Congratulations to the Blue North Divers who certified as NAUI Advanced Divers!
Part 1: Aug. 10-11, 2024
Location: Kingston / Portsmouth Harbour: Trip Report
Part 2: Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024
Location: Wiarton’s Cedar Hill Park.
…..~ Background information on the Wiarton dive site.
Instructors: Martin Bonert and Ian Thompson, with Steve Meggeson assisting.
Prerequisites: Part 2 is open to divers who participated in Part 1 in Kingston.
NAUI Course Description:
This is a continuing education certification course for certified divers. It will introduce divers to a variety of diving activities in an open water setting under the supervision of a NAUI Instructor to increase confidence and to explore new scuba skills.
The course will have an eLearning component as well as one or two online tutorials. On-site discussions will include orientation, briefings, debriefings, and an evaluation based on academic subject matter. Students will prepare and present dive plans for each location and dive purpose. There will be a minimum of six open-water dives, including three separate dives for navigation, night diving and deep diving, plus three additional dives based on the available options to be determined by the instructor. Students will demonstrate basic scuba skills including: buddy awareness, buoyancy control, navigation, the use of log books, etc.
Course Activities will include:
- Navigation
- Night diving or low-visibility diving
- Deep diving
Plus at least 3 of the following at the discretion of the Instructor:
- Search and recovery
- Boat diving
- Light salvage
- Hunting and collecting
- Exploration and underwater mapping
- Wreck diving
- Observation and data collecting
- Diving in surf or currents
- Shore diving
- Diving for photos and videos
- Use of dive computers
- Other advanced diver skills at the discretion of the Instructor
Equipment:
- Bring your own scuba gear, including a dive light and compass. Your instructors will provide specific details.
Club Policies:
- Read the Club dive policies.
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