Realwhiskers wrote:
Hey dude thanks for posting! One day I’d love to scuba dive. What’s it like? Must be incredible!
Yeah that’s what I like about this forum, been on nearly a year but only recently starting posting. Always scrolling though, nice to have a little community about us.
must have seen some amazing stuff scuba diving mate??
When you first learn to dive it is very, very claustrophobic and anxiety levels can go through the roof. That one reason its essential to have correct training and dive buddies you can depend on if it goes tits up. Over time you almost teach your brain to deal with the anxiety and thats when it becomes completely immersive. Its a healthy anxiety and whilst there is risk its calculated and controlled. I have had 2 situations abroad, 1 this year, when I helped rescue drowning divers and that really does focus the mind. Emergency situations are very rare but we train constantly in our club for such eventuallities and again this focuses the mind so when something does occur training takes over.
Everything under the water is amazing even a little shrimp. Its their world and to be privelidged enough to be able to share really is astounding. Ive dived with angel sharks, white tip reef sharks and thresher sharks. Also rays, dugongs (google them they are so special) and one of the best things I ever saw was a tiny baby sea horse in English waters. I dive in UK throughout may to about november then head for warmer waters in winter. Next week I fly to Egypt to pick up a boat to take me down to the red sea border of Sudan to dive with sharks again. I find animals and fish so much more preferable company than humans.
stony