Woods & Water
124 Edward Ave
Brandon, FL 33510
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SCUBA: self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, co-invented by French naval officer Jacques Cousteau (1910-97) in 1943, with Emile Gagnan. Cousteau was also an oceanographer, filmmaker and author.
A few types of dive:
- open water OWD, which is what I’ll be doing
- cave
- cavern 洞穴
- wreck
- rescue
- drift
- …
SSI is a for-profit organization founded in 1970, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Their most popular program is OWD: Open Water Dive and AOWD (advanced). Their diamond motto is: knowledge, skills, experience and equipment. There are massive online reading materials.
SSI deals mostly with the shops, while Padi, which is better known, deals with shops’ customers too …
The training days
- paperwork, chapters 1+2: class schedule
- chap 3, pool: select gears; skills-regulator/octo
- chap 4, pool: skills-drain the mask water
- the 1st OWD: checkout dive @ Lake Denton
- … big step entering the water
- chap 5 … back into the water; gloves
- chap 6 + final
- pool,
The continuing education or speciality courses:
To qualify for their popular certificate @ Woods & Water, one needs to complete
- the digital learning material
- academic sessions
- open water training dives
For the open water diver, we need
- six academic sessions
- six pool sessions
- four open water training dives
After this, one is able to dive with a buddy, within your training environment and depth.
The total diving system
- the snorkeling: move, breathe & see below
- the exposure: keep warm – suit, hood, etc
- the delivery: life support equipment gas/nitrox
- the information: a dive computer
- the buoyancy: life support – float / descents
- the accessory: extend your capability
