1_T_Submariner
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BigWhiteSquare:Gas planning!
I agree...Or maybe more indepth gas planning.
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BigWhiteSquare:Gas planning!
What Meister said, except for the part on boat etiquette. Many places that run OW courses are exclusively on shore with no/limited access to boats. I agree that it is required, but not on an OW course (and not a distinctive specialty requirement costing more $$$ for a useless card)Meister481:OK Leah,
-Boat Etiquette- big pet peeve of mine.
-better instruction on the effects of different compressed gasses on divers
-deploying emergency equipment (sausages, mirrors, whistles, floats, smb's)
-Dive planning- including gas management and how to establish your sac rate and extrapolate how much gas you will use.
-have buoyancy expectations before the diver can pass the course
It's a fantasy to think this would ever happen in an OW class. It would be prohibitively expensive.
Then PADI would lose out on a boat diving specialty. I dont know whats involved in a boat diving specialty but I think anyone who spends time on a boat should do a boat course. The coast guard do a couple of good courses here.Meister481:-Boat Etiquette- big pet peeve of mine.
This should be left to a nitrox class. OW is all about air. So there is not much point teaching about nitox or trimix.Meister481:-better instruction on the effects of different compressed gasses on divers
Agree 100%. But these are not usually taught even in AOW or deep specialtys:shakeheadMeister481:-deploying emergency equipment (sausages, mirrors, whistles, floats, smb's)
-Dive planning- including gas management and how to establish your sac rate and extrapolate how much gas you will use.
-have buoyancy expectations before the diver can pass the course
Packhorse:This should be left to a nitrox class. OW is all about air. So there is not much point teaching about nitox or trimix.
Meister481:You can oxtox on air, I didn't know that until I took nitrox. Just a brief intro into nitrox would be nice, it could possibly sell the nitrox specialty class in any case. This would also give them an overview of the gasses they might see.
Knowledge is power!