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25 Responses to “Scuba Diving Great Barrier Reef Australia by Neil Parris”
You need to check with the dive school you would like to learn with but I have read that for PADI the minimum age: 15 years old or 10 for PADI Junior Adventure Diver. I’ve also seen 12 years minimum noted at some schools. Do a google search for “PADI minimum age”
Which part of the video are you asking about? Towards the end of the video we all ascend as it’s the end of the dive. Once you get the hang of equalizing your ears you shouldn’t need to go up to clear them.
It just takes practice, learn the technique and do it often on the way down. Learn to feel the pressure on your ears that tells you when you need to clear them.
We did the basic PADI training in a swimming pool in Cairns, then the open water park on the GBR from a liveaboard. It was back in 2000 but the cost was around 300 pounds. Cairns (like many places on the east coast) is an excellent place to visit – lots of British backpackers, lots of night life if you want it, lots of fantastic adventures. Go for it, you’ll love it.
Excellent video mate. I am 16 years old and am in the UK. I have only ever done the basic PADI Open Water diver course in Cyprus last year. How much experience had you done when you went to the GBR? Also are you in the UK too? If so how much did it cost you? I would love to go to AUS sometime soon, just wandering if it would be possible for me to go where this was taken……hows the nightlife in AUS too? Cheers
What a nice vid to take home when done with class!? It looks SO nice, I´m Swedish and have “only” dived in Egypt for a couple of years but have allways dreamed of GBR and its beauty! Thank you for this!
We had a professional underwater videographer shoot this, you can probably tell by the quality, and the fact that I’m in front of the camera and not behind it
This was a great Video!!! I an writing my comment on a tablet PC. Can you believe it? They ore coming out with a tablet Powerbook for under water computing Next Christmas by Apple
Hi, thanks for the comment. Yes Australia is a long way, but it’s certainly closer to the US than the UK. Of course if you live in the US then you’re not too far from the Caribbean. There’s some great Scuba there, e.g. Cozumel off the coast of Mexico.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Althea Trickett
You need to check with the dive school you would like to learn with but I have read that for PADI the minimum age: 15 years old or 10 for PADI Junior Adventure Diver. I’ve also seen 12 years minimum noted at some schools. Do a google search for “PADI minimum age”
December 8th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Guy Kamm
I had 3 open water students this weekend all aged 12 – you can get certified but with certain restrictions
December 12th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Alana Ellenburg
10 years old.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:40 am
Joe Eckert
have a look at some of my videos from diving down in South Australia. Leafy sea dragons and cuttlefish and stuff
December 16th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Dorothy Aycock
how old must to be someone to do scuba dive
December 17th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Howard Laporte
Thanks. Yes the visibility on the great barrier reef is fantastic. It’s a number of miles out from the shore, nearly 40 I think.
December 18th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Jesse Lippert
I just got back from Panama City, Florida and looks like you had better water visibility than I did. Looks like you had a great dive! Great video!
December 18th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Tonya Mclane
Which part of the video are you asking about? Towards the end of the video we all ascend as it’s the end of the dive. Once you get the hang of equalizing your ears you shouldn’t need to go up to clear them.
It just takes practice, learn the technique and do it often on the way down. Learn to feel the pressure on your ears that tells you when you need to clear them.
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:56 am
David Kissinger
im about to take my course….did you ascend so that you can clear your ears?
December 24th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Laurie Mcelrath
Hi. I just got my diving certificate. And will have good tips how I can dive. I took the evidence in Norway, so I am well familiar with cold water
thanks
December 25th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Barbara Lofton
how deep im 12 and when i went scuba diving in cancun and the in structor pulled me down 50 ft and i could not clear my ears
December 28th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Mattie Klotz
lucky you!!! i live in England im 12 and i can only wish i could do scuba diving….
December 30th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Althea Cammack
this video is great!I am 13 and i have my open water certification,i live in spain
i go diving every saturday,at the costa blanca moraira.alex
January 1st, 2010 at 10:59 am
Isabel Maze
GREAT !
January 1st, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Lydia Crook
Great video Neil! Enjoyed watching that. I’ve never dived on the Reef, but it’s on the cards!
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Ruby Mcfadden
There are many different scuba diving training centers all over the world. Do some reasearch on the web, e.g. google to find a company near you.
The certification I trained for was the PADI Open Water. This means you can dive in the sea or lakes etc with a buddy.
If you just want to try diving then most places do a ‘try dive’ or similar where you are guided by an instructor with minimal training required.
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Juan Irvine
what web site did u go to or what number did u call cuz i want to learn to scuba dive and what type certification do u to dive in reefs
January 4th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Landin
We did the basic PADI training in a swimming pool in Cairns, then the open water park on the GBR from a liveaboard. It was back in 2000 but the cost was around 300 pounds. Cairns (like many places on the east coast) is an excellent place to visit – lots of British backpackers, lots of night life if you want it, lots of fantastic adventures. Go for it, you’ll love it.
January 7th, 2010 at 5:36 am
Renee Landa
Excellent video mate. I am 16 years old and am in the UK. I have only ever done the basic PADI Open Water diver course in Cyprus last year. How much experience had you done when you went to the GBR? Also are you in the UK too? If so how much did it cost you? I would love to go to AUS sometime soon, just wandering if it would be possible for me to go where this was taken……hows the nightlife in AUS too? Cheers
January 7th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Jeffrey Work
What a nice vid to take home when done with class!? It looks SO nice, I´m Swedish and have “only” dived in Egypt for a couple of years but have allways dreamed of GBR and its beauty! Thank you for this!
Regards
Dave
January 8th, 2010 at 4:31 am
Christy Peery
We had a professional underwater videographer shoot this, you can probably tell by the quality, and the fact that I’m in front of the camera and not behind it
January 9th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Anthony Rahn
As a rookie did you get allowed to take this footage?
When I took my license the same place, I didn’t think they allowed it:(
January 11th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Martin Falls
This was a great Video!!! I an writing my comment on a tablet PC. Can you believe it? They ore coming out with a tablet Powerbook for under water computing Next Christmas by Apple
January 12th, 2010 at 6:10 am
Blanche Mccombs
Hi, thanks for the comment. Yes Australia is a long way, but it’s certainly closer to the US than the UK. Of course if you live in the US then you’re not too far from the Caribbean. There’s some great Scuba there, e.g. Cozumel off the coast of Mexico.
January 12th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Heidi Flanigan
wow, learning to dive on the great barrier reef! amazing! i cant go though
way too expensive