Day 59 - 2nd April 2010

Up early (AGAIN!) for the final 2 dives of my 1st Open Water Course, team teaching with Fred.

I met the tired students at the dive centre, and had the Divemaster Trainee pack their bags while I sipped a cup of coffee..

When the videographer turned up, we took our bags to the boat, set up our kit and briefed for the 1st dive to Chumphon Pinnacle.... Due to Chumphon being a deep dive site, we decided to move the remainder of their skills to Dive 4.

They all did very well, controlling their buoyancy and following me... sometimes I find it very difficult swimming backwards for nearly 45 mins, and being aware of where i am going!. They enjoyed the dive immensely, seeing some larger forms of life etc.


Next dive, we dropped down to Buoyancy World for skills, mask removals, fin pivots, hovering, and navigation, then Fred returned to the boat and I continued with with dive.

All done, they were now certified (after I filled out paperwork for 2 hours!)...

They all finished the video with a shot jumping from the top of the boat... this was where we almost had a big problem. The 1st guy who jumped in slipped as he jumped, rammed his foot on the top of the boat and went into the sea missing the boat by inches! I was extremely concerned... But he popped up, and besides some bruising to his foot, he was okay... It could have been so much worse... (Video to follow!)

We returned and I went back home to sort our laundry out, while Jen started an Open Water Course (academics)...

In the evening, once Jen was finished, we watched the Open Water video, and then returned home for an early night. Jen was particularly deflated by her day.. She is teaching academics to a class of 18.! A bit of backchat from students, and general confidence issues from Jen had her feeling very low... But a bit of focus, and she is back on top cracking the whip.!