Bubblewell
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So far I I've had five sessions (PADI OW)
1. Botched CW1 so just a trial dive effectively
2. A second 'trial' to get confidence up
3. CW1 passed easily
4. CW2 passed easily
5. CW3 passed but the instructors feel before I do OW1/2 or CW4 I would benefit from repeating or just a practice pool session due to lack of confidence. There was no lack of confidence, I just tried struggled to equalise correctly due to a mild congestion I thought was gone (didn't use any decongestants) which caused a little distraction from attention to detail so I had to do a couple of skills twice. After the skills I stayed shallow as it became apparent I could only equalise enough to stop pain rather than properly equalise my ears. This too was interpreted as lack of confidence. Since then I am congested again so don't know when I can resume.
Either way the outcome is I am going to have notched up around 8 hours of pool time by the time I get to start CW4, which is a good thing to me. Several others have picked up just as much time and some more to get to the same. Obviously some less depending on ability to replicate the skills. I think this is pretty good considering it is a flat cost no matter how long it takes.
Just wondering how long it has taken those qualifying and how long it took those who have qualified?
1. Botched CW1 so just a trial dive effectively
2. A second 'trial' to get confidence up
3. CW1 passed easily
4. CW2 passed easily
5. CW3 passed but the instructors feel before I do OW1/2 or CW4 I would benefit from repeating or just a practice pool session due to lack of confidence. There was no lack of confidence, I just tried struggled to equalise correctly due to a mild congestion I thought was gone (didn't use any decongestants) which caused a little distraction from attention to detail so I had to do a couple of skills twice. After the skills I stayed shallow as it became apparent I could only equalise enough to stop pain rather than properly equalise my ears. This too was interpreted as lack of confidence. Since then I am congested again so don't know when I can resume.
Either way the outcome is I am going to have notched up around 8 hours of pool time by the time I get to start CW4, which is a good thing to me. Several others have picked up just as much time and some more to get to the same. Obviously some less depending on ability to replicate the skills. I think this is pretty good considering it is a flat cost no matter how long it takes.
Just wondering how long it has taken those qualifying and how long it took those who have qualified?