Mat K
Registered
(This is my first post so please forgive me if it's not in the correct place.)
After many (many) years of waiting I finally found the time and begun my diving training last year. Long story short; I'm hooked and am planning dive trips every few months.
My question comes from my AOW course a couple of months ago. I'd competed the OW course in November with no problems and had received very good feedback (aparantly the hours spent reading this forum showed...) I was set to do the navigation dive which was to be a shore dive with a max depth of 9m. Weather conditions were not great; strong winds meant 1-2m chop and visibility around 3m.
The instructions were clear regarding the 20m (out and back) task and the 20m 'square' path task. I completed these find however it occurred to me that the instructor was well out of sight and I was alone on the task. Nonetheless, I felt comfortable and completed them. No problem. A little later the instructor and I did become separated. I remembered the drill, noted the time, spent 2 mins looking for him and surfaced. (I did have DSMB/reel (did I mention I read this forum a lot?)) I felt calm and comfortable, but it dawned on me that maybe this wasn't 'by the book' instruction. I'd appreciate comments as I'm trying to choose where to do my Rescue Diver course.
After many (many) years of waiting I finally found the time and begun my diving training last year. Long story short; I'm hooked and am planning dive trips every few months.
My question comes from my AOW course a couple of months ago. I'd competed the OW course in November with no problems and had received very good feedback (aparantly the hours spent reading this forum showed...) I was set to do the navigation dive which was to be a shore dive with a max depth of 9m. Weather conditions were not great; strong winds meant 1-2m chop and visibility around 3m.
The instructions were clear regarding the 20m (out and back) task and the 20m 'square' path task. I completed these find however it occurred to me that the instructor was well out of sight and I was alone on the task. Nonetheless, I felt comfortable and completed them. No problem. A little later the instructor and I did become separated. I remembered the drill, noted the time, spent 2 mins looking for him and surfaced. (I did have DSMB/reel (did I mention I read this forum a lot?)) I felt calm and comfortable, but it dawned on me that maybe this wasn't 'by the book' instruction. I'd appreciate comments as I'm trying to choose where to do my Rescue Diver course.