Hello ALL!
  I just got back from Cancun about three weeks ago. I signed up for a Scuba 
lesson to be followed by a dive on a reef in about `30 of water. I signed up 
through the hotel were I was staying. When I arrived at the dive shop the 
owner told me that the water was rough and the current high and that I might 
want to consider going the following day which I did. That day I was told 
that it was not as bad but still rough so I decided to go ahead otherwise I 
was going to forfeit the $70 I had already payed per the contract. So after a 
little theory and repeted warnings about how it was going to be very rough 
out there today me and and two others proceeded to the checkout tank and put 
on the gear. After a few minutes I was not very comfortable with the progress 
I was making on my breathing and had trouble relaxing and felt apprehensive 
concerning my ability to do the dive safely under the conditions that would 
be present at the dive sight. So I told my instructor that I really didn't 
think under the circumstances that I would be able to continue and didn't 
want to cause problems for her and the other two students. The checkout in 
the tank was less than 20 min. I don't think that 20 min. Scuba instruction 
is suffecient to dive a reef in `30 feet of water under even ideal 
conditions. Am I correct in assuming this or am I just a Wimp.
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