CIA語言學校

當初在澳洲大堡礁潛水後，就愛上了這個活動。菲律賓也是一個海洋資源很豐富的國家，來到宿霧前我就決定我要在這裡拿到潛水執照。
I became so interested in diving activity after diving at Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The Philippines is also a country which has a lot of marine resources. I already decided to get the diving license before I arrived in Cebu.


通行全球的潛水執照有PADI、NAUI、SSI、CMAS、ADS、SEA等等不同的認證機構，不同的機構有不同的考照價格。我和CIA語言學校的朋友當初在Mactan一間Fun&Sun的潛店參加了SEAOpen Water課程，兩天課程費用是8000披索。
There are many world-wide diving authorities, such as PADI, NAUI, SSI, CMAS, ADS, SEA, and so on. My friends at CIA Language School and I attained SEA Open Water Course in a diving shop named Fun&Sun which is located on Mactan Island. The price of this 2-days course is 8000 pesos.


第一天的早上，我們就只有再潛店裡看潛水的介紹影片，說實在的，我一心只想下水，根本無法專心觀看影片。
We only watched the introduction video in the shop in the first morning. To be honest, I couldn’t focus on it because I was eager to get into water too much.


下午，教練帶領我們認識潛水裝備，細心地教導我們如何設置裝備，並告知我們每個細部功能。確認每個學員都了解後，我們背起裝備終於可以下水囉~~
In the afternoon, the instructors guided us to be familiar with the diving gears. They taught us how to set up the gears and told us the function of each part. After they made sure every student understood thoroughly, we started to carry on our gears and get into the water.


一開始，我們待在大約5公尺深的水域，教練先讓我們在水中熟悉潛水裝備的使用，隨後引導我們練習潛水基本的技巧，其中包含耳壓平衡、尋找掉落的呼吸調節器、釋放BCD的空氣、清除面罩中的水等等，這些基本技巧雖然看似簡單，卻是潛水者最需要具備的知識，所以教練要我們不斷練習。
We stayed in a 5-meters deep area at first. The instructors let us familiarize the gears in the water. And then, they guided us to practice the basic diving skills, such as equalizing, finding the regulator if accidentally removed, relieving the air from BCD, cleaning the water in the mask, and so on. These skills seem easy, but they are the most essential knowledge divers need. Therefore, the instructors asked us to practice again and again.




第二天早上，在教練幫我們複習過第一天的課程內容，我們又下水了。一開始還是待在比較淺的水域練習那些基本技巧。之後，我們往更深的水域下潛，由於深度不斷增加，耳壓的平衡工作越來越重要，許多放棄潛水的人都是卡在耳壓這一關。第二天的課程還有一個重點就是練習踢水和水中平衡，潛水者必須要有正確的踢水和平衡技巧，在潛水過程中才能減少體力和空氣的消耗，如此才能輕鬆地享受水中世界。
The next morning, we got into the water again after the instructors guided us to review what we learned the day before. We stayed in shallow area to practice the basic skills at first. After that, we dived into deeper area. Equalizing becomes more important since the depth was increasing. Many divers stop diving all because they can’t perform equalizing well. Another emphasis of the second day’s lesson was practicing kick and balance. Dives must have correct skills of kick and balance in order to reduce the consumptions of energy and air while diving, thus, we can enjoy underwater world easily.






雖然這不是我第一次潛水，但是還有點是感緊張，但是興奮之情大於緊張，只要我們熟悉各項潛水技巧，並聽從教練指示，我相信都能平安地享受每一次的潛水。
Although it was not my first experience to go diving, I still felt a little nervous. However, the feeling of excitement was stronger than nervousness. As long as we are familiar with the diving skills and follow instructors, I believe I can enjoy every dive safely.






三個月後，我又去Malapascua拿了PADI的Advance Open Water執照(可用SEA的Open Water轉成PADI)，之後我會再寫相關的文章分享。
After 3 months, I went to Malapascua and got the PADI Advance Open Water License. (Divers can use SEA license to apply PADI course.) I will share more information about it later.