It's ironic how scuba diving feels like the most natural thing in the world to me, when it is actually going completely against nature to be able to breathe underwater. However, when I drop down under the surface, everything else stops. It is the best kind of therapy there is. You become the uninvited guest in the underwater world, but with that privilege comes responsibility. People forget that when they're in the ocean, they are trespassing in a place that so many creatures call their home. As divers we are incredibly fortunate to be able to experience a world, which in my opinion, is in every way superior to the one on the surface and we must respect it.
It really upsets me when I see people breaking the coral with their fins, touching things underwater or taking things from the ocean. As PADI state; "Take only pictures, leave only bubbles." So please, when you're in the ocean treat it with the respect it deserves.
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