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3h - Sunday, May 26, 1985 - North Shore News

Learning to scuba dive

From Page 35

VERY rare and are getting
rarer. Statistically, scuba div-
ing is a safer sport than swim-
ming, skiing, canoeing, or
even golfing!

What sort of shape do you
have to be in?

A doctor's OK is needed to
take a scuba course. He will
look closely at your heart,
lungs, cars and sinuses.
Serious sinus conditions,
previous lung damage,
epilepsy and asthma will pro-
bably prevent you from div-
ing. Only about 1 in 1000
people are turned down for
medical reasons. If you are
blind, deaf or physically han-
dicapped there are special
courses to handle you.

What does a scuba course
consist of?

Your training takes place
in the classroom, a pool and
the open water (poo! work
may be conducted in open
water). The classroom work
teaches you about diving
equipment, possible diving
problems and how to deal
with them, and the open
water environment. The rules
of diving will be spelled out
to you. There is a written ex-
am which you must pass.

In the pool the instructor
assesses your physical fitness
and confidence in the water
with a swim test, and you will
also learn how to handle all
the diving gear and practice
all the diving skills before the
instructor introduces you in-
to the open water (lake or
ocean) under highly controll-
ed conditions. Your safety,
enjoyment and learning are
paramount. After a series of
dives ( the more the better)
you will be diving more with
your diving buddy than the

instructor and your growing
confidence in your diving
abilities will allow you to dive
with just you and your buddy
present. You'll recuive a ¢C"
card in recognition of perfor-
ming satisfactorily in’ your
course,

Where are scuba courses
offered?

Usually at dive shops, but
schools, universities and in-
dependent instructors offer
courses too, Try “Divers In-
struction’ in the  vellaw

Pages. Call a few and ask
questions,

Ask for the TOTAL cost
you can expect (extras for
pool of ocean gear, ete. may
not be included in’ the
“Gastruction price't). Ask
how long the course is. Scuba
courses have a minimum of
about 30 hours.

The sport of scuba diving
is 25 years old this year, but it
is still in its infaney. You'll be
glad you got) in’ at the
beginning.

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