Confined Water Teaching Assignment 1 – IDC
The Confined Water Teaching Assignments that make up the IDC are designed to teach you how to present the topics to the students in a confined water situation. Again there […]
Tag Archives: neutral buoyancy
Bad Buoyancy
It has taken me nearly 60 dives to get comfortable with my buoyancy, I am still not perfect but I am definitely much better than when I started. I found […]
Where I’m going you can’t follow – Sidemount Speciality (Dives 2 and 3)
So today’s plan was to do two dives: both at the Blue Grotto. The first dive was a deep-wreck dive. This would allow me to practise removing and moving with […]
Two cylinders are better than one – Sidemount Speciality
When I did the trial dive of the Side Mount I fell instantly in love with the set up. Although the harness takes a little longer to put on, it […]
I’ll take two cylinders on the side, please – Side Mount Diving
This morning I got the chance to try out diving with a side mount. The idea of being horizontal allowing you to be perfectly streamlined is really appealing. The more […]
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 […]
So can you hover? – Peak Performance Buoyancy
Today was my first actual dives since I arrived in Malta; I successfully completed my Peak Performance Buoyancy speciality. Do what does this speciality entail? Two open water dives that […]
