Greg asked:


Just wonder, as my son wants to enroll.

oswarrior2005 asked:


I am looking for a scuba diving school in the galveston texas area. Does any one know of some weekend courses?

David asked:


i am going to lake erie this summer for vacation and i have seen scuba diving as an activity. i have never gone before but id like to try it. so is at all possible for me to go and have as little trouble at all and end up having a fun experience? or do i have to go through courses and involved training?

Jake N asked:


I am studying abroad in Hong Kong and it looks like I’ll have a chance to go on a SCUBA trip to the Philippines for 3 days or so. I have gone diving between 5-10 times, all in moderately shallow water (no deeper than 50 feet), and don’t have any official certification although I have had many instruction courses. I know the basics but have no certification. I’m going with a group who has more experience than me. so, will they let me dive without certification? Will they make me take a course? How deep will they let me go without certification? Are the best dives going to be off-limits to me? Let me know what you can, it is all appreciated. Please only respond if you have some knowledge on the topic, thanks!

samwalsh2303 asked:


So i am starting an open water course at my local diving shop
(manchester england)
i start on wednesday for 6 weeks,

i am hoping to do this as a chance for a bit of adventure and travel and hopefully take it further than just this one course,
i dont have any mates that can dive so i guess i will be doing this alone, im also full time employed,

anyways i was just wondering if anyone had any advice for a first time diver looking to get into the world of it all.

B.J. asked:


yeah i was just wondering where i can take online scuba diving courses for free. I looked everywhere and found ssi, but my local diving center isn`t registered with ssi. can anybody help me with this please?

Boo!!! asked:


im currently the age of 13 and mum dad and myself are going on a holiday to Queensland we decided to skip the theme parks and go up near cains.
we have all decided we would like to go to the Great Barrier Reef, i was wondering what kind of licenses i will need to go scuba diving with a group and also were i could take the courses currently i live on the great ocean road is there any around were i live ?

Matthew asked:


I should have been more specific. I want to do the course in the next two weeks (end of June/beginning of July). I wonder if some of these suggestions would be affected by weather more than others. Thanks!

luckyheather asked:


Hi,
We are planning a trip to Australia and feel that it wouldn’t be complete without diving the Great Barrier Reef. Neither of us are experienced divers. Will we have to do a course 1st? How long will this take? And if so, are we better off doing it in the UK before we go? (we only have 3 weeks away, and want to fit lots in!).
Thanks!
Oh yeah, and v important, if we do a course in the UK 1st, which one is best and what would it cost?! Thanx!

foolhasty asked:


It’s been a couple of years since we took our certification course, but we’re on our way to a diving weekend right now and I just realized that I forgot how to track distance. I remember how to use the compass. If something is, say, 500 feet out at 40 degrees, how do you know when the 500 feet is up?