{"id":3205,"date":"2018-06-28T14:05:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T18:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2020-10-05T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T21:03:43","slug":"take-a-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/take-a-dive\/","title":{"rendered":"Take A Dive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jersey Shore native Sean Cervone \u201913 has always loved two things: animals and the sea.<\/p>\n<p>So, when he had to get scuba certified for a position he attained through an internship class with Associate Professor Lisa Dinella, he fell in love with the sport that connected two of his passions. Now a certified assistant instructor through the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Cervone teaches courses through Divers Two in Avon- by-the-Sea, New Jersey, and continues to travel and dive on expeditions focused on conservation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #05669E;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">You Can Experience Weightlessness<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThis month, Cervone traveled to Trinidad to experience \u201cdri diving\u201d\u2014when the ocean current transports the diver through the water without them having to exert any energy. \u201cYou\u2019re just weightless and flying through the ocean\u2014it\u2019s an amazing feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #05669E;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">It&#8217;s Therapeutic<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nNot only can weightlessness ease physical pain, but the calmness beneath the water can help to relieve emotional stress, says Cervone, who cofounded Warhorse Scuba, a nonprofit that serves those with PTSD, traumatic brain injury, C-spine, and other disabilities.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<header><span style=\"color: #05669E;\">Where to Start:<\/span><\/header>\n<p>Ready to try it? Cervone says Roat\u00e1n, Honduras, is a great place to start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoat\u00e1n is gorgeous and there\u2019s a nice little diving community there,\u201d he says. \u201cThe conditions are very clear, it\u2019s easy to get to, and it\u2019s not too expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cYour physical pain is 100 percent capable of being relieved during scuba diving &#8230; and there\u2019s the group aspect because when you\u2019re diving, it\u2019s a team effort with everybody looking out for one another,\u201d says Cervone. \u201cPlus, when you\u2019re diving, no one is talking to you, so you have time with your own thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #05669E;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">It&#8217;s Eye-Opening<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nYou\u2019ll connect with rare and endangered species and observe sea life and landscapes that will amaze you. \u201cWe saw whales in Long Branch, diving last year\u2014I mean, that\u2019s pretty awesome,\u201d he says. \u201cYou don\u2019t think of whales being right here but they are.\u201d Scuba diving can also be eye-opening for landlubbers who are unaware of how vast plastic pollution is. \u201cThere\u2019s a floating patch of garbage in the Pacific, between California and Hawaii\u2014it\u2019s incredible how much garbage there is, and it\u2019s plastic that\u2019s really the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #05669E;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">You Can Make A Difference<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nBecause it\u2019s such an eye-opening experience, scuba divers o en become heavily involved in conservation and cleanup efforts across the globe, says Cervone.<\/p>\n<p>Through PADI&#8217;s Project Aware, for example, many divers participate in Dive Against Debris events, which are focused on collecting and reporting on how much trash is floating in water ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, 50,000 divers in 114 countries collected over 1 million pieces of trash. Cervone says that every summer, he and his colleagues at Divers Two participate with other local divers to clean up the Belmar Bay.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #05669E;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">You&#8217;ll Make New Friends and Explore New Worlds<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nOver the past several years, Cervone has traveled to nearly 30 countries to connect with other scuba divers and take part in various types of conservation efforts. The sport connects you to a community and takes you to places that may have otherwise been off your radar, he says. \u201cOnce you\u2019re under water, you\u2019re in a place that a lot of people don\u2019t get to see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 unexpected reasons to try scuba diving this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":3208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"image_focus":"{\"x\":55,\"y\":39}","hide_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-3205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-summer-guide"],"thumbnail":"<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-300x225.jpg\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-3208 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"object-position:55% 39%\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-1120x840.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-2800x2100.jpg 2800w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-828x621.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986-9x7.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/26-Scuba-Diving-ORLA-ISTOCK-826245986.jpg 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>","catString":"Uncategorized","issue":"Summer 2018","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3205"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11740,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205\/revisions\/11740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}