What are the costs of pursuing this dive?
COST TO PURSUE THIS DIVE: $50 - $20,000 USD
In general, you aren’t going to be able to SCUBA dive without equipment, and certainly, if you are a true beginner, you can’t figure it out on your own. It’s not smart to do so. You should only SCUBA dive with a trained instructor when getting started, and even after you get certified, you should never SCUBA dive alone--that’s one of the # 1 rules of SCUBA diving. Only idiots, true experts, or reckless divers go under water alone. Our recommendation: don’t do it!
So that’s where the $50 comes in. You are going to have to pay for a lesson, and pay for the instructor’s time. It may be more or less than $50 where you are, but it’s the safest way to get started.
To get certified, you will need to go through either PADI or NAUI (in general), and their training course is about $500, more or less. After completing the course, you will be certified as an Open Water Diver, which is the first of many dive levels you can obtain (not to be confused with Break Diving dive levels, of course!)