Recreational Diver Training - Location of Training Lessons

Location of Training Lessons

Initial training typically takes place in three environments:

  • Classroom - where material is presented and reviewed
  • Confined Water (Swimming pool or equivalent natural body of water) - where skills are taught and initially practiced.
  • Open Water - where the student demonstrates and refines the skills he or she has learned.

The usual sequence for learning most diving skills is to be taught the theory in the classroom, be shown the skill and practice in a swimming pool or sheltered and shallow open water using the minimum equipment, then practice again in open water under supervision in full equipment and only then use the skill on real dives.

Typically, early open water training takes place in a local body of water such as a lake, a flooded quarry or a sheltered and shallow part of the sea. Advanced training mostly takes place at depths and locations similar to the diver's normal diving locations.

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