Mikeguyver
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As many others have suggested, learn to dive and be comfortable in the water first. I decided on a GoPro and really like it. It's so simple to use and as everyone else has stated, if you keep it properly maintained, it will perform. I find myself not taking it on my first dive. This helps me focus on everything but a camera. Once I have that first dive in, then I take the GoPro. I suggest that you have it tethered to you in some fashion (not just around your wrist). I was getting out of the water at a quarry and had the strap looped around my arm. As I was taking off a fin, my arm extended and there went my camera. We found it on the next dive thank goodness and from that point on, it remains clipped to a D-ring from the minute I am geared up. Good luck with your certification. Mike