点评:This is a slightly different review and more geared towards parents who want their children to go through the Junior Open Water training and become a certified PADI diver. My wife and I had a lot of discussions about signing up my 11 year old daughter for the course and we were lucky to choose Aussie Divers in the end. Needless to say that my wife was anxious about sending my daughter down in the ocean with twelve meters of water above her head, but we believed that she was mature enough for her age.
Well, I hadn't dived in over ten years myself, and the decision was for my daughter and me to do the course together. Singlehandedly the best decision I have made in a while, and it allowed me to be part of my daughter's journey of becoming my dive buddy. The e-learning and practical training for kids is identical to the adult course and our instructors Nikki and Olek made sure that all drills were completed successfully. No exceptions, no liberties, just a little bit more attention when things don't work right away. Most of the training was done with Nikki and she made sure to find that perfect balance of making the course fun but reinforcing the message that even kids are responsible for their own safety under water.
Fast forward one week, and all I can see is a huge smile on my daughter's face whenever we talk about diving with Nikki the Queen of Fish. We completed six Open Water dives and the difference in confidence my daughter has in her own ability to set up her dive equipment and jump in the water to have fun with fish is incredible.
As for myself, my buoyance control has improved, and I feel that I have become a better diver after all those years of not scuba diving. Most importantly, we completed our objectives and I can't wait to dive with my new dive buddy in many more exciting places around the world.
The only thing left to say for me is a big thank you to the entire Aussie Divers team for an impeccable organization of the hotel pick-ups, cooking amazing food on the boat trips, keeping everyone safe and providing us with motion sickness tablets on the days when the weather tried to stop us.
翻译:这篇评论略有不同,主要是为那些希望自己的孩子能参加青少年开放水域潜水课程并获得PADI认证的家长们准备的。我和妻子曾反复讨论是否要让我11岁的女儿参加这门课程,最终我们很幸运地选择了Aussie Divers。不言而喻,当时妻子对于让女儿潜入水深达12米的海里还是忧心不已。不过我们认为,以她的年龄来说已经足够成熟了。
其实我自己已经有十多年没潜水了,最终决定让我和女儿一起参加这个课程。这无疑是我近期做出的最正确的决定,它让我能够陪伴女儿,共同踏上成为潜水搭档的旅程。针对儿童的在线学习及实操训练内容与成人课程完全相同,我们的教练妮基和奥莱克确保所有的训练环节都顺利完成——没有任何例外。不必过度操心,只需要在事情没有立刻奏效时多留意一下即可。大部分训练都是和妮基一起完成的,她很好地掌握了其中的平衡点:既让课程充满乐趣,又强调了即便对孩子们来说,确保自己在水下的安全也是他们的责任这一理念。
一周后,每当我们提起和“鱼儿女王”妮基一起潜水的事,我都能看到女儿脸上洋溢着灿烂的笑容。我们完成了六次开放水域潜水。现在,我的女儿对自己安装潜水装备以及下水与鱼儿们嬉戏的能力充满了信心,这种变化真是令人惊喜。
至于我自己,我的浮力控制能力也有了显著提升。在多年未曾潜水之后,我觉得自己已经成长为一名更出色的潜水员了。最重要的是,我们顺利达成了训练目标;我迫不及待想与我的新潜水伙伴一起,去世界各地更多令人心驰神往的地方潜水啦。我唯一想说的就是:衷心感谢整个澳洲潜水队的全体成员。他们把酒店接送服务安排得无懈可击,在船上游程中烹制出美味佳肴,确保大家的安全;甚至在天气恶劣到几乎阻碍我们出行的日子里,还为我们准备了防晕船药。