Kayak Scuba Diving Qualifications

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Summary: It's important to be scuba certified if you are attempting to go kayak scuba diving. Learn more about the qualifications you need for kayak scuba diving with tips from a certified rescue diver in this free kayak diving video.

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Jason Shoup Jason Shoup is a PADI certified Rescue diver. He was originally certified in 2000 while college in North Carolina and has made over 300 dives in the Southern... read more

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Kayak Scuba Diving Qualifications

Before you kayak dive it's very important you're scuba certified. Have a trained agency, trained instructor teach you about the fundamentals of scuba diving. It's also important you're a good beach diver. It's pretty strenuous stuff out there. It's going to really take a lot out of you, and in southern California the water's pretty cold. The surf is kind of rough today so it's good to be wearing a thick wet suit for the conditions you've got. It's about 50 to 55 degrees in the water. So with all that neoprene you've got to wear you've got to do about 20 pounds of weight to counteract that. This is about 8 pounds right here. Altogether the weights add up to about 80 pounds in the kayak that you're taking out with you into the ocean. Other gear will include a bag to keep your fins, your mask, gloves and hood in. Other gear you might have like a camera, knives perhaps, other accessories you want to take with you. You also have your scuba unit set up. You BC, your regulators and your tank all ready to go. You also use a dive flag so people know that you're actually in the water and not abandoning your kayak out in the middle of the ocean. You also have a paddle here, and you also have an anchor that you take to clip onto a line to throw down to make sure you're not going too move too far when you're going diving. It's also important to have a buddy to go with you to make sure that someone is there to protect you and make sure you're safe and in case there's any trouble they can help you get out of that. Also it just makes things much more fun.