I took swim lessons and still am not the best swimmer. I guess I should
have done lessons in my "younger" years and not as I got older. I totaly
agree that fear plays a huge part in swimming. Once I realized I could just
stand up in the 4ft. of water and had no reason to fear I took off across
it. I've always wanted to dive in the reefs but I know I would never make
it.

Susan
"KurtG" wrote in message
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Pszemol wrote:
"Susan" wrote in message
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Wow, how neat!!! I'm jealous. I can't even swim in shallow water

Diving has little to do with swimming... :-)
You can do diving with very little swimming.

I had to swim 200 yards with no gear to get certified. I don't know if
that's a requirement or if the instructor just wanted to get a feel for
our skill levels.

If you can't swim, you usually have a reasonable fear of water, and it's
best to feel perfectly comfortable jumping 10 ft off a boat with 80 lbs
of gear on.

Not that I wouldn't encourage anybody to get swim lessons and get
started. It's a really awesome experience.

--Kurt