Learn To Scuba Dive

August has been an exciting month for scubadiving enthusiasts. With the finding of Blackbeard’s flagship off the coast of North Carolina, the USS Grunion off the coast of Alaska and an underwater city near Japan, now is a better time than ever to learn to scuba dive. 

You may have heard that scubadiving is a billion dollar industry or that the startup cost is significantly expensive. However, most divers will compare the cost of scubadiving to ski resorts or golf courses.

If you’re gung-ho about getting into the sport, you could easily spend $1,500 - $3,000 on diving equipment and an additional $450 when you learn to scuba dive via certification. Yet people just starting out can get away with a little $69 - $100 course at a resort, to experience the sport first and then deciding if learning how to scuba dive is really for them. 

Your imagination is the limit when it comes to deciding where to take your lessons. For example, Sunrise Divers in Thailand offers a three-day, beginner, PADI-certified course plus two beach dives, two boat dives and a group lesson for $295.

Intermediates can take a three-day rescue diver course in Egypt for $332.

More advanced divers may want to spend four weeks in Honduras taking the PADI-certified divemaster course, where they’ll learn to become instructors and underwater tour guides.

Five days all-inclusive at Australia’s Barrier Reef could set you back $562, but any seasoned diver will tell you it’s well worth it. Once you learn to scuba dive, you will never really forget. Once certified, you may want to add an $80, three-hour refresher course onto your Mexico vacation.

Sometimes people need to learn scuba diving for work. Other times people enjoy scubadiving for the sense of freedom and serenity they feel beneath the surface. Either way, you’ll want proper scuba dive certification so that you aren’t the one left sitting behind when the next major underwater discovery occurs.

For more information about learning to scuba dive and finding great deals on scuba gear, visit the Scuba Diving Site.

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