Come on, admit it! =)

[Will_f]

My daughter is totally freaked by waves, fish, or anything that is over her head. We went snorkeling a couple of months ago in Hawaii and it was a challenge to get her past waist deep.

Naturally, she wants a diver (Ladies Momenum with a yellow face)

[diverlulu]

My daughter is totally freaked by waves, fish, or anything that is over her head. We went snorkeling a couple of months ago in Hawaii and it was a challenge to get her past waist deep.

Naturally, she wants a diver (Ladies Momenum with a yellow face)

Of course! How old was she when she learned to swim? That can have some bearing too. Developmentally, it is good to get kids in the water before they learn to be afraid of the water. Older babies have almost a reflex when they are plopped into the water and can doggie paddle right up to the surface. It pretty neat to watch. Much older and they have already learned to be a bit afraid of it.

If she's interested, most aquatic centers offer lessons for older kids and adults. It may be a matter of confidence in her own swimming abilities that makes her skittish in the ocean. Even if someone is not a water person, it is always good to be confident about one's ability to stay safe around water.

It wasn't in our DNA, Mom couldn't swim, she was hell bent on making sure that we could, did a lot of research on the subject and had us in the pool before we were walking. Dad was only a mediocre swimmer as he grew up on a farm and didn't have too many places to swim as a kid. But Mom created some little monsters, as we all remember her standing on the beach screaming at us to come back in because we were out playing in the deep water.

[mike120]

I am totally with you on this. I love swimming laps in my backyard, but I absolutely hate swimming in large bodies of water that are extremely deep. The thought of not being able to see what is underneath me drives me crazy, and the whole drowning with a mile of water above my head did the same. Diving I was ok with the few times that I did it, but swimming I am not.

I personally like divers for their ruggedness, not for their massive water resistance.

Naturally, she wants a diver (Ladies Momenum with a yellow face)

Get it for her! My girlfriend has one, and I guarantee she has abused it more in the year she has had it than your daughter could in her lifetime. Still ticking away!

[my beat rate]

I grew up in the water so I'm pretty comfortable in deep lakes, which I prefer, and in the ocean. I've yet to dive out here in California and I think it's because I'm hesitant to get in the water with 20+ft fish that have rather sharp and large teeth I know that the percentage is extremely low for an encounter but still... But seriously, I rather enjoy dive watches over most just because I love how they look and feel. I tried pilot watches and other styles but I keep coming back to dive watches. I only have a dive watch and a chrono now so for me it's a look thing.

[Eraserhead]

Hehe that's hilarious! A man is a perpetual contradiction. I love diver's but never did more than light snorkeling. I live far from the ocean and basically never swim except when on vacation. I love the water but yeah I am struggling sometimes to get in there. Especially since I encountered 2 jellyfish in Cuba! It really really freaks me out! I was literally running on water and stayed all day on the "relative safety" of the beach. I say relative ...because I got attacked by a crab! I discovered that my chair was right over his underground access!

[sk0eric]

I love dive watches and I dont mind water that is deeper than I am tall (I'm 6'1). But At a young age I read a lot of marine biology books. and I learned that basically everything in the ocean has evolved to kill in one way or another and it scares the bejeezes out of me. It doesnt matter how shallow or deep. what if I stepped on a seaurchin or something?! and as for lakes....while I dont worry about large predators or many toxic animals they just gimme the creeps. Dive watches to me are tough watches that look great and can take a beating and keep on working.

[skin diver]

What... afraid of this little guy? So innocent and peaceful.. I think he's smiling!

[my beat rate]

He is saying "don't worry little guy, I won't bite... yet!"

What... afraid of this little guy? So innocent and peaceful.. I think he's smiling!

Tens of thousands of grown adults are still admittedly rattled by the movie Jaws. I've lived on the water my entire life from San Diego to Seattle so thankfully I'm not afraid to dive or surf in the ocean.

But it was not easy at first. My fear wasn't the open water or lakes but as a child I was spooked by pools. My parents were keen to get me swimming at a very early age because our back yard was shoreline. At swimming lessons I was petrified of the spooky drains, convinced they would suck me up or hold me at the bottoms of the pool. Didn't help that the pool had an unusual number of them, even installed on the wall near the ladders. Big black ugly things that I didn't want anything to do with.

I overcame the fear and became quite a swimmer and eventually a lifeguard. But to this day when I'm in a new pool I still take note where the drains are. Weird huh?

[jason_recliner]

Well I guess I am the exact opposite! The day after I bought my Rolex DSSD I went shark fishing and deep sea diving.

Here is a video & a few pics of the shark I caught that day!

God DAMN that's a big-arse fish! This is the reason I'm scared to swim in deep water.

I have dived a few times, and didn't find it scary because with the mask you can see under water, and it was in Thailand where there isn't a lot in the water to get you. But here in Australia, once I get out past the break, and I don't have a mask or goggles, I definitely get a little nervy.

[Will_f]

Of course! How old was she when she learned to swim? That can have some bearing too. Developmentally, it is good to get kids in the water before they learn to be afraid of the water. Older babies have almost a reflex when they are plopped into the water and can doggie paddle right up to the surface. It pretty neat to watch. Much older and they have already learned to be a bit afraid of it.

I dunno exactly, but she was in the pool before she could talk (she's 10 now). The problem is lack of time in the ocean. When she was younger we were in quite deep water (40+ feet) which didn't bother her at all, but she was wearing a life jacket