Izzie Driewer

Girl Takes On the Deep Blue Sea

Forty-five pounds worth of oxygen tanks, wet suits, regulators and other diving gear. This is how much sophomore Izzie Driewer must wear when she goes on her scuba diving adventures.

Driewer’s diving journey recently started a little more when a year ago when she was 14 years old. Her father has been diving since he was a teenager and encouraged his kids to dive too, but Driewer was the only one to pursue this diving legacy.

Together, Driewer and her dad had to take classes and do training to be able

to get a diving certification. Without a certification, many diving spots would not be open for exploring.

“I had to take a certification class and do two certification dives outside of a pool,” Driewer said. “We took classes at Diventures in Omaha, and we were certified in the Key Largo Dry Rocks.”

The certification allowed them to go to the reefs in Key Largo, Florida. They explored the Molasses Reefs and the Key Largo Dry Rocks. Dreiwer hopes she can be able to do more traveling, so she can see more of what the underwater world has to offer.

“I want to dive the Great Barrier Reef if I get the chance,” Dreiwer said. “If I travel to some places that have good dive sites, I will dive there. I love seeing sea life.”

According to ABC News, fear of deep water is one of the top ten most common fears. For Driewer, however, water is something she does not have to worry about. She says that it is more nerve wracking getting the suits on than getting in the water. Driewer hopes that she can dive for the rest of her life and, in the future she is planning on teaching her kids to not be afraid of the water so they can learn to scuba dive too.

Izzie Driewer and her father explored the Chirst of the Abyss statue, or as the locals call it, Touchdown Jesus, in Key Largo, FL. They also saw marie animals ranging from large rays to colorful parrotfish.