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NEW TO DIVING? GET STARTED HERE

So you want to learn how to scuba dive?

No problem, the online world is making the learning process

of scuba diving, easier than ever before.

You can do everything online, except of course, getting wet.

Okay, you are probably asking yourself, where and how do I

start? Follow these simple steps below to get into the action faster:

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1. FIND YOUR LOCAL DIVE SHOP

First thing on your list is to find out where your local dive shop is by clicking here. You will need to take an Open Water Course

at your dive shop. An open water course consists of 3 sections. 4 - 5 pool dives, 4 open water dives, and of course the

academic requisites. This course should take you anywhere from 1 - 2 weeks, depending on your personal schedule.

Locate your local dive shop

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2. TAKE YOUR DIVE COURSE ONLINE

Thanks to the online world, you can now take the academic part of the dive course online from your own home, leaving just the actual diving up to you to finish up at

your local dive shop or resort. Simply click here and sign up to take your dive course online.

Take your dive course online

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3. EXPLORE THE LIFESTYLE

a. Dive Online

The closest possible way to actual diving, would be to play Diver 3D's - Diving Simulator Game. You can purchase the game online and start playing in a

matter of 5 minutes from now. Simply click this link. Diver 3D teaches you everything you need to know from buoyancy control, to taking photos underwater.

Plus you can skip the training courses, and dive right into the gaming action of coming face to face with great white sharks and spearfishing enemy divers.

b. Watch DVD's

Learn the lifestyle of diving. Until recently, diving hasn't really been compared to sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding and wakeboarding. The next

generation of divers are still to be made. There are now some scuba DVD's out there that focus more on the lifestyle, sexiness and adventure of scuba

diving. Watching these DVD's, or for example, watching Dive Zero TV can get you educated on how fun traveling the world and diving to places that only a

handful of people have been to.

c. Read Magazines

You can also thank the virtual world for the access of free scuba diving magazines. There are a couple different styles of magazines. You can choose formats

such as X-Ray Magazine's PDF format magazines or Dive Zero's virtual "page-flip" magazines.

Play Online Dive Simulator

Watch DVD's & Dive Zero TV

Read Scuba Diving Magazines

4. BOOK YOUR TRIP TO A FAR AWAY LAND

Come on, you deserve it. After all of this training, it's time to practice your new hobby. Get some buddies together and go diving in your local rivers and lakes, or find

your own dive spots. Better yet, why not book a dive trip to a far away land? Most dive shops practice what they preach and have ongoing dive trips, so make sure you

ask them about any upcoming dive trips. Simply click here to contact your local dive shop and click here to learn about and book your dive trip to a far away land.

Contact your local Dive Shop

Book your Dive Trip

5. NOW GO DO IT!

Okay, you just read some steps on how to start scuba diving. It may not be as fast & easy as picking up a skateboard and pushing away or strapping on some boots

and boarding down the hill but the end rewards are out of this world, literally. You are only on this earth once, make the best of it and explore places that few have been

and most wish to go. So what are you waiting for? Find your local dive shop, take your academic part of your dive course online, do your dives with your dive shop, play

Diver 3D's diving computer game, check out the media of scuba diving and book your dive trip to a far away destination of your choice, after all, you deserve it!