Hyatt

I will be visiting the Hyatt in Sharm and want to arrange for my son
to do his open water.He's only 10 and i wanted some advice on the best
dive centres and any info on what to expect. I understand the Hyatt
has a dive centre but not heard if its good or bad?...Any advice
appreciated

simonw@future15.co.uk wrote:
> I will be visiting the Hyatt in Sharm and want to arrange for my son
> to do his open water.He's only 10 and i wanted some advice on the best
> dive centres and any info on what to expect. I understand the Hyatt
> has a dive centre but not heard if its good or bad?...Any advice
> appreciated

Well quite frankly I'd advise you not to allow him to do it, 10 is very
young, far too young in my opinion to be allowed to dive. From the group
FAQ,

3.5 They say I'm too young, why does age matter?

There are no definitive studies that demonstrate that diving as a child
can be harmful to future development, and due to the ethical problems
such studies would raise, there probably never will be any such trials
carried out. There is however some circumstancial evidence which suggests
that taking up SCUBA diving too young may cause later health problems,
see http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lpt/kids.htm for details.

Larry is basically on his soap box about this, but read down to the stuff
on medical matters for the meat of the article. See especially the part
where he discusses the differences between concrete and abstract thinking,
at 10 your son isn't even on the borderline, he is clearly a concrete
thinker.

As an instructor at a University Club for some years I had some misgivings
about training 17 and 18 year olds. I would certainly never train anyone
younger than 16, and would strenously advise anyone against doing so...

Al.

"simonw@future15.co.uk" <simonw@future15.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I will be visiting the Hyatt in Sharm and want to arrange for my son
> to do his open water.He's only 10

Then don't.
All decompression tables are based on data from US military divers - mainly
by getting them to dive and see how long it would take them to bend, and
then see just how serious the bend is by finding out how many of the divers
die.
Most children his age have PFO and very few adults do - so you can expect a
much higher chance of undeserved bends, which can occur at the depths and
times on an OW course (particularly the CESA)

As mature as you think he is, bear in mind that the dive centre doesn't know
him. Any dive centre that's willing to put a 10-year-old child they know
nothing about in the water is not a good dive centre.

Alun Harford

Appreciate your comments ...Many Thanks...I thoink i'ss let him stick
to snorkelling



"Alun Harford" <alunharford@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<bvjnfa$lig$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>...
> "simonw@future15.co.uk" <simonw@future15.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:497c2ce5.0402010816.584175f5@posting.google.c om...
> > I will be visiting the Hyatt in Sharm and want to arrange for my son
> > to do his open water.He's only 10
>
> Then don't.
> All decompression tables are based on data from US military divers - mainly
> by getting them to dive and see how long it would take them to bend, and
> then see just how serious the bend is by finding out how many of the divers
> die.
> Most children his age have PFO and very few adults do - so you can expect a
> much higher chance of undeserved bends, which can occur at the depths and
> times on an OW course (particularly the CESA)
>
> As mature as you think he is, bear in mind that the dive centre doesn't know
> him. Any dive centre that's willing to put a 10-year-old child they know
> nothing about in the water is not a good dive centre.
>
> Alun Harford