I know of an instructor here in UAE who charges AED6,000 / USD1,628 and will not teach anyone who has not completed AOW.
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Being 'advanced' seems fair. It helps tremendously if the diver is proficient in basic buoyancy, propulsion, trim, knows how to correct stuff, and doesn't panic or anything.I know of an instructor here in UAE who charges AED6,000 / USD1,628 and will not teach anyone who has not completed AOW.
I know of an instructor here in UAE who charges AED6,000 / USD1,628 and will not teach anyone who has not completed AOW.
Possibly, he teaches at RAK.Do I know this instructor?
Sent you a PM about this courseI paid $1200 for my gorazor sidemount one on one 4 day course in Cancun cenotes/caves. To this day it’s still far an away the best training course I’ve had in any facet of life. 100% worth it IMO
Day 1:
- configuration and adjustment of the harness
- prepare the tanks
- gear up at the surface
- gear up in water
- proper weighting,
- descent/ascent
- buoyancy,
- trim
- communication
- Read pressure gauge
- 2 hands Regulator switch
- pressure gauge reading
- swimming techniques (frog kick, flutter, helicopter turn, back kick...)
Demo Dive in Side Mount practicing skills
This will be the base for Day 1 and then depending on how it goes, the program will be adjusted to enable you to get the best out of your training.
Day 2 and 3: The skills will include
- one hand regulator switch (both right and left)
- gaz sharing receiving and doning (3 ways: breathing from the long hose, breathing from the short hose unclipping long hose, breathing from the short hose using the break away connector) - static, swimming and ascending
- stowing the long hose underwater
- send a SMB
- drop and recover right tank underwater
- Valve drill
- swim without mask
Equipement failures:
- Clip failures
- mask replacement
- bungee replacement
- LPI failure self inflate disconnect and oral inflate
- primary wing failure switch to back up
- regulator's free flow
Side Mount dives including practice of the skills
Day 4
- tune up if necessary and evaluation of all skills .
On the bright side, at least it didn't cost you an arm and a leg.Costs you ask? Well, as a guess, if you go UTD and buy the entire bargeload of hoses, fittings, clips, manifold and assorted bits and pieces, figure about one kidney, 3 pints of blood, and your left testicle.
On the bright side, at least it didn't cost you an arm and a leg.