tennis, life and a few things in between

This is my second attempt at open water scuba diving, and I’m taking it at Woods & Water with master diver / instructor Edward Ciesla, who issues SSI Certificate.

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.

I took a basic open water dive and followed by two speciality courses:

• Advanced Adventurer: flash light ^2023.10.27
• Advanced Adventurer: navigation  ^2023.10.25
• Open water diver ^{2023 Oct 10-22}

My dives: 10 minutes SIT (surface interval time) within 12 hours

1. ^2023.11.04 Blue Grotto 4:09, 72.6F, 38.2′, 24:57
2. ^2023.11.04 Blue Grotto 3:29, 72.8F, 27.1′, 16:15
3. ^2023.11.04 Blue Grotto  11:37, 72.1F, 61.9′, 25:18
4. ^2023.10.22 2nd checkout dive @ Devil’s Den, to 34′
5. ^2023.10.22 2nd checkout dive @ Devil’s Den, to 34′
6. ^2023.10.14  checkout dive @ Lake Denton, to 37′
7. ^2023.10.14  checkout dive @ Lake Denton, to 37′

Training Day is Denzel Washington’s crime thriller film that came out in 2001, directed by Antoine Fuqua.

The beginning of a new journey.

The two week training begins with paperwork – online self study materials.

There are five of us in this class with master diver Edward Ciesla: father Jake and son James, Bart and Ryan – all men. Why most diving photos ore videos featuring young females – sexy appeal?

With all the new gadgets, it is a lot safer but is it still fun, especially for the seasoned divers?

We also looked at equipments and tried on the vest BC (buoyancy compensator device). We hooked up to the gas cylinder, but didn’t put on – just tooooo heavy. I’ll do more fittings tomorrow.

… at the moment, I’m feeling tired already -:) … if you think skiing requires a lot of equipment, think again.

Our training days has total of  37 hours:

1. chap 1 & 2: ^{3 hr} 
2. pool ^{3 hr}
3. chap 3 + pool ^{3 hr}
4. Lake Denton dives ^{9.5 hr 7:30-5pm}
5. chap 4 + pool ^{3 hr}
6. chap 5 + pool ^{3 hr}
7. chap 6 + final + pool^{? 3 hr}
8. Devil’s Den dive $40 ^{9.5 hr}
9. graduation Halloween dive social