jzb... i didn't have to watch any videos and i'm happy about that! i usually fall asleep during them anyway!!! haha! as for the tables... i was teaching my friend them! i know them very well... that was actually something that the instructor went over and over and over with us until we KNEW it! in other words all the actual important stuff like safety... he took his time with to make sure that we knew it! the draining of our masks wasn't as important as the safety u know!

j dog... ur right about the comfort level! everybody is different! i was more nervous about the a pool dive that i did a LONG time ago than i was to be in the ocean even at my first 60 foot dive!