Snuba in Cozumel

[cduffey]

I watched SNUBA in operation in front of Jeannie's and even if everything goes as planned it's a complete waste of time.

I concur.

We took a non-diving friend there a few years ago, and did the SNUBA with her. It was horrible. Nothing to see but trash, cumbersome equipment...UGH!! She never had an interest in diving after that and I can see why.

 

[FishOutUvH2O]

Thanks everyone for the info.

There's a few locations and I am hoping to find the location with the best marine life and in the nicest location.

Please listen to everyone else. If she's interested in eventually becoming a diver, stay away from SNUBA. SNUBA is not a gateway drug to SCUBA. It would be like telling someone that being bounced around behind a boat on a big yellow banana is like wakeboarding.

 

[faq88]

Her is my experience with diving. When I went to Cozumel I signed up for Snuba a few days after my arrival. I wanted to do Scuba but the girlfriend was against it, so she thought SNUBA was a good compromise. The resort we were at had a free scuba class in the pool every morning. We did that and she fell in love with scuba gear. We ended up canceling the snuba trip and got scuba certified while we were in Cozumel and had a blast. Not saying you have to do what I did, but maybe you could get into a pool or some shallow water with an instructor just to see if she likes the equipment.
Mike

 

[rileymartin]

I think everyone's confusing something called Water Trek with Snuba. With Water Trek you wear a large helmut and actually walk along the bottom. With snuba your cylinder is on a tiny raft and there is a long air hose attached to a harness you wear so there's no pull on the regulator. You wear mask & fins and swim rather than trudge along the bottom like 20,000 leagues under the sea.

She's not sure about wearing all the gear and wants to try something more simple first. With the Snuba she stays shallow, doesn't have to manage a BC or wear a heavy tank on her back.

 

[Christi]

I think everyone's confusing something called Water Trek with Snuba. With Water Trek you wear a large helmut and actually walk along the bottom. With snuba your cylinder is on a tiny raft and there is a long air hose attached to a harness you wear so there's no pull on the regulator. You wear mask & fins and swim rather than trudge along the bottom like 20,000 leagues under the sea.

She's not sure about wearing all the gear and wants to try something more simple first. With the Snuba she stays shallow, doesn't have to manage a BC or wear a heavy tank on her back.

No, we are not! I am a PADI Instructor and dive shop owner, so I know exactly what SNUBA is - and it's not the same thing as scuba diving. She will come away with an incredibly disillusioned sense of what SCUBA diving is if you have her do SNUBA.

BTW - there IS pull on the regulator if she gets even slightly too far from the raft and if/when one of the other 20 people trying to dive from the same raft kicks the regulator out of her mouth.

She can (and is required to) stay shallow with SCUBA as well. he equipment is not that heavy, and if she is going to want to dive, she won't have a choice but to deal with it - which is why this is the best way to introduce someone SAFELY to the sport - SNUBA is not it.

It sounds like you're going to go through with the SNUBA, but you've been advised - very well I might add from people who have done it (SNUBA), from seasoned divers, from new divers, and from diving professionals.

 

[FishOutUvH2O]

I think everyone's confusing something called Water Trek with Snuba.

No, we are not!

I did. I confused Sea-Trek with SNUBA. My bad!:blush:

 

[robint]

I think everyone's confusing something called Water Trek with Snuba. With Water Trek you wear a large helmut and actually walk along the bottom. With snuba your cylinder is on a tiny raft and there is a long air hose attached to a harness you wear so there's no pull on the regulator. You wear mask & fins and swim rather than trudge along the bottom like 20,000 leagues under the sea.

She's not sure about wearing all the gear and wants to try something more simple first. With the Snuba she stays shallow, doesn't have to manage a BC or wear a heavy tank on her back.

nope, I know Snuba, and it is still a big circle j#### with a bunch of people, all tangled up in the hoses, screaming and standing on coral instead of going under the water because they are afraid of the fish. It is nothing like scuba and a complete joke, in IMHO.

 

[MtnPlayVA]

Riley,

I've done both snuba and discover diving in Belize. I found snuba to be frustrating for me because I wanted to go deeper than I could due to the hose. I was with my sister and she didn't like being underwater so she was hanging on to the raft. I was basically pulling her around as I was swimming. How comfortable is your girlfriend in the water? Does she like to snorkel? Why doesn't she want to do a discover dive? What does she like about the idea of trying snuba? Discover dives are more expensive but are a more realistic trial of scuba diving. See if you can find out more about why your girlfriend is OK with trying snuba but not scuba diving.

 

[rileymartin]

For now she is just comfortable with snorkeling and trying snuba. I've asked her about learning to dive in the past and she had no interest. This is a start so I'll take what I can get. Hopefully she'll enjoy the experience of being underwater with whatever marine life is there and will want to experience more.

 

[firstdive2005]

I can understand your frustration at 'how do I get her to see she just needs to put a bc and reg on in shallow water with me and all will be fine'. It is good to just let her find her way to diving, it does scare people and who knows maybe the next day she may want to go do a shore dive. At least she will get the sensation of breathing underwater and thats what freaks a lot of people. Hopefully you are the only people doing it that day. If you go down to Jeannies the dive is in about 15-20fsw. I think the reg hose is 20ft. I would ask them if you can dive with her. Bring your gear, thats what I did with my daughter and her friend. They loved it. I hope it leads your gf to diving and I hope you can dive with her that day. kev