{"id":45629,"date":"2023-10-08T23:42:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T23:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45629"},"modified":"2023-11-06T00:15:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T00:15:59","slug":"open-water-scube-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45629","title":{"rendered":"Scuba dive: open water class"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Woods & Water
\n124 Edward Ave
\nBrandon, FL 33510<\/sup><\/p>\n

… more pix on Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

SCUBA<\/a>: s<\/strong>elf-c<\/strong>ontained u<\/strong>nderwater b<\/strong>reathing a<\/strong>pparatus, co-invented by French naval officer Jacques Cousteau (1910<\/a>-97) in 1943, with Emile Gagnan. Cousteau was also an oceanographer, filmmaker and author.<\/p>\n

A few types of dive:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. open water OWD<\/a>, which is what I’ll be doing<\/li>\n
  2. cave<\/li>\n
  3. cavern \u6d1e\u7a74<\/li>\n
  4. wreck<\/li>\n
  5. rescue<\/li>\n
  6. drift<\/li>\n
  7. …<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/a>SSI is a for-profit organization founded in 1970, in Fort Collins<\/a>, Colorado. Their most popular program is OWD: Open Water Dive and AOWD (advanced). Their diamond motto is: knowledge, skills, experience and equipment. There are massive online reading materials<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    SSI deals mostly with the shops, while Padi<\/a>, which is better known<\/a>, deals with shops’ customers too …<\/p>\n

    The training days<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. paperwork, chapters 1+2<\/a>: class schedule<\/li>\n
    2. chap 3, pool<\/a>: select gears; skills-regulator\/octo<\/li>\n
    3. chap 4, pool<\/a>: skills-drain the mask water<\/li>\n
    4. the 1st OWD: checkout dive<\/a> @ Lake Denton<\/li>\n
    5. … big step entering the water<\/li>\n
    6. chap 5 … back into the water<\/a>; gloves<\/li>\n
    7. chap 6 + final<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. pool,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The continuing education or speciality courses:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Navigation<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. flash light<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        To qualify for their popular certificate @ Woods & Water, one needs to complete<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. the digital learning material<\/li>\n
        2. academic sessions<\/li>\n
        3. open water training dives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          For the open water diver, we need<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. six academic sessions<\/li>\n
          2. six pool sessions<\/li>\n
          3. four open water training dives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            After this, one is able to dive with a buddy, within your training environment and depth.<\/p>\n

            The total diving system<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. the snorkeling: move, breathe & see below<\/li>\n
            2. the exposure: keep warm – suit, hood, etc<\/li>\n
            3. the delivery: life support equipment gas\/nitrox<\/li>\n
            4. the information: a dive computer<\/li>\n
            5. the buoyancy: life support – float \/ descents<\/li>\n
            6. the accessory: extend your capability<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

               <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Woods & Water 124 Edward Ave Brandon, FL 33510 … more pix on Google Maps SCUBA: self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, co-invented by French naval officer Jacques Cousteau (1910-97) in 1943, with Emile Gagnan. Cousteau was also an oceanographer, filmmaker and author. A few types of dive: open water OWD, which is what I’ll be doing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scuba-diving-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}