Wife is into it! (At last!)

[Captain Bil]

I've been an active NAUI Rec Instructor for many years, as well as an avid Tech diver (Cave, Trimix, CCR). My one regret has always been that my wife has always had an almost irrational fear of the water. This summer, something has changed. She expressed an interest this spring in finally learning to dive.

I have taken her snorkeling in Panama City, Key Largo, Cozumel, and the Blue Heron Bridge over the last couple of years. This has slowly built up her confidence and piqued her interest in taking the next step.

Today, after several easy acclimation dives in the kiddie pool at St. Andrews State Park, we reached a new plateau. While diving in about 6 feet of water, we got through mask clearing and weight belt ditching. I am ecstatic, and so is she!

Understand, we are taking a nontraditional approach to this. We have lots of time, and she certainly isn't paying me! Slow and easy, we'll go at her pace. But this is exciting for me! I would rather dive Molasses Reef with her than do a 265' CCR dive in the Eagle's Nest.

If any of y'all have mates on the fence, there is hope! Wife and dive buddy - how cool is that?!

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[drrich2]

Very glad to hear it. While my wife is one of those 'aquarium conditions Caribbean coral reef, not drift or too deep' divers, it's nice that we can share the experience at times.

And one of the reasons I got solo-certified is so I can dive without trying to drag her to quarry dives (which leads to an amount of fussing that must be heard to believe).

Richard.

 

[freewillie]

That is very cool. My wife has tried it in a discover scuba dive in Great Barrier Reef, Australia. She has no interest in trying it again.

But, next best thing is having 15 yo daughter as dive buddy! She is currently doing hae AOW certification. Will be doing a deep dive in a few weeks!

 

[BrewsKampbell]

Congrats. My wife was certified last September and it's great to be able to buddy with her, so far she's got 17 or so dives and is enjoying it! So much so that we've booked a trip with our LDS to Bonaire this Oct/Nov.

 

[LowDrag]

Congrat's!!! My wife and I were certified together and we continue to dive together. Good luck in getting your wife certified to.

 

[Peter69_56]

Same for us. My wife loves diving and every time I look for a new cert she is complaining she has to go get it too, but loves it when she finally finishes the course. She was swearing she wouldn't go past OW and is now Tech certified to 55m.

Cant get her to dive in cold water but I am happy we share diving most times.

 

[TSandM]

Be careful what you wish for. I'm sure my husband had no idea what a monster he was creating, when he insisted I learn to dive