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The ADP course is taught by the Los Angeles County Underwater Instructors Association, the forefather of NAUI and PADI, just to name a few of the national SCUBA certification agencies. The past guest lecturers reads like a who's who of SCUBA diving covering topics such as oceanography, marine life identification, decompression theory and photography. Other lecture topics have included women in diving, gear maintenance, introduction to commercial diving, technical diving, wreck diving, spear fishing, deep diving, ecology & conservation of marine resources, beach & boat diving, search and recovery, navigation, medical aspects of diving, physics of diving, buoyancy, dive site planning, and survey techniques.
The course structure will be to bring the student diver up to the competent open water level then immediately into rescue techniques for self and others. The course will quickly move into advanced and master diver level topics. Additional certifications earned during this course can include NAUI SCUBA Rescue Diver, NAUI Master Diver, and NAUI Nitrox Diver....
july: Open water review & conditioning
-7/12 @ LA Athletic Club - Intro, Welcome, Lecture. Take-Home Pre-test.
-7/13 @ Victoria Park - Pool checkout; Lecture
-7/19 @ Redondo Beach - Skin / Entry & Exits / Checkout / Air Consumption Rates / Navigation
-7/20 @ Victoria Park - Pool (more skills) & Lecture (Ocean & Tables)
-7/26 @ Victoria Park - Lecture (Physics & Medical Aspects)
-7/27 @ Victoria Park - CPR / First Aid refresher (options / as required)
August: Advanced topics including SCUBA Rescue)
-8/2 @ White Point / Royal Palms SB - Rocky / Nav / Kick line / Conditioning
-8/3 @ Victoria Park - Lectures (Marine life / Physics review / Photography)
-8/9 @ Leo Carillo State Beach - Surf practice / Navigation / Buddy Assists
-8/10 @ Victoria Park - Pool and lecture (Rescue topics)
-8/16 @ Torrance (Malaga Cove / RAT) - Dive emergencies & assists
-8/17 @ Long Beach FDLG HQ - Search and Rescue Ocean & Lecture
-8/23 @ Victoria Park - Lecture (Deep / Navigation / Photography / Trip planning)
-8/24 @ Casino Point - Planning / Deep / Photo / ID
-8/30 (optional) - Oxygen Provider
September: Advanced / Master Topics
-9/6 @ Victoria Park - Lecture (Nitrox / Master Diver topics)
-9/7 @ Victoria Park - Lecture (Master Diver topics / Laws & Gov't Agencies / Dangerous Marine Life)
-9/13 @ Victoria Park - Lecture (tech / night / boat / altitude and freshwater)
-9/14 @ Channel Islands - Boat dive (planning / nav / photog); long day 6am-8pm
-9/20 @ Beach TBD - Pre-night and Night (Nitrox?)
-9/21 @ Victoria Park - Pool (Finals / UWH) & Lecture (Review / Finals)
-9/27 @ Castaic Lake - Overnight Camping (nav / 0 viz / lift / builds)
-9/28 @ Castaic Lake - SAR / Relay
October: Finish up & celebrate
-10/4 @ Beach TBD (Westward?) - Ocean Practical Test
-10/4 @ LA Athletic Club - Graduation & Achievement Recognition
-10/5 @ Victoria Park - make-up testing as required
-10/11 @ beach/boat - make-up ocean activities
