Traveling takes us away from who we have become, allowing us to remember who we want to be. ~Gary A Reichel
Find Yourself Again
While on this journey of life, the curiosity to learn seems to wane. I don’t think it is a situation of not wanting to learn, or that we get tired of learning …I think we just get tired. Work is seldom 9 to 5, and the pressures that go along with most jobs are NOT easily left at the office. With all the stress and responsibility the weekends are usually spent trying to catch-up on sleep and household projects.
There is little that can be done about the limitations on our time, but at what cost are we just “surviving”? At what point does a job start to encroach upon life? When is enough, enough? The answer is not simple, but let me try, “You know work has become too great a part of your life when there is nothing else to talk about. Everything you do is work related. If you are not talking about work, you have nothing to say. Your conversation at the dinner table is, about work. Work. Work, work.”
More Than A Vacation
The line between the home and office has become blurred and there is no time for growing or learning. With one exception …your next vacation! Time off. Ahhhh -the gooood life. Sleeping in and staying up late. Maybe drinking a little too much, but there is no boss. No meetings. Nothing really matters, because you are on -VACATION.
But once you are recharged, how about adding something a little extra special to your vacation. A vacation where you learn something new. A vacation where you get a new skill that allows you to explore a new world. I’m not just talking about a foreign place, I’m talking about SCUBA Diving on Maui.
As a diver you are weightless and can move in all directions. You approach the freedom of a bird as you move in three dimensions in a fluid environment. DENNIS GRAVER, Scuba Diving
A New World.
SUCBA Diving. Suiting up and descending 60 feet with compressed air on your back, a mask, fins and a regulator. Weightless. Everything is quiet except for the sound of your breathing and bubbles. The world is your oyster. Become an Open Water Diver -get SCUBA certified.
SCUBA Diving Maui
There is book work, but nothing too difficult. There is some physical activity, but that should not be a problem if you are in moderate shape. There is the trill of the unknown. A new experience. It is not dangerous, but …there is some risk. And as exciting as the certification process is, once all the training is completed the real fun begins. Exploring the reef. Swimming with the fishes. Adventure while you travel. An opportunity to float weightless above coral and lava rock formations with fish, turtles, eels and invertebrates peering back at you. It can will change your life. The colors, sounds and sights are truly like nothing experienced from the surface.
SCUBA Diving On Maui
The certification process varies depending on where you get certified. However, typically it begins with “…a few days of classroom sessions …and confined water sessions. Two thirds of your course will be conducted at one of several beautiful diving sites -depending on conditions. Upon completion of the course, as a Certified Open Water Diver, you will be qualified to participate in SCUBA diving worldwide.”
There is also an option called referral certification. This is when you do your course work and confined water dives at home, allowing you to finish the open water portion in Maui. This is a great option, so look into this as you plan your vacation.
SCUBA Divers
Activities On Maui -SCUBA
I’m not promoting any diving companies, but here are a few Maui SCUBA Diving resources:
More Than A Vacation
Maui and Kaanapali Beach have some great SCUBA diving. I’ve written quite a bit about diving on Maui (I was a Divemaster on Maui for about 3.5 years) and I have stayed at Gail’s Maui Vacation Condo. Both the diving and condo are wonderful and I’m sure you will enjoy both.
If you have any diving stories, or there is something you learned while traveling -our guest would enjoy reading about it below.
#1 by Gail Reichel on October 14th, 2009
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Excellent article on Scuba diving in Maui.
I like your choice of subjects, your style of writing, & the content of all your articles.
BRILLANT !!!!!
Love, Your Mom
#2 by A Maui Blog on October 14th, 2009
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Yes! I need to learn scuba diving! I have been living on Maui for 16 years but have not tried scuba diving. Thanks for the post
#3 by Gary on October 15th, 2009
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Thanks — I surfed for 25 years and I’ve always loved the ocean, but it was a long time before I tried SCUBA, or snorkeling. It started when a long time friend (born and raised on Maui) took me out snorkeling where we laid-net and caught some taco. I had a great time and one thing lead to another …years later I was a Divemaster; so you never know were it might take you? That story takes me back 15 years, when I lived with George and Becs in Napili. They are good people.
#4 by Pua on October 27th, 2009
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Aloha Gary,
Nice post about not getting eaten up by your job and relax and enjoy the wonderful things Hawaii has to offer to visitors and residents alike, such as scuba diving on Maui.
I must admit I am not a scuba diver, never been and never will but to tell you the truth snorkeling the warm waters around the Hawaiian Islands can be the same relaxing. It’s a world of wonders waiting above the coral reefs for your admiration! My favorite ocean creatures in Hawaii: Green Sea Turtles, Eagle rays, puffer fish, yellow tang and Humuhumunukunukuapuaa!
All of you ocean lovers, have fun scuba diving or snorkeling in Hawaii!
Aloha, Pua
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