Um El-Faroud – My favourite dive (so far)
The Um El-Faroud is a fantastic dive. You really need to be an Advanced Open Water Diver or higher to do this dive and to get the most out of […]
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Specialities – My cards have now arrived
I am so happy that my cards have now arrived for the seven specialities that I completed. Enriched Air Diver here Wreck Diver here, here, here Deep Diver here, here Peak […]
I found it! – Completing the Search and Recovery Speciality
Today was the final dive of the Search and Recovery Speciality. PADI requires that by the end of Search and Recovery Dive Four, the student should be able to: Organize, […]
Seek and ye shall find – Search and Recovery
Today I started the Search and Recovery speciality. This speciality consists of 4 dives, we did the first 3. The objective of this speciality is fairly obvious. You have to […]
Do you know where you are going? – Underwater Navigator
I’ve been using compasses to navigate since I was 12 and I started doing the Duke of Edinburgh Award. So I am familiar in how they work, their limitations and […]
Integrated weights – no more belts
Yesterday I was complaining about being unable to hover because of the weight of my fins. So we decided to change my BCD for today’s dives. The BCD that I […]
The road to Master Scuba Diver
According to PADI the highest non-professional qualification that any recreational scuba diver can aspire to is the Master Scuba Diver. The requirements for the qualification are: 12 years old PADI […]
