Are You (Scuba) Certifiable? Navigate Your Scuba Diving Certification & Open Water Diver Skills

A Lifetime of Legendary Underwater Adventures Starts Here

• The Real Total Cost of a Scuba Diving Certification (like the PADI Open Water Diver Course): A spreadsheet and a PDF form to help you calculate & compare the total cost of an open-water scuba diver certification course from different dive centers or instructors.
• Do Not Buy an Open Water Certification Course; Hire a Scuba Coach: Properly prepare yourself for a lifetime of legendary underwater experiences!
• Four Initial Mistakes by People Who Decide to Learn to Scuba Dive: If you start on the wrong fin, you may end up never going scuba diving after completing your open-water diver course. It would defeat the purpose of learning to dive in the first place!
• Top 11 Reasons to Learn to Dive. What Is The Purpose of Scuba Diving? One of the beauties of scuba diving: There is something for everybody!
• Scuba Diver Creed: I’m in Charge of My Own Safety & Pleasure
• What Is Scuba Diving? Is Scuba Diving a Sport? Five Types of Scuba Diving: What is recreational open-circuit scuba diving? Extreme sports vs. water sports vs. scuba diving. Breathing air underwater after a scuba certification!
• Top Scuba Diving Myths & Stereotypes. Is Scuba Diving Difficult? Are Sharks Dangerous? An overview of scuba diving myths often brought up by people ready to learn to dive and get their open water diver certification.
• Scuba Diving Terminology For Journalists, Writers & Authors: A Complete Reference Guide: What is scuba diving? How to be credible when writing about scuba. Vocabulary. Equipment. Terminology.

…And Just For Fun!

• Best Scuba Diving Novels for Your Surface Intervals.  Because we cannot be underwater all the time — but we can always pretend to be!