AOW Deep Dive Test

[Hooked-Again]

We had a bolt with two flat washers on it. We were required to unscrew the nut; remove the two washers; replace the nut; unscrew the nut ; replace the two washers; replace the nut. We were timed doing this task on the surface and then again at 100'. We then had discussions on the surface about how we were feeling at depth. Some of the results were very interesting.

Dive Deep! Breathe Shallow!

 

[ABQdiver]

We had a bolt with two flat washers on it. We were required to unscrew the nut; remove the two washers; replace the nut; unscrew the nut ; replace the two washers; replace the nut. We were timed doing this task on the surface and then again at 100'. We then had discussions on the surface about how we were feeling at depth. Some of the results were very interesting.

Dive Deep! Breathe Shallow!

We've used the knots and the writing your name and address on a slate before. However, I like this one!! :lol:

 

[RadRob]

At depth, try to do the macarena or break dance. If you can do these dances, go deeper until you completely forget how to do these and never do them again.

Seriously, we did the nuts and bolt thing, work a maze on a slate, and write our name, address, and telephone number. Interesting. Narcosis actually begins much earlier than you would think.

 

[The Kraken]

Beysian inferrential statistics ???

 

[carldarl]

We did "Rock, Paper, Scissors" and the interesting part was the argument afterward at surface as to who actually won.

 

[genxweb]

do ppl actually get narced at the depth that padi do their "deep dives"? I usaully only start getting affected at 45m

The level where some one gets narced varies this is stated in all the literature. Some people get narced real shallow others real deap it all depends on how that person handles the nitrogen at the level they are at which can vary do to physical and mental conditions.

As far as tests we had to do compass work and kicks around the wreck that was down there, also we had to write the wrecks name which was the Trojan but for the life of me I could not spell it even though I was looking right at it. We where at about 115 fsw. I had alot of fun doing it my fiance did not

 

[Skinsfan1311]

A very good instructor friend of mine has the candidate tie a series of knots.

the Kraken

That's what my instructor did. He showed me a couple of simple knots, and timed me on the boat. He had tie the same knots, at 110'. It's kinda funny, I didn't feel any specific affect, but I'm sure I was affected. A series of knots that took me about 10 seconds on the surface, took much longer at depth. It took me several tries to get the knots tied correctly.....

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

I usually have them tie knots but dive tables are fun.

 

[Doc Intrepid]

I took down about a half-dozen stainless steel bolts, about 5/16" bolts that were 5-6" long, and a 1 gallon milk bottle made of glass. It had your basic narrow ~2" opening.

Took'em to a sandy patch and set the bottle on the sand. Had the students hold the bolts up so the ends were dangling about 5-6" above the top of the bottle and drop them into the neck of the bottle.

It was easy to drop the bolts into the bottle on the surface. Most didn't get many bolts into the bottle at depth

Lots of bets were lost doing that...

 

[siebharinn]

My instructor had one of those infant toys that is a hollow box with different shaped holes in it. We were timed on fitting the little pieces into the box.

It was interesting because the pieces were slightly positively buoyant and tended to want to drift away.