Diving is no longer a sport just for the young, super-fit male. The day's are long gone when the instructors were all ex-military macho men trying to weed out weaklings who might have jeopardised a mission.
Today the emphasis is on opening up the beautiful underwater world to as many men and women as possible. Age is no barrier as scuba equipment has improved in leaps and bounds and is really user friendly.
With PADI, the training emphasis is on performance, not time. Sometimes older people are a bit slower when it comes to learning to dive. That's no big deal - all we do is take a bit longer. You might be asked to pay a little more to cover the extra time if you are really slow, but that's no problem - everyone knows that all baby boomers are loaded, have no bills to pay and are always seeking new challenges!
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