• Learning to dive in Cairns

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  Sep 16

  I’ve wanted to learn to scuba dive my whole life. And with a holiday fast approaching in Cairns Australia I thought I’d better learn fast.

  I contacted some local dive centres and they made it all sound so difficult and awful as well as being expensive. So a bit disappointed I googled the internet for “Scuba Diving in Cairns ” . And what a helpful move that was. I was given nearly 100′s of options of Cairns dive training centres and local travel agents only too happy to help me learn to scuba dive.

  After sending out a few emails with heaps of questions I was excited to find out that it wasn’t as scary, confusing or very expensive as I’d antecedently discovered. Basically in Cairns you can do a dive course in four, five or six days. Four days is the mimimum required to get your PADI credential. A PADI certification is the worlds largest and most recognised.The five and six day courses give you more scuba dives and you get to stay overnight on the Cairns Great Barrier Reef.

  After a some decision making I chose to invest in a 5 day overnight dive course. Fistly I had to get a dive medical checkup done. Now this shouldn’t worry anyone who is reasonably fit and healthy. If you have no previous illnesses or lung related problems you should be OK. The biggest problem is Asthma I beleive.

  The first 2 days are spent in the training pool and Classroom. This is when you learn the basics of scuba diving and some simple skills. The hardest part about this was having to stay afloat stationary for 20 minutes. And rather unfairly the fattest people float easier than the trim ones. Those drinks after work everyday finally have helped me.

  On day three you leave for the great barrier reef. You are transferred to your boat at the reef by a smaller boat full of daypassengers, but as soon as you get there they get you into the water. You start your training dives straightaway. The first four dives are part of your course, where you learn a few more skills. After that you get to do four more dives with no lessons included. You are now a qualified scuba diver. And I got to do it on the Great Barrier Reef, not in some polluted mirky city water.

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