Learning to Dive on Grand Cayman

jvschmidt@msn.com wrote:
> My husband and I are considering spending a long weekend (3-4 days)
> over Thanksgiving on Grand Cayman to take an intro scuba course. I'm a
> good swimmer and fairly experienced snorkeler, but while he's snorkeled
> a few times, and really wants to learn to dive, he's still pretty
> fearful of the water.
>

Being fearful of the water is a MAJOR obstacle

My recommendation is to do the certification here (classes and water
instruction) then do the check out dives there. Why spend time on
vacation in class?

Thus spake jvschmidt@msn.com :

>My husband and I are considering spending a long weekend (3-4 days)
>over Thanksgiving on Grand Cayman to take an intro scuba course. I'm a
>good swimmer and fairly experienced snorkeler, but while he's snorkeled
>a few times, and really wants to learn to dive, he's still pretty
>fearful of the water.

I take, at a minimum, 4 1/2 days to teach a class. This will
definitely chew up your vacation. Plan on spending two very solid
days in class and pool.

I wouldn't do it. Get certified at home and take a real dive
vacation. If your husband is uncomfortable in the water, better to
find out at home than on an expensive vacation.

>
>Can anyone recommend a mid to upscale resort/dive operator that we
>might use? We would ideally like an operator that works out of the
>hotel/resort we're staying at, and preferably some place there's shore
>diving. We would need small class/trip sizes and an instructor that
>goes slowly and doesn't try to pressure him to go faster than he's
>comfortable with. It doesn't matter if we actually get certified this
>time out or not, although I don't want to spend the whole weekend in
>the pool. If there was also good snorkeling from the beach that would
>be a plus. Impossible?
>
>Any opinions on Cobalt Coast and Divetech?
>
>Thanks for any suggestions,
>
>Jennifer
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