Scuba Diving FAQs: The Non-Divers’ Curiosities (Part-4)
Welcome to the 4th series of articles discussing – answering – some of the most frequently ask questions about scuba diving. I have a collection of questions contributed by my non-diver friends through a mini survey that I did a few weeks ago.
Some of the friends of mine, who agreed to take part in the survey -questions submissions -, might have tried scuba diving before but most of them has never tried it. I am holding on to the information until proven otherwise. Lol.
I have come to learn, through many years of experience, that some doubts – associated directly or indirectly – are keeping many people away from participating in this fun and exciting world of scuba diving. Some of the questions, from the survey, are almost similar so I’ll be combining them in one. Pay special attention because most of the questions asked are health related questions. Let us see the next 6 FAQ on scuba diving: -
1. Do divers have any special nutrition/diet to keep the body in good conditions?
Divers are just normal people like you and me. Becoming a certified diver and to proceed with active participations – being a Divemaster or Instructor – for a few years will not change your nutrition or diet intake – not at all. We are still what we were before becoming a certified scuba diver. I guess it’s the same for the astronauts who go to the outer space and come back to earth. There are no special nutrition or diet rules for scuba divers.
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Scuba Diving FAQs: The Non-Divers’ Curiosities (Part-3)
Welcome to the 3rd series of article on “Scuba Diving Frequently Asked Questions”. So far we have covered 6 topics that were published in 2 separate posts: Part-1 and Part-2.
This time we are going to look at another 5 more FAQ questions. If you read the post just before this one, I have explained how and where I got all these questions from. So I am not making this up…
Lets dive right in and see the questions get solved before anyone gets too excited.
A cool fact: scuba diving is addictive. Remember, You’ve been warned!
Q#1: Does a person need to know how to swim before learning scuba diving?
Whether you are a physically normal or a diver with disability; you need to know how to swim while you are on scuba. You need to swim around, no matter the depth, in order for you to explore the underwater world. There is no other way. Well, unless you use an underwater Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV).
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Mini survey: Questions About Scuba Diving That Have Been “Bothering” You
A few days ago I sent out a mini survey, a very simple straightforward survey, to 10 of my selected facebook friends and family members only. That was my first ever survey using facebook as the media. Just be cool if you (my friends & family) didn’t get the survey invite. Rest assured: there are going to be more future surveys, simple ones, just like this one, I’ll extend the invitations. One will be for you. 
If you are reading this and YOU are not in my facebook friend list, then if YOU wish, you can add me as your friend on facebook.
The survey is based on the title mentioned above: questions about scuba diving. I did tell the recipients of the message to go ahead and ask whatever questions that has or have been playing on their mind all this time. It really doesn’t matter what kind of questions for as long as they are related to scuba diving and you have not met the right answer for it, JUST ask.
Of course, I can find many questions from the Internet or even through my years of experience and remodel them a little bit, here and there, and post them on my blog BUT that will NOT benefit, not entirely, the readers of this blog.
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Scuba Diving FAQs: The Non-Divers’ Curiosities (Part-2)
In this Part-2 of “The Non-Divers’ Curiosities”, we will look at another three of scuba diving most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that we’ve gathered through the years and years of active participations in scuba diving.
Most non-divers, innocently, ask all sorts of questions. Most certified and experienced divers find the FAQs so funny that they burst out laughing first – because they thought it’s a joke – before seriously responding to each FAQs.
That might be the case, but of course not entirely, and if any of these questions have been playing in your mind now then I would like to welcome you to this 2nd series of articles where we’ll be focusing on this particular topic.
You might want to quickly skim through Part-I to see what we’ve covered earlier.
1) Can you catch any of those yummy lobsters or other fish? For food?
The answer for this one is the BIG: NO, NO! Scuba diving is a recreational sport or outdoors activity – which ever you like to categorize them. Therefore, all divers are required and expected to abide by the consensus of the diving community that is to only observe the underwater creatures and plants and as much as possible to minimize the impact or contact during each dives.
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Scuba Diving FAQs: The Non-Divers’ Curiosities (Part-1)
Non-divers tend to have different ideas, theories and perceptions about scuba diving. I call them The Non-Divers’ Curiosities – there are hundreds of them.
There are loads of questions that we, as certified divers, get to hear time and time again. These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) though simple, once learnt, require one’s knowledge and experience to present the answers and explanations in a “lay man term” as opposed to the “language of diving” used by divers. Meaning: we have to deliver the answers and explanations in a way accepted and understood by the non-divers.
This series of articles will look at the most FAQs by the non-divers for example from our own family members, relatives and friends. And even total strangers that we meet at the airport, bars, subways, and bus stations, at seminars, office, coffee shops, on the beach and so on.
Please be reminded that the non-divers we are referring to here are those who have never heard, seen or experience scuba diving before. But there are also people (with the same frequently asked questions) who’ve heard about scuba diving before, but simply don’t have, yet, the time to get involve and participate in this exciting and fun-filled outdoors activity.
This article will try to present the answers in a simple fashion way as much possible so that whatever curiosities you, as non-diver, have on mind can be answered. Or if you are a diver and need to find the way to explain in a friendly manner to the FAQs, than use these discussions to help you.
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