Scuba diving or diving in recent years become one of the more popular sports and is considered ”slang”. Explore the underwater life is very enjoyable, especially in Indonesia -which is an archipelago with marine biota under the most diverse in the world.

Unfortunately, many are not aware of the danger behind this activity, which can cause death. So before you decide to learn to dive, please note the following points:

Sport
It should be realized, diving is a sport with a high risk. It is said that the danger level second only to skydiving. But do not be afraid. As long as they learned and done correctly, diving is a sport that is fun and safe.

Diving also competed in national and international sporting competitions – although not using the air tube. In Indonesia, this sport is under the auspices of All-Indonesian Association of Sport Diving.

Learn to dive
Capital base for diving is good health, able to swim (not good at swimming), and feel comfortable in the ocean. But before you go diving course somewhere, you should first learn the basics of diving from various sources. For example, what and how to dive, what is needed to learn to dive, the variety of existing organizations, and how to assess a company’s good diving.

Care should be exercised to choose a place to learn is very important because at this dive tourism has become a commodity and many people make profits without regard to the provisions in force. Given the high hazard that could result from an erroneous way of diving, you should check the capabilities of the instructors who will teach you to other parties. Each instructor certification identification numbers (such as no. SIM) that you can check their validity.

Certification
To be able to dive in many places, it takes a dive like a driver’s license certificate. This certification has several levels, from beginner (open water, open water) to the instructor. To “up grade” necessary requirements and Promotion Test.

In Indonesia, there are various types of diving certification and dive issued by an organization different qibla, as the parent organization in France or the United States. Like the school, basically all teach the same thing but with the curriculum and different teaching styles. Lives depend on your preferences, which prefer.

Dive tourism
After having a valid international diving license, then you can dive anywhere in the world according to ability level. You can follow the dive, which is a package trip organized by the company or diving club with the primary purpose of diving in an area.

The packet also varies: some are just taking care of diving, there are also take care of transportation and accommodation outside the submarine, there is even live on board the package travel package a few days by using a kind of cruise ships traveling from one point to another.

Other
If you are really serious about this sport is wrestle, it’s better to have your own completediving equipment (except tubes) and diligently improve on a regular basis. If you learn to dive just for fun when the roads, the distance should dive from one period to the next is not too far away.

You can also ask an instructor to brush up your skills before traveling. Finally, remember to always comply with the provisions of the dive because your life at stake.