Yay Taylor! Congratulations! I've been teaching scuba diving for over 25 years. I'll leave you my tips for new divers. #1, dive as much as humanely possible. There is nothing I can teach you to replace time underwater, so dive, dive, dive! #2, having said that, never do a dive you are not 100% comfortable doing just because other people are doing it. It's always OK to say no if you aren't comfortable. #3, follow all the safety procedures all the time like the pre-dive safety check, wearing a snorkel (unlike your instructor), etc., even though you will see a lot of people skipping these steps. #4, do a proper buoyancy check every time you get in the water with a difference piece of equipment (you looked way over-weighted your first time in the pool, but there is no way to know without doing a proper check). #5, actually practice the skills you learned in class from time to time in a safe environment like a pool or shallow spot. When the poo hits the fan and you need to do something, your instincts will kick in. If you haven't practiced something in a long time you might not be able to perform it when you need to. But most importantly, HAVE FUN and welcome to the underwater world!

Congratulations Taylor! Hey don’t ever wipe that smile off your face! Because it is absolutely drop dead beautiful! You have grown in character so much!

Diver Certified, what a great milestone! Congrats Talyor!

Great video, I now get to watch twice as many sailing videos. This compliments Sailing Doodles nicely. I love seeing the world from your perspective.

Congratulations on getting scuba certified Taylor! We loved watching your experience and hope you enjoy exploring the underwater world.

Congrats Taylor!!! I got my PADI/NAUI Cert. when I was deployed to GUAM back in '81. I miss diving so much! You are doing great on your video's and and you are so smooth with your transitions!! Keep up the GREAT WORK and we're all looking forward to your future VBLOGS. Take care!

What a great video! And well done on your certification! The underwater world is amazing. Love the shot of all the fish swimming around you. Can’t wait for your next video!

So cool... I've been diving for years and it never get old. Welcome to an amazing beautiful world.

That’s the way to do your training - I took my training in Edmonton, and my open water dive was in Lake Edith, a glacier-fed mountain lake, which was damned cold, even with a thick wetsuit, booties, hood, and gloves. My buddy and I shared one compass for the underwater navigation part of the training (we were starving students) and I couldn’t strap the compass onto his wrist when it was his turn. I yanked of my glove and did it, and by the time I finished, my hand was totally numb until I pulled the glove back on. The funniest part came when we surfaced; we’d entered the water just after dawn, and by the time everyone finished, families had arrived, and kids were splashing in the (cold) shallows. We swam until we were on our hands and knees and then everyone stood up at once. The people on shore hadn’t realized the implications of the dive flag in the water, and I guess it looked for a second like an attack by sea monsters - kids fled screaming, people on shore yelling until they realized what we were. Lol. Good times. LanceH. S/V Great Escape

awesome, there is nothing better than scuba!! You have entered a whole new world , be safe , learn, and enjoy

That’s awesome Taylor!! Congrats on your certification. I have been certified for about 12 years and just love every single dive that I do. I recently went back and became Nitrox certified. Being a certified diver you have opened up an entire new world, enjoy! And thanks for sharing!

Well done Taylor!!!! Now you can clean the hull properly, unclog through hulls, change zincs, and all the other "romantic" underwater activities of boat life! Seriously, really well done! You will always remember getting certified and the beauty it opens up for you to enjoy.

Love your videos!You have a fabulous voice for doing you tube.I cannot wait for the next one.Love from Ontario,Canada.

Taylor I received my certification when I was 19, I’m in my 60’s now ! Needless to say I don’t dive often now but it brought back great memories watching you start out! My certification is still framed hanging on the wall of my office at home! Great Job!!! You will remember this a lot when you reach your 60’s!

Taylor, you are such a natural! You will succeed in all your endeavors!

I got certified back in the 70’s international open water, rescue diver,search & recovery. Haven’t dive in about 18 years. I’ve had problems with my back and legs, still have all my gear.

Good going Taylor! You have a naturally relaxed voice for commentary - appealing. I am sure you have a life long niche in this genre. All the best eh!

Congrats on your certification. Now the fun begins.

Welcome to the world of diving. I certifed hundreds of folks in scuba. When your done take an advance class and gain more skills. You have just scratched the surface of what is down under. Congrats

Well done Taylor, keep them coming I will follow your travels x

Congratulations Taylor. I have been certified by PADI for many years but have not been diving since I became ill with a heart condition. Your video brought back some very fond memories and touched me deeply. I truly love diving and it had been the most wonderful physical experience I ever had. Thank you for sharing your video.

Big congrats Taylor. Looks like a lot of fun.

Loving the vibe in this video, I found myself dancing to the music :D Awesome stuff!

Thank you so much Taylor for your new adventure videos.

Congrats on your certification welcome to the dive world, enjoy and dive safe.

Congrats Taylor. This will change everything for you in the future. We are only limited by our funds, fear or desire to do everything cool. I bless you and all whom follow you on all of your upcoming ventures. Make it a great day.

I love it way to go can't wait to see more!

Congrats Taylor. Good work!

I only got to SCUBA one time and it was a long time ago in Hawaii. I will never forget it as I don't know how to swim but i loved being under the water. With instructors we got down to 30 feet or so and I remember the wonder of looking up and seeing the boat so far above us. Thanks for the video. Your editing skills are great.

As an MSDT it's always great to see a new diver come along, welcome to the world of blowing bubbles.

Congrats Taylor....nice job with your new channel...enjoy your diving and sailing adventures....jealous in NJ!!!

You did that right again Taylor !!!!

Congratulations, great job Taylor

Congratulations Taylor for your certification and nice vidéo. 💪💪

Congratulations Taylor!!

Congrats Taylor, loved your video and underwater footage, keep up the great work, look forward to your next adventures. Cheers from The Great Barrier Reef.

Congratulations on your OW certification, way to go

Congratulations Taylor! 3/4 of our planet will really open up for you. Go for the advanced O.W. and Nitrox certs too! After this pandemic, make it down to the Grenadines, or the Caymans, where I got my cert. Wonderful clear waters there. And your vlogs are great; looking forward to more! (ps. that blue swimsuit rocks! or rather, you in that swimsuit!).

Taylor the Sailor.... Outstanding!!!!

I’ve been diving since July’93, one of the best things I’ve ever done! As someone else said, dive and dive often. At this point in your life you will see many places and diving will expand that. Go find those future memories!

Great job, Taylor!! Congrats

Great Video! Keep up the good work Taylor! Becareful out there!

Awesome video! I will be doing my PADI certification in the near future. Keep up the good work!

THANK THANK YOU TAYLOR FOR LOOK INTO YOUR LIFE HOPE TO SEE MORE OF YOU

17K Subs already! It seems you are getting more photogenic since joining with Bobby. Great that you started your own channel; wishing you great success. Your smile is so endearing and always makes us happy when you share with us.

Great video! Congrats on your new skill and certification!

Congrats! And Happy Easter!

Congratulations! 🧨🎈🎉🎈🎊🧨🎈

Congratulations... Happy Easter!

Loved your excellent video. It looked wonderful. 👍

Very enjoyable to watch Taylor. Would love to have such an experience. Thanks for sharing. You are absolutely beautiful as well!🥰

Congratulations Taylor! I am also a certified diver and i absolutely love it. ..enjoy! ...take care and stay safe!...:-)

This looks like so much fun. Kind of makes me wish I would have done things different when I was your age. Enjoy your life have fun life goes by so quickly.

Enhorabuena Taylor, el sub es muy emocionante, disfrútalo. Besos

Great accomplishment Taylor

🙂👍Awesome job Taylor!

Congratulations!! I have been a certified PADI Open Water Diver for 32 years. There is NOTHING like SCUBA diving!! Stay safe and healthy!! Happy diving!!

Great job !!! Get er done !

Great job..you are off to a wonderful start. Your voice is calm and clear too..super job.

Reminds me of my first open water dive in ocean. Did Panentine reef at cozumel. First was Devils Lake Wisconsin. Cold and low visibility compared to Cozumel. KUDOS on getting it done.

Congrats, Taylor! You’re braver than me, but I live where great whites are, so I have never been too interested in scuba diving here. Closest I’ve come is Hanauma Bay snorkeling in Hawaii. That was fun! So I understand your joy for the sport. Like your videos and seeing you in beach attire, to be honest! Overall, nice vids!

Congratulations on your OW certification

Hey Taylor, been watching Bobbies' channels for a while and have become a fan. Figured I subscribed to yours as I really enjoyed you on Bobbie's. Hope this really takes off, you know I am already a fan. Looking forward to some more posts!!!!

Congratulations, well done.

Looking forward to your “new tattoo” video.......as you just mentioned on Sailing Doodles live chat ! I’ve been binge watching Doodles since I discovered it during lockdown here in Scotland - you guys are great, keep it up.........and stay safe 🦠😷👍

Now that you are certified, let’s say it time for Lake Superior, love diving there!

Congratulations!

Hi Taylor, really enjoy your travel videos. I'm also from Southern Ontario.

Congrats Taylor, you will be amazad at this new world. I did my course in Cold lake alberta, yes its freezing. The best we had for fish were a few 4 ft pike. That was in 75 and not a day has passed that i didnt wish i could live my life in the ocean. CHEERS From the Okanagan Steve h.

Congratulations 🎉

number one rule diving, always use marker buoy attached to you and never ascend toward surface faster than your air bubbles. it will kill you or painfully cripple you for life! dive at 40 feet or less will be much nicer dives and can see full colors. drift diving in ocean with someone up in boat to track your marker buoy is an effortless blast and then u dont have to fight the currents to get back to boat! luv your new channel!

Great job !

Subscribed and first thing I do is hit the LIKE! I'm in the process of getting scuba certified as well. Great episode! Take care. Thanks again!

Well done!!

As we say in French Félicitations! :) Nice job on the PADI Scuba Dive training! Happy for you and also happy to see future scuba diving videos with you and Bobby maybe :) Continue the great editing work! I would highly suggest Blue waters filter for the GoPro you can order on Polarpro website ;)

Good job! Congratulations. Just dive, dive often and dive with as many advanced divers as you can and dive masters. I was raised in Florida so the ocean was a way of life. Now local diving is Santa Catalina. Not the top of my list but still worth it...!!! OH PS you can spear and harvest as many Lion fish as you want!! (you knew that!! :-) )

GOOD ON YOU GIRL I didi my accreditation years ago never got around to updating it as I only use a tank to inspect things below the waterline

Congratulations👍👍

Thank you for this video, it'll help encourage my wife to get her certification.

14k+ subs by your second video. Very impressive, you will do well. When I subbed to Bobby's channel he had about 12k. There were a lot more than 2 videos.

Great video!

I have the bell notification button on and still missed this. Your channel will be a big hit I'm sure.Long time sub to Sailing Doodles.

love your work . you office is awesome wow

Just saw your goodbyes on Delos...! Added your channel to my list Cheers

Way to go Taylor girl power

Great job, great video, great person......

Diving is not a about a certification to earn it’s a about an experience to gain.. just keep diving and never ever hold your breath! Long live diver spread the news to the world what is life underwater , spread love peace and stay safe

There are so many beautiful places to dive. On the website they rank different locations. One I like that is underrated is St. John USVI. Another interesting dive from KZfaq SV Delos is the night dive. So cool! Good luck and always be careful in scuba.

Can’t wait to see your wild side

OMG... I watched your other video first and thought what a coincidence that I owned a 87 Radian also, and now I see this video and recognized the resort Gran Ventana. I was just there 4 weeks ago.

A different world indeed 👍👍👍

Back in 1976 when i got certified, we had a phase in training called under water harassment, it was about reacting to unexpected actions by instructor.Also,no decompressiontables were less conservative ( longer bottom times at specific tabulated depths), and the use of horse collar BC,s and the use of a wriswatch and wrist depth gauge. Fast forward to 2020 prefer Freediving, , be well !.

Two videos and over 15K subs wow you ROCK 👌

Congrats with you OW certificate. Hopefully the instructor told you that one of the diving rules is "enjoy the underwater-life by WATCHING, don't DISTURB animals and leave only bubbles". I was quite amazed to see someone "poke" the seahorse trying to get it to swim. As an example, I've seen a guy poking a Spanish Dancer with his snorkel during a night dive. When it finally got swimming, it was immediately eaten by a grouper. He was pretty sick of it. Anyway, happy diving!

Enjoying your vedios there very well done. You have a nice voice, your beautiful. Subscribed and looking forward to more thanks

You're breathing is relaxed... good sign👌

Congrats on the certification.....Get a red filter for your GoPro you will be amazed with the improvement for footage below 10 feet!!!!!

I actually got certified in Lac Beauvert in Jasper. This looks like a much nicer place to learn. lol

CONGRATULATIONS

Congrats... Wish I could do that, due to Military Injuries, I can only Surface Snorkel or no more than 8ft. below surface. I like the video and that Lobster, yum, yum. Just be careful, don't want to hear you got hurt or something trying to eat you...lol See ya Soon on your Travels.