Reasons to get Scuba Diving Certified
If you’re looking for an exciting new adventure, getting scuba diving certified in Phuket, Thailand offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore the stunning underwater world. Known for its vibrant marine life and crystal-clear waters, tropical Phuket is an ideal destination to learn and hone your diving skills. From breathtaking coral reefs to fascinating shipwrecks, diving in Phuket, Thailand opens up a world of discovery and wonder. Here are some compelling reasons to step out of your comfort zone, leave the lounge behind, and embark on a journey beneath the waves by becoming a certified scuba diver in this tropical paradise.
PADI Learn To Scuba Dive Phuket
People worldwide are always looking for new exciting adventures, hobbies, sports & activities to take on. Things they can enjoy with their friends & families or even personal challenges like sky-diving, hiking, mountain biking, fishing etc. These activities are either to take on a new hobby or maybe to personally challenge. Like facing a fear of heights with sky-diving.
One activity that I believe that everyone worldwide should try out at least once in their life is scuba diving.
In the PADI Open Water course at Aussie Divers Phuket you will learn all you need to know about scuba diving. This basic knowledge is then built & developed with PADI continuing education in the PADI Advanced Open Water course, PADI Speciality courses & the PADI Rescue Diver course. You could even develop your career in diving with the PADI GoPro course here in Phuket including the PADI Divemaster or Instructor courses.
If you, your friends or your family are currently looking for a new exciting adventure to take on why not look into what it takes to become a scuba diver here in Phuket?
Below is a list of reasons why you should consider becoming a certified diver. If you are uncertain about becoming certified then Aussie Divers Phuket does offer the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program as an introduction to scuba diving.
Learn Something New
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere”
Chinese proverb
Start chatting to certified divers & you will hear it said many times that they never forget those first few breaths underwater. No matter if you speaking to a new diver with 10-20 dives or an old “salty” who has dived for years with thousands of dives under their belt. Every diver will be able to tell you about taking the first breaths underwater & how it opens up a whole new world of excitement.
As adults, it is also important to learn new things as often as we can. Learning new things helps our brains to develop & also changes our brain’s chemistry. When we are continually learning we actually feel happier, plus a sense of pride & accomplishment from learning new things.
Sense of Adventure
A lot of the time when people are seeking out new hobbies they are hoping that it will take them to new places and create interesting experiences. With over 70% of the earth covered in water scuba diving will open up a huge amount of area to explore & experience.
A lot of popular travel destinations around the world will have some sort of water to explore, be it ocean, reefs, lakes, or even cave systems. With continuing education through the PADI Speciality courses, you can open up a whole new world of adventure. Maybe your next travel destination has an amazing reef, wreck, or caves & passageways to explore.
Scuba diving opens a whole new world of adventure to those who are willing to learn. This adventure & excitement never really ends. As a diver, you will continually see others with 100’s possibly 1000’s of dives yelling with excitement upon surfacing from an amazing dive adventure.
Explore New Places
There is an amazing number of dive sites around the world, all very different from each other. They offer a stunning amount of diverse life experiences. As previously mentioned there is a lot of water in this world, if you are into exploring new places then why not open up the other 70% of the world to explore?
Also if you are a global traveller you will find that a lot of the best travel destinations also offer great diving experiences. Speak to any scuba diver and they will most likely have their very own dive destination wish list that they are slowly ticking off.
Most scuba divers’ personal travel wish lists will include the likes of;
- Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia
- Similan Islands & the Andaman Sea, Phuket, Thailand
- Red Sea, Egypt
- Black Water Diving, Hawai
- Palau, Micronesia
- Cozumel, Mexico
- Pacific Islands
- Maldives
This is just a sample of some of the best diving in the world, and what you would expect from most divers ‘wish lists’. The list however could go on & on forever, with countless opportunities & dive sites. Every diver’s list will be different. Learning to scuba dive opens up a whole new world of opportunity.
Relax & Be Stress-Free
“From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.”
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be weightless? We walk around every day feeling the weight of gravity pulling us down. However, due to the buoyant nature of water & with good buoyancy control you can have a similar experience to being weightless whilst scuba diving.
It is the closest experience to being an astronaut without the need to go to space. NASA uses scuba diving as part of its astronaut training program (An interesting job option in the professional scuba diving realm).
Also, an added benefit of diving is that there are no mobile phones (yet), no internet or office meetings & no talking underwater. Instead, you will hear the sounds of fish breaking corals & feeding, water movement & peaceful silence. There are a lot of certified divers who use scuba diving as their weekly relaxation & release from the everyday world.
Every time you descend on a dive from the moment your head goes underwater it is then just you, your buddy & the planned dive. It is the perfect release from this modern fast-paced world we live in.
See creatures in their home environment
Have you ever seen an aquarium & been amazed by the fish life there? Maybe a home tank or at a larger theme park. Perhaps you have seen a documentary and been mesmerized by the footage.
Getting our PADI Open Water certification allows you to be immersed in this amazing underwater world. Surrounded by corals, fish, rays, turtles, sharks, eels & thousands of other surprising creatures.
As you travel and explore new dive sites new & interesting creatures can be found. In some temperate areas, the dive sites & creatures will even change year-round with the seasons as the waters get cooler or warmer.
Make new friends
Scuba diving is a social activity, after all in the course you will learn about the buddy system & scuba divers are never alone. During the PADI Open Water course & through dive travel. You will often make new life-long friendships. Diving is an exciting sport & divers are never shy of sharing their most recent stories about a dive.
Even on the dive boats after the dive, you will often get together with the other divers and share stories about the dive that just happened,
Visit the closest watering hole to your local dive centre & you will often find a group of divers discussing their latest adventure.
Get outdoors
In this modern digital world, we spend a lot of time fixed to our digital devices. Learning to scuba dive will get you outside and away from these everyday distractions. Whether it be diving your local site, or exploring new reefs & sites at a travel destination, scuba diving is an active adventure.
This sport encourages you to get outside, be active & stay fit. It is also a great activity to get involved with the family. Even if someone in your family doesn’t actively like the experience of scuba diving they can still snorkel, swim, walk on the beach or simply enjoy a good book on the boat whilst you dive.
Challenge yourself
Lastly taking the PADI Open Water course & learning to dive is something to learn for you. As you have just read learning to dive can take you to many places, it is also something that you do to challenge yourself.
Ultimately it should be something that you take on if you are intrigued about the underwater world. Luckily if you are still unsure about the whole experience Aussie Divers Phuket does offer the PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience as an introduction to the sport.
Learning to scuba dive in Phuket will take you on a whole new adventure. It can offer new opportunities to travel and explore. It will be something you will love & may even end up being a life-changing experience.
If you would like to know more about what is involved in becoming a certified scuba diver contact us at Aussie Divers Phuket.
