Continuing
Your Adventure
Next,
join a dive club. Your PADI Dive Center
or Resort probably has one or knows
of one, which is probably a local chapter
of the PADI Diving Society (which you'll
also want to join). Most of these organizations
coordinate activities, dives, events
and other dive-related fun - and You'll
meet other people to dive with. Don't
worry that you're new to diving - every
dive group has members at all experience
levels and they plan activities accordingly.
Go
Places
A great way to meet people is to go
on a dive trip organized by your PADI
Dive Center or Resort. Plus, it takes
you diving - which is what you're trying
to accomplish. Although an exotic dive
destination has the most appeal, don't
let time and money limit your thinking.
Most dive operations offer local dive
adventures close to home – and
you may be surprised just how much fun
you can have.
Do
Things
Diving isn't just about swimming around
underwater sightseeing. Diving should
be personal. It's about gaining the
skills you need to visit new dive sites
you want to see. It's about having the
gear you want so that diving takes you
on the adventures that you think worth
while; so that it presents you with
the challenges that you think deserving,
and so that diving grows with you and
always rewards you.
Only
you can say whether this means taking
on artistic challenges like underwater
photography and videography, skill challenges
like navigating or finding and recovering
lost objects, or technical challenges
like deep diving or enriched air diving.
But recognize that scuba diving isn't
an activity, but a door through which
you reach hundreds of underwater pursuits.
Find those that ignite your heart, and
you'll experience that which eludes
many people - a burning passion for
what you do.
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