What do you do for Boat Diving specialty?

[DandyDon]

I somehow feel like this is one of those specialty that agencies just want to make money off you.

Bingo!​

 

[Ishie]

I think they need a banca boat specialty training though. I've been boat diving since dive 15 or so, but that certainly didn't prepare me for the 3' backwards drop leading me to actually hit the bottom at 7'!

I think in the boat diving specialty course they also teach you dive boat etiquette, such as "bringing an Akona roller bag onto a small dive boat will cause you to get b'ed out by the captain", and "eating chili dogs in front of seasick people is a good way to get your gear puked on".

 

[Brewone0to]

Darn,I guess i really screwed-up omn that one.
I took a NAUI course where they taught all
that in basic OW course.
Do you mean that if I had gone thru PADI,
I could have another "Real Cool Card"
with their name on it.
Oooh,or maybe a "Cool Patch or Bumper Sticker"
so everyone will know,and treat me
with my well earned respect.
Sheesh,If only I had known sooner

If you really want to know how to boat dive,take your money and go out on a few boats.
Just let them know it'll be your first when you book and they should help you out with protocol.
Just my 2psi

 

[cool_hardware52]

My Advanced Beer Drinker costed me a lot of money, but it was worth it.

Does that course have a "continuing education" requirement? eyebrow


Tobin

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Would you settle for "Advanced Beer Card"?

Hell yeah!! Especially if you have your sights set on being a dive master or an instructor someday. Without your AOB (advanced open beer) card, forget it! :lol:

 

[MSilvia]

Hell yeah!! Especially if you have your sights set on being a dive master or an instructor someday. Without your AOB (advanced open beer) card, forget it! :lol:

I'm more of a technical drinking guy... why fill up with beer when there are better options? I recommend getting into mixed drink blending. It really opens up a lot more options, although the risk is higher.

 

[dherbman]

Anything you need to know about diving a boat should be conveyed in the dive briefing. Listen up and ask questions if you have any. They should be telling you how to enter the boat, where to stow your gear, where to rinse what and other details that might not be blatantly obvious.

I've always thought of that specialty as a money grab, but after seeing some of the things I've seen on boats, it wouldn't hurt to educate some folks on boat etiquette.

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

I'm more of a technical drinking guy... why fill up with beer when there are better options? I recommend getting into mixed drink blending. It really opens up a lot more options, although the risk is higher.

Yeah... Especially when you get into the trimix stuff, like Long Island Iced Teas... *shudder* :14:

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Anything you need to know about diving a boat should be conveyed in the dive briefing. Listen up and ask questions if you have any. They should be telling you how to enter the boat, where to stow your gear, where to rinse what and other details that might not be blatantly obvious.

I've always thought of that specialty as a money grab, but after seeing some of the things I've seen on boats, it wouldn't hurt to educate some folks on boat etiquette.

I agree with this, too. I had the luxury of doing my first dives after OW/AOW courses with my instructor. I followed along and did what he did, and listened closely to the briefing. (I always listen closely to the briefing, anyway). There just isn't much to it. If people don't know how to conduct themselves on a boat, or can't figure it out by watching others, then maybe they don't need to be plunging into the ocean with a little tank strapped on their backs in the first place. Hrmph....

 

[ItsBruce]

Yeah... Especially when you get into the trimix stuff, like Long Island Iced Teas... *shudder* :14:

Long Island Iced Tea is for kids. We ran into something called Hawaiian Iced Tea. Much more potent.

My wife decided it might be nice to meet my boat at the dock after a long distance race with enough of this stuff for the crew. She scaled up the ingredients enough to make a gallon of the stuff. The recipe for a single serving called for something like an an ounce of malibu rum, an ounce of vodka, a half-ounce of this and a half ounce of that and a splash of something else and then fill the rest of the glass with ice and Sprite. My wife forgot to account for ths ice and Sprite in scaling the mix up. She used like a quart of rum and a quart of vodka, etc. Suffice it to say, we ended up with like 20 gallons of usable booze. We were in no condition to attend the awards ceremony or bring the boat home.