Learn 2 Scuba

posted by instructor on Mar 19

So you want to remember an acronym for your ascents. It can not be done, or maybe it can. Lets look to see what the 5 point ascent is:

1) Signal your buddy to go up

2) Check the time (this is the end of the dive)

3) Start your ascent to the surface

4) Rotate as you ascent

5) Swim up slowly not to exceed 60 ft/per minute.

S.T.A.R.S. would work for the acronym. Just like the descent acronym S.O.R.T.D.

posted by mgearhart on Mar 13

I have been diving for over 20 years and I still remember my first breath on SCUBA.  I remember the problem I had and some of the students in the class and the problems they had.  The P.A.D.I. Open water course is one of the most fun courses out there as an instructor. I love when you see the wheels turn and the light turn on when they all of a sudden see what you are saying. Since the start of E-learning the class has been made much easier for the student and the instructor. Most divers’ people are nervous the first time they take a breath underwater, but 20 seconds after their first breath they are hooked, just like I was.  By the end of the course they are ready to dive every weekend and I really hope they take the next step in becoming a well rounded diver.

posted by instructor on Mar 11

Pre dive Check what is it?

BWARF is the way PADI remembers it with.  Begin With Review And Friends.  What does that stand for?

B BCD (Make sure you know how your buddies BCD works and is operational)

W Weights (make sure they have a right hand release or the quick release are free and clear)
R Release  (Make sure you know your buddies gear)
A Air (Make sure it is on some people are a little pick about people touching their Air so becareful)
F Final OK (or as I like to say Fins don’t forget them back at your seat)

posted by instructor on Mar 11

Why do you need to perform the 5 point descent? The five point decent is all about calculating your bottom time and making sure you know were you went down underwater and making sure you have done everything to go diving. I have seen several seasoned divers forget to put their regulator in and remembered half down a decent. I have seen divers not know were they enter the water because they used boats as their object and the boats moved. So what is the easy way to remember the 5 point decent?

The five points are S.O.R.T.D. (Signal, Orient your self to two permanent objects, Regulator snorkel Exchange, Time (This is the start of your dive) Descend)  Hope this help remember the 5 point descent

posted by instructor on Sep 6

I think this rule is great when it comes to training dives. I like the fact that I can teach Open Water Advanced Open Water courses over three days weekend. I can go to Florida for a four day weekend and the students can get there Open Water and Advanced Open Water certification.

Putting the courses together makes the diver so much better because the go straight from the Open Water dives to the Advanced Open Water dive and they just start to become so much more confident and a better divers. Those divers that wait a few weeks tend to forget some basics in diving and lose there confidence.