Hi my name is Georgia Beuth and I recently received my PADI Open Water diver, to dive\u00a0in fresh and salt water. Scuba \u00a0diving was something that I never really thought about\u00a0doing, my dad is a keen fisherman and enjoys the occasional dive for scallops and\u00a0crayfish, so I was familiar with diving, but didn\u2019t really think I would ever be doing it.<\/p>\n
For my birthday, my parents signed me up for a week of dive school, which I didn\u2019t\u00a0expect at all. I was mixed with emotions, scared, nervous and excited. Before I knew it, it\u00a0was my first day of dive school and my tutor Douglas was an approachable and funny\u00a0person. Our first couple of days was book work and tests, the last couple days were the\u00a0proper dive in the Aquatic Centre and out in lake Rotoma.<\/p>\n
One of the most difficult\u00a0techniques to master for me was the hover this took a lot of practice with controlling my\u00a0breathing. Once I had finally got the hang of it I felt accomplished and ready for my first\u00a0proper sea dive. My next dive was with my Dad out in the Bay of Plenty. My first time in\u00a0the sea under the surface was truly unforgettable, there were so many creatures and\u00a0there was so much to see. The second dive with my dad was beautiful and successful, as\u00a0we made our way round the rock walls we saw many fish and shells, we decided to\u00a0crack open a Kina and feed it to the fish that were swimming all around us, that was\u00a0amazing to see. We kept swimming and came across a decent sized Crayfish, dad got his\u00a0noose and grabbed it from deep in the\u00a0crack of the rock, I opened the catch bag and trapped it in. Not long after\u00a0dad spots another crayfish, then\u00a0another, and another. Dad seemed\u00a0pleased so we started to head back\u00a0when Dad saw a huge tail in hidden in\u00a0between some rocks, he wrapped the\u00a0noose around the tail and yanked it\u00a0out. I opened the catch bag as far as it\u00a0could and guided the crayfish into the\u00a0bag. Dad and I look at each other in\u00a0disbelief, if I didn\u2019t have my regulator\u00a0in my jaw would\u2019ve dropped to the\u00a0ground. I struggled to pull the bag to\u00a0the surface and dump it into the boat.<\/p>\n
We got home and got this massive Cray\u00a0out of the bag and onto the scales, it\u00a0weighed 2.4kg which was a stunner. \u00a0This was one of the highlights of my\u00a0trip which wouldn\u2019t have been possible\u00a0if I didn\u2019t get the help from Dive HQ to\u00a0complete this course. So if you\u2019re\u00a0interested in diving or even enjoy\u00a0being in the water I would highly recommend you to do this course it\u2019s a lot of fun.<\/p>\n
Happy Diving Georgia Beuth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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