you think she is ready for Jr open water. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6WcRu1qmT8
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How old is she?
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She will be 10 in May
I have a 10 year old who was just certified. I also have a 13 year old that was certified at 10. In both cases I let the instructor make that decision. I don't like to make those decisions with my own children. I'm a Divemaster and I still want nothing to do with their training. I just make sure they have the best instructors. I make it known to their instructors....do not pass them until they are ready.
almitywife
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arrrhhhh - seriously cute!
if i ever need that underwater platform constructed im calling you guys!!
i suggest you and her instructor makes the decision together.... almitychild was 12 when certified and she working towards her advance now, she 'nearly' (insert a teenage look with this) 14 now, as she likes to remind me, and still diving... chick dive last saturday and again this saturday-just the 2 of us and now she has a camera rig
we did wait till she was 12 as i was concerned about diving and her young body plus her maturity...but in saying that i was still holding her back at 12 and she was ready so it was me being overprotective.
my only concerns with being so young is that theres so much we dont know about diving effects so i errrrrd on the safer side and even now i prefer staying shallow
if i ever need that underwater platform constructed im calling you guys!!
i suggest you and her instructor makes the decision together.... almitychild was 12 when certified and she working towards her advance now, she 'nearly' (insert a teenage look with this) 14 now, as she likes to remind me, and still diving... chick dive last saturday and again this saturday-just the 2 of us and now she has a camera rig
we did wait till she was 12 as i was concerned about diving and her young body plus her maturity...but in saying that i was still holding her back at 12 and she was ready so it was me being overprotective.
my only concerns with being so young is that theres so much we dont know about diving effects so i errrrrd on the safer side and even now i prefer staying shallow
I will give you a specific answer to your question...YES...She looked so comfortable in the water. No doubt she will do great. Thanks so much for sharing that video. I loved it.
She'll be just fine she looks very comfortable in the water. With the SEAL team program she will be way ahead of the other students i her OW class. Just make sure you help her understand the bookwork. Smoe instuctors have a hard time breaking the information down so youth can more easily comprehend it. I can't wait until mine is old enough to introduce to scuba.
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My daughters seal team instructor thinks she is ready for jr open water now. This is what I want to do. Book a father daughter trip to Key West, hook up with an old dive buddy of mine who was also my instructor 20 years ago and do her jr open water dives with him. (like the wife will let that happen) If I wait untill she is 12, baby brother will be 5. We book a trip to Anthonys Key, she does jr open water, little bro does dolfin camp like big sister had done, wife and I dive our brains out. The other advantage to wait until she is 12 is that she will have 2 more years of pool time to build her skills.
I am not familiar with the seal team and jr open water skill levels. The programs, just not the skills that they train them on at each level. I do agree that she looks comfortable in the water, but first I would ask were they all supposed to be practicing negative buoyancy by sitting on the bottom and finning to move up when the needed to? Secondly I would say, do you think she is mature enough to be able to handle situations that might arise? That would be a question only you and her instructors can answer. I don't mean "can she handle towing somebody up if they need help". I mean how do you feel she would act in a true OOA for example. Or how do you think she would handle an entaglement? These are things that will take more than just comfort in the water to handle they take a certain level of maturity and problem solving skills for a person to handle quickly and properly.
I am not saying she is not ready as I obviously don't have any knowledge of her and her skills, abilities or maturity level. I am only bringing these things up because they are things that should be seriously considered for her transition to be as safe as possible.
I am not saying she is not ready as I obviously don't have any knowledge of her and her skills, abilities or maturity level. I am only bringing these things up because they are things that should be seriously considered for her transition to be as safe as possible.
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