World deepest swimming pool

[k374]

sorry if this is the wrong section for this post

Slice of Awesome World’s Deepest Swimming Pool

I would like to have this pool in my backyard :shocked2:

 

[The Great Kazoo]

Check this one out too.

Try making a splash in the world's largest swimming pool... it's 1,000 yards long | Mail Online

 

[Buoyant1]

Wow...115ft depth?

 

[muddiver]

Just think of all the diving specialties an instructor could cover in that puddle. Wonder if it qualifies as an open water dive?

 

[elan]

I would like to have this pool in my backyard :shocked2:

would you also like to pay the bills for the maintenance ?

 

[emoreira]

N E M O 33
This is the home page of the deepest diving pool.
It's still a pool, so, it wouldn't qualify for an OW dive.

 

[sam1]

I dived there in November 2007 and posted this on SB in June 2008.

Interesting place! They process up to 50 divers an hour and so the process is very regimented. I'm not sure how it works in general, but since you must dive with a buddy, I made a "reservation" with an instructor to be my buddy (20 Euros for the dive, 30 for the instructor!). You are supposed to arrive one hour before your dive to sign up. Dives start on the hour. At 15 minutes before the hour they ring a bell signaling that the next group can head to the locker room. You
change into your swim suit---no wetsuit needed as the water is 33 Celsius---91 Fahrenheit. You may bring your own reg (but NOT DIN) full foot fins, mask, etc., but no BCD, tanks, or weights---they provide all (tanks are 12 liter, 232 bar, steel, thus no weights needed). On the hour you grab some of your gear and snorkel/free dive for 10-15 minutes. Then it's time to scuba. You get your BCD and tank and go diving. My buddy/instructor was a woman in her late 20s or so.
She asked what I wanted to do. I said, "well, I have problems equalizing but I would like to go down, get comfortable, and then go down to the bottom." And she said "so you have come to the deepest pool in the world and want to go to the bottom?" (I guess she had heard that one before!) And I said "yes!-- Let's get to the bottom, stay for a bit, come back up and play in the 30 foot range." So off we went. In a few minutes, there we were at 33 meters*. It was a bit crowded going down with enough divers below us to make the bubbles annoying. We stayed at the bottom for less than a minute. On the way up she stopped me at around 60 feet---I assume we were doing a deep stop. After a few minutes we were on our way up. At around 30 feet they have a couple of swim throughs with air pockets, so we went in both of them, chatted for a bit and then were on our way for some playing/prolonged safety stops. We finished the dive at 39 minutes. She asked, "so how was it?" (Her tone was a bit apologetic about only 39 minutes.) I said "it was fun!" She answered "yes! But everyday?" I understood what she meant. It was one of those things that was worth doing but I am not in a hurry to do it again.

(*Subsequently, after checking my computer and doing some calculations [the computer was set for salt water and was reading in feet] I e-mailed them and said that by my computer/calculations their pool was 35 meters/115 feet deep. Their reply indicated that I was correct. Maybe Nemo 33 sounds better than Nemo 35!)

 

[El Orans]

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/benelux/56498-you-want-go-deep-very-deep-indoor-nemo33.html

 

[300bar]

. Wonder if it qualifies as an open water dive?

From the PADI member website

Course Application Specifics
Scuba Diver Can qualify exclusively in NEMO33
Open Water Diver Can qualify exclusively in NEMO33 to dive
autonomously in NEMO33, but must make at
least one skills dive with an instructor outside
NEMO33 before diving autonomously outside
of NEMO33
When the Open Water Diver Course is
conducted entirely in NEMO33, certification
allows divers to dive autonomously there. OW
Card states: Ůay dive without a PADI
Professional in NEMO33. Must complete at
least one skills dive in open water (outside of
NEMO33) to get card without rider, and to
become eligible for Advanced Open Water
certification.
If and when graduates decide to dive outside
NEMO33, they have two options with their card:
Dive with a PADI Professional for as long
as they wish
Upgrade the card to autonomous Open
Water Diver certification by completing at
least one performance-based skills dive
with a PADI Instructor. (Specific
performance requirements for the
following skills are defined in the Open
Water Diver course Instructor Guide,

Think I'll redo my OW just for the c-card.


Great place to get your 1st decodive.

 

[Captain Larry]

After becoming an instructor my first student was a PADI Nemo 33 openwater diver who wanted to convert to a regular PADI Openwater certification. I had no idea what a Nemo 33 certification was so I contacted PADI here in the states. Initially nobody knew what a Nemo 33 certification was but later they called me back and explained what it was and that all she needed was a few openwater dives demonstrating some specific skills in openwater.
She was from Belgium and i was impressed with her skills, it seems that they do a great job teaching the basics at Nemo 33. She showed up with referral paperwork explaining the skills she needed to demonstrate and how to process her paperwork. She did a great job and left with her new certification. She has returned several times and so has her family. The facility would be an interesting experience I would like to try at least once.