how do you stay calm when learning how to scuba?

Answer 1

It can be hard at first but you just have to focus on breathing to calm yourself down. Make a lot of eye contact with your instructor to be reassured. Remember you can only breathe through your mouth. It's weird at first but you can get used to it. Just follow your instructor's words to the T. And make sure you do everything slow. Go up and down slow as possible.

Answer 2

When I was learning how to Scuba (NAUI) I had no problem... it was a bit strange being able to breath under water, but I really enjoyed it.

Then, when I moved to the Gulf, I decided I wanted to get an Openwater 1 certificate. It was a bit more challenging and learning how do dive in salt water was enjoyable as was learning all the other things.

THEN... I wanted to get a Openwater 2. I handled everything up until the night diving part of the course. We were doing it, for the first time, in a large and very deep swimming pool. I was just relaxing and enjoying the experience as the water got darker and darker until I could no longer longer see my hand in front of my face... but I could still see my bubbles and... hey... it was a POOL... righ... I'm only down 1 atmosphere.

THEN... the underwater light came on and... I freaked... I don't know why... possibly it was a Zen thing or maybe it was a repressed memory of the time I died in my last life and I was going towards the light... but I FREAKED... forgot everything I know and damn near drowned before I could break the surface...

Just goes to show that, no matter how much diving you have done in the past, that doesn't mean you won't find something to scare you in any dive you are doing at the time.

Answer 3

Make sure your buddy is someone you trust and pick the right places to scuba. Get totally comfortable in the pool first before you venture into diving in other waters. Start shallow and gradually make your dives deeper as you feel comfortable keeping in mind that if you dive at the right places, you don't have to go really deep all the time. Dive in nice clear, calm water first where there are no currents. Also, remember to breath all the time (never hold your breath), clear your ears at the surface even before you go under and accend and decend really slow (no faster than 1 foot per second. Good luck!

Answer 4

Enjoy the view and look closely at the fish, that you way instead of panicking you will enjoy it, and remember to breathe always through your mouth and if your regulator stops working or something goes wrong tell your instructor or partner and take his octopus if necessary and tell him to go by using the hand signals. Whatever happens don't panic and enjoy the experience.

Answer 5

breathe slow and deep and just concentrate on what you are doing, for like 5 minutes just figure out what the heck you're doing first, then go and do whatever you want.

Answer 6

Just remember to breathe

Answer 7

just enjoy the experience

Answer 8

smoke some weed!!!