Name: Diving as a Child | Crazydivers
Uploaded: 2019-04-17T19:45:56.000Z
Duration: 6 min 25 s
Description: I started diving when I was 10 years old and and very good memories of diving as a child, but also some recommandation for you.\n\nFeel free to ask any question...

Hello, my name is Nael and I'm a SSI Divemaster and a PADI Rescue Diver and I've been diving since I was 10 years old

Today I want to talk about how great diving can be for kids and talk a little bit about the

So if you're a parent or someone who wants to know what diving is like for a child

So first of all being in the water and scuba diving from your young age has told me how to

You might know that children learn quicker than adults because they don't fear anything

So they learn very quick how to be comfortable in the water and how to just have fun and learn new things

So for example, I learned diving position and the right way to breathe underwater very quick.

I do always remember being able to do and one hour dive

100 bars left on my tank. So that was pretty good.

removing the reg or the mask, but since I learned from a

Playful point of view I absolutely don't fear that

This was a very great family activity to do

my sister trained at the same time as me and my dad

One year after I had mine, so we just booked diving vacation altogether

She told me that because we were learning so fast, she didn't want to slow us down

I wonder if today she would like to train with me maybe hi mom

But basically we went to Caribbean we went to Brittany

destination and it was pretty great to share that passion with my family

Give you another point of view on how this is important

as a child you... the fact that you know that and that

You know the impact that we can have on the marine biodiversity is really great.

I try to choose eco friendly solutions, be a little bit zero waste.

Enforced by the fact that I am a scuba diver and that I have been sensibilized to that from a very young age

I also am a chemist. So I have been more passionate about chemistry and physics

Also due to the diving part... the more scientific part of the diving such as Henry's law and the gas laws

Seeing the direct application of math and physics are something they like from day to day.

consideration that you have to take is that we don't really know what the effect of

Pressure and diving would be on any growing organism such as child.

Have a bit more checkups with your GP or your doctor about that.

In any case you should have a medical consultation

once a year with your doctor about scuba diving

I don't know what the laws are on your country

You do need a medical certificate to be able to go diving and that is a thing that I think

Should be enforced in child may be a bit more.

So I'm very lucky on that part and don't think pressure did anything on my body.

But we don't really know what can happen.

Teaching to a child is not the time thing that teaching to an adult.

I would recommend you to go on a playful way

I mean even adults a playful way is great

More comfortable in the water if you have things to play with.

You can see on my last video, I still have that playful mind

When I go in the water, and I think is pretty great from my instructor to have taught me

the playful way of dive from the very beginning.

Equipment for a child is not the same thing as an adult.

Small size human. I still use child equipment for my gloves BCD mask hood

So make sure that the dive center you are going to will have the proper equipment

I remember one time my sister forgot her suit and had to dive with mine and it was too big for her and she was frozen

The well-being of a child really depend on the proper equipment.

To buy gear for child is going to grow up

I always say that you need to rent your equipment before buying one because you need to try different things

then when I stopped completely growing up.

So these are all my reason and recommendation for you to start diving as a child

If you are considering diving with your child, I highly highly recommend it

I have a lot of memories with my dad diving

and sibling  make the best dive buddies because

You grew up with them and you know  all the signals you can invent your own signals

So if you have any other question, leave them down below.

Diver parents who is willing to share his passion with their child

or if you are a  child show that to your parents

So that they take you diving with you, and I hope to see you next time. Bye