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I see instructors as a big part of the problem. When my wife certified a couple of years ago her instructor just didn't pay attention, the BCD he gave my wife was an extra large...that would be big on me let alone my wife...She broke a mask strap during a dive and he was so far ahead of the group she never was able to catch up to him so she did the dive with one hand on her mask keeping it in place. After the class, I got her a full set of her own gear and before we headed out for our first dive, I got her in the pool with another instructor I had met. What a difference, 15 minutes in the deep end at the Y and she was relaxed and having a good time. She is really thoughtful in her diving, so much so that when we were planning our dive trip for two weeks from now she asked that we carve out some time on a shallow dive so she can work on some bouancy issues.
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