Today I faced my fear and tried scuba diving for the first time here in Koh Khai Nok Island, Thailand . The Phi Phi Island is an incredibly beautiful place and underneath the water is no exception. I did something called "Discover Scuba Diving" which is a one day taster.
The trick is to relax into the weightless feeling of the water and let the water and your buoyancy compensator support you. Don't fight the water. At first, a new diver may feel that he needs to move to stay in position — he doesn't. Try to be as still as possible and enjoy the freedom from gravity.
Scuba Courses Are Taught in 'Baby Steps' A dive student's first dive will be at a controlled dive site such as a pool or shallow bay. At least one area of the dive site will be shallow enough to stand up in. What's more, before ever entering the water, a scuba instructor will explain to new divers how all the dive gear works and will familiarize them with safe-dive techniques.
Breathing Through a Scuba Regulator Breathing through a scuba regulator for the first time feels strange — you're drawing breaths while your face is beneath the water. This is not a typical human behavior, so it's normal to be a little hesitant at first.
One trick is for students to put on their dive masks and practice breathing through the regulator above the water until they become comfortable with mouth-only breathing. Then, they lower just their faces into the water while exhaling fully through the regulator. This usually tricks the divers into breathing automatically, pushing them past the first, disconcerting step of inhaling underwater. The most important thing is to exhale fully after each breath. This practice prevents divers from hyperventilating and feeling starved for air.
Some students adjust to regulator breathing after just a few breaths, while others take longer to gain confidence in their scuba equipment.
The Noisy Underwater Environment Divers who have done research into scuba diving have probably read about the silent, relaxing underwater world. This description is not completely accurate. Breathing underwater generates significant noise. After a diver becomes accustomed to breathing underwater, he starts to tune out the bubbling sound of exhalation and the comforting whoosh of air as he inhales, but at the beginning, the sounds are surprisingly loud!
Water conducts sounds much more efficiently than air does because of its density. Sound waves travel more quickly in water and reach each of diver's ears almost simultaneously. Pinpointing the origin of a sound is difficult, as the physics of sound-wave transmission underwater make it seem that all sounds are coming from directly behind a diver's head. While these signals can be confusing at first, after a few dives you will adjust to this aspect of the underwater environment and will hardly notice it.
Underwater Vision Most scuba masks cut off a diver's peripheral vision. At first, this restriction may make some divers feel claustrophobic. As with most aspects of scuba diving, however, new divers quickly acclimate to their limited field of vision. Imagine that you are driving a new car with some significant blind spots. These blind spots can be annoying the first time you use the vehicle, but after a few trips, you will become aware of exactly where the blind spots are and will learn to turn your head when you need to see into an area which is out of your field of vision.
Scuba diving is just the same! If you cannot see your instructor, simply look left, right, up and down and you will find her/him .
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