H20Bubbles
Contributor
Just signed up to start my DM, am excited but needing to get in the pool and do some swimming for the stamina portions.
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
Just signed up to start my DM, am excited but needing to get in the pool and do some swimming for the stamina portions.
I assume you are going PADI. I started my DM back in September/October but had trouble finding time when Instructor, buddies and I could all get together. Just finished writing my make up exam Saturday. Aced everything but the first section. The first section is all about PADI policies, procedures, etc. It is open book but I foolishly tried doing it from memory.
So don't do what I did. I focused on the physics, physiology, theory, etc. and didn't realize there would be an entire section on things like, how many students to Instructor are there for the confined water portion. You don't need to memorize this stuff but you need to be able to figure out where the information is in the Instructor's manual (your instructor should be able to loan you their manual).
Now I just need to find a time we can all get together (me, my buddy, the instructor) and we have access to the pool for the stamina tests.
When you sign up for the course, your DM pack will include a copy of the latest Instructor Manual, so you won't have to borrow one from anyone
The instructor manual does have the DM section in it. Performance requirements for all tasks etc
Pages 83 - 103