Diving on your gap year

Become a Gap year diver how to choose the right gap year diving course for you.

Selecting a Gap year diving programme is possibly the greatest fun you can have on yougap year.
Many options are open to you if you wanted to becomea gap year diver and many gap year diving destinations to pick from.

So how do you decide where to go and what to do? There are many options that you can consider before going with a gap year company to help select a diving course.

First off you need to pick what agency you want to learn to learn with.

To clarify there are a couple of different training organisations that run courses. The main ones are PADI and SSI although other diving organisations like BSAC are popular also. These training body's all have similar standards so do not worry too much about the course sylabus.

To clarify the "agency" is not the same as the dive shop or dive school, as some can train people in lots of different agencies certifications. The most well known agency out there PADI.

Next you need to decide where you want to go to do your dive training. The world is a huge place with millions of unique and exciting destinations to pick from, some places have their positive aspects over others, so considerations such as price and interests of the individual will play a role.

Wanting to just get your open water on your gap year and learn to dive then, you perhaps just pick to do this where ever is easiest along the way, just be sure to factor in ample time (4 days) to do your course and be sure you are not in a planewithin 24 hours of diving, so be careful with the itinerary.

Want to spend longer perfecting your diving, then you should consider doing the Divemaster course. The Divemaster course is the most often selectedgap year diver course for significant reason. No other gap year diving programme incorporating so much dive time inclusive of the costs.
Some places are cheaper than others with Thailandrepresenting best value out of all placesto do your Divemaster, specifically the (Koh Tao Divemaster ),This does not necessarily make it the most popular, but it is still excellent.
Diving in Thailand is really popular and because of this, the marine life can suffer as a consequence, it is possible that you will see more marine life elsewhereDivemaster in the Philippines, however this is a little more expensive. It is also possible to do a divemaster course in Australia, but it is more expensive than on Asia gap year.

Want to compete your divemaster in Africa; this is a great option if you like shark diving, but bewared you can easily come up against tiger sharks and hammerheads.

Whilst this is not dangerous if you know what to expect, it can make you panic if you are not prepared to see them! A softer way of seeing great white sharks is to go shark cage diving in South Africa

Xtreme Gap Year promotes a selection ofGap year diver programmes and they are all professional divers in the office, capable of explaining all you need to know before you set out.. So if you are considering a gap year involving diving, give them a call.