Exploring a whole new world 🌊🪼🐚

I have always love the ocean 🌊 🩵 And when my bf presented me with the idea to go take our open water cert, i said yes! 🙌🏻

📝 Tioman Diving Trip with Simply Scuba ($850)

- 2D2N

- 3 meals each day

- Accommodation

- Transport (to & fro)

📌 Things to bring: ✨

- Sunscreen (you’re gna be out in the sun a lot)

- long sleeve and leggings for protection (abrasions, stings, cold temperatures under water)

^ usually they will provide a wet suit, you can choose to double up or wear either or)

- motion sickness pills

- sunglasses

- wet sock (prevent blisters by flippers)

🤿 Equipments to buy:

We only bought our snorkeling mask, to which we felt maybe we can invest in a pair of flippers too~

—— Scuba warehouse

Address: 52 Ubi Ave 3, #02-43 Frontier, Singapore 408867

1) We booked our lesson through simply scuba, where we attended online courses and pool sessions to get us familiarised with the procedures and skills required in a more comfortable surroundings first.

** PS. You are required to swim independently for 200m (4 laps) during the pool session, so basic skills of swimming is needed.

2) Once we have reached Tioman, we need to log at least 4 dives in order to pass — 1 skill dive + 3 exploring dives.

Honestly, the boat ride was BRUTAL because i have terrible seasick and i feel horrible most of the time in boat. So best to prepare motion sickness pills and have it before you get onboard.

The equipment on you is going to be HEAVY (almost 30KG). You do no have to be absolutely fit to be able to carry (cuz i’m not fit at all) but thankful the people on board are so nice and helpful, they did a great job in helping me balance myself while carrying the equipments:

- BCD

- Air tank

- weight belt

You will be diving in groups and there will be more than enough experienced divers on board and under water to guide you and help you, so you do not have to worry so much!

But of course, remember that our human body is not made to adapt well to underwater environments (currents, wave, no air etc) so always be wary of your surroundings and ensure you follow the steps given by your instructors careful. DO NOT overestimate yourself and do things independently.

Overall, it was amazing experience and i saw a black tip shark swimming up close to me. It is definitely a wonderful experience and 100% an addictive one. 💙

Plus, we learnt some new and fun hand signals (last slide) that you can also use whenever you’re out for a dive or snorkeling too! 🐡🦈

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