I know, but when I am deeper I am too busy having fun!
Hanging at the wall or just above the bottom getting a critter into that perfect shot works for me.
Edit: no, I haven't succeeded so far in case anyone's wondering.
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I know, but when I am deeper I am too busy having fun!
So if I am supposed to be at 10 feet and I go from 5-15 ft would I pass?
No, that wouldn't pass. It has to be within 5 feet total depth change.
Having said that, what they don't tell you is that if you go beyond a total of 5 feet from the target depth at any point in the last couple of days of the course, you are likely not going to pass. Sometimes a diver with otherwise very good buoyancy control moves to stay with a diver who has gone off the target depth and both divers will be deemed to have gone outside the window. They much prefer that you signal the diver and wait for them to return to the target depth.
What are the conditions in which students are evaluated?
Swells at 15 feet can easily eat up the entire 5 foot window. Do the students get a visual point of reference?
What are the conditions in which students are evaluated?
Swells at 15 feet can easily eat up the entire 5 foot window. Do the students get a visual point of reference?
I just want to make sure I understand what you are saying. Is the following a fair summary?No, that wouldn't pass. It has to be within 5 feet total depth change.
Having said that, what they don't tell you is that if you go beyond a total of 5 feet from the target depth at any point in the last couple of days of the course, you are likely not going to pass. Sometimes a diver with otherwise very good buoyancy control moves to stay with a diver who has gone off the target depth and both divers will be deemed to have gone outside the window. They much prefer that you signal the diver and wait for them to return to the target depth.
Also, even though within 5 feet of the target depth is technically allowed, I've never seen or heard of anyone actually getting even a recreational pass who was anywhere close to those parameters. Trim within 30 degrees of horizontal is technically allowed for a recreational pass, but I've never seen or heard of anyone passing anywhere close to 30 degrees off. They might get a probational pass and have up to 6 months to upgrade to a pass. Most GUE instructors that I know aren't going to compromise their signature.
No, that wouldn't pass. It has to be within 5 feet total depth change.
Having said that, what they don't tell you is that if you go beyond a total of 5 feet from the target depth at any point in the last couple of days of the course, you are likely not going to pass. Sometimes a diver with otherwise very good buoyancy control moves to stay with a diver who has gone off the target depth and both divers will be deemed to have gone outside the window. They much prefer that you signal the diver and wait for them to return to the target depth.
Also, even though within 5 feet of the target depth is technically allowed, I've never seen or heard of anyone actually getting even a recreational pass who was anywhere close to those parameters. Trim within 30 degrees of horizontal is technically allowed for a recreational pass, but I've never seen or heard of anyone passing anywhere close to 30 degrees off. They might get a probational pass and have up to 6 months to upgrade to a pass. Most GUE instructors that I know aren't going to compromise their signature.
What are the conditions in which students are evaluated?
Swells at 15 feet can easily eat up the entire 5 foot window. Do the students get a visual point of reference?
I just want to make sure I understand what you are saying. Is the following a fair summary?
The standards give very specific limits for student performance, but instructors use their own independent judgment instead.