If you liked this video then please give a Super Thanks ❤️ by clicking below the video and LIKE & SUBSCRIBE 🤙 If want would like to join my Diving Instructor Course then find more information here: www.saireecottagediving.com/padi-idc-course-koh-tao/ 👕 Get one of our Scuba Diving T-Shirts here: www.scuba-diving-merchandise.com/ 🤿 Follow my Scuba Diving Tips blog: www.scubadivingtips.net 🎥 Check out my other TH-cam Channel: @Marcel van den Berg th-cam.com/users/marcelvandenberg1 🤳 Follow me on Social Media: 👨💻 Facebook Page: facebook.com/ScubaDivingTips1 🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/DivingTips 🐠 Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ScubaDiving Did this video help you with your Diving Skills? Then you can give the biggest Thank You by Joining my Channels Membership! Just click on the JOIN button above or click here: th-cam.com/channels/Cdq7U3-JOLVLwQDZQiHHtQ.htmljoin I hope that you liked this PADI Open Water Diver Course video for the PADI Open Water Diver Course. If you have any questions or suggestions then please leave them in the comments below. Enjoy your Scuba Diving Adventures! Marcel van den Berg PADI Platinum Course Director Sairee Cottage Diving Koh Tao, Thailand Email: info@scubadivingtips.net
I passed my OWD E-Learning today ahead of my holiday to Mauritius in 4 weeks. Always been a life long dream to learn to dive, can’t wait to see another world. Great video so helpful, looking forward to putting it into practice
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When I wanted to learn to dive I had a problem with an instructor in my first class.He made me feel intimidated the rest of the course.I failed the first time.Then later I got one that was great I told him about my learning disability. I told him"Just because I'm slow doesn't mean I'm stupid."I passed this time.Havent dove in a while,but I'd love to get back into it
@@garymattscheck9066 Hi Gary, I completely understand your comment. As a Diving Instructor I have seen many instructor losing their temper or have no patience at all. Getting the right Diving Instructor can be a lottery ticket. I wrote an whole article about it if you are interested 👇 www.idckohtaothailand.com/bad-diving-instructor/ I am glad to hear that your second Dive Instructor was great and that you passed the course! Please try to go diving again in the future and I wish you a great day Gary! Marcel van den Berg PADI Platinum Course Director Sairee Cottage Diving Koh Tao, Thailand
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What a fantastic PADI Open Water course tutorial! This would not only be super helpfull for students about to under go an OWC but also for those first time Instructors and Dive Masters going out into the field and teaching/assisting their first OW courses and wanting to teach and explain it in an easy and efficient way that is also abiding by PADI standards. Well done Marcel and thanks for everything. 👌🤙
Thank you Shane, that is awesome to hear! This video was originally designed for just new PADI Open Water Divers, but we realised soon that this can also be used for especially new Diving Instructors in organising their confined water sessions, as all skills are conducted in the right order :)
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All the basic skills demonstrated here are needed as a diver progress on his or her skills and competencies. This is a nice guide for beginners yet they still need to actualize it by enrolling on it. A good dive instructor is still needed to show the student all of the basic dive knowledge and skills in an actual and appropriate environment. Recreational diving is so enjoyable and is a very good stress reliever for a skilled, knowledgeable and safe diver.
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Yes, im sure this video is helpful. Im glad for such examples. Going slow with people helps get others to join such a fun lifestyle. Thank you for being easy supportive.
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That is so cool to hear! I was actually a bit disappointed hearing my own voice, but I guess we all have that :) Thank you for the compliment and have a nice day Kirby! Marcel van den Berg PADI Platinum Course Director
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i did my level one right before corona and couldn't practice/diving until today (1 year later). i was really nervous because i forgot a lot. but this video, and the calm tone of marcel van den berg, gave me back my confidence! best video on youtube hands down!!!
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I first got my cert in 2008, and that mask removal is definitely the hardest part of Cert. We did our cert in the ocean in Monterey Bay, CA. and we were only 10-20 feet down, but I remember wanted to scramble for the surface. Its a hard thing to fight. My recommendation is to work on that skill as much as possible.
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Hi Lee, Yes same as to Shane, it really works well for new Divemasters and Instructors! We are getting many messages like this We are glad you liked it and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE :)
Hi Erich, awesome to hear that you are getting your diving licence! Such an amazing experience awaits you! We wrote a whole article about the beginner course. Please read more about what the Open Water Course is all about here: www.scubadivingtips.net/padi-open-water.html
I completed my SCUBA OWC and AOWC over 20 years ago, but it's now been a few years since I've been diving. I did the PADI Scuba Tune-Up booklet with my local dive shop, but I wanted even more review than the tune-up book offers and this video is perfect! I am doing the water work this weekend with my son who is getting his OWC. Thank you very much for making this.
Hi Christie! Great to hear and so cool that your son is getting his Open Water certification. How old is he? Please let me know when he passed the course and if he liked it? :) Marcel van den Berg
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I love how the person in the wet-suit is acting like the ideal person like taking exaggerated steps and such it helps a lot for what your suppose to do, this is very informative thank you for making this video. It's also funny how hes at a resort while doing this video hehe.
Thank YOU. This maybe the best tip I ever got. Breathe in like you are Breathing in through a straw Breathe out, imagine you have a spoon of hot soup that you are trying to blow cold I had not dived in 10 years, a review course said breathe deeply and normally. I think breathing comfortably using the tip in this video should be the standard.
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Qonita BadegesTM IDC is Instructor Development Course. It's the main course you take to become a professional instructor for PADI. Other dive agencies have a similar course but it may be called differently.
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I feel like if I had you as my instructor I would not have such anxiety when it comes to diving. My Instructor rushed many of these skills into one day where I did a 15 ft dive in a pool on the first day. Even learning to breathe with a regulator in was skipped.
Hi Oni, thank you for the nice compliment and sorry to hear that you instructor wasn't so good. I have seen this a lot, there are lot's of differences between the quality of instructors out there. Mostly due to people attitude. I wrote a blog on how to recognise and avoid them, check it out: idckohtaothailand.com/bad-diving-instructor/ Have a nice day Oni and keep diving :) Marcel van den Berg
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Scuba Diving Tips I’m still there I have my last 2 divings tomorrow 😭 i saw muray eel, sea turtles and stingrays, tomorrow I booked a trip to manatees 😍 had some problems with my mares x15 but everything is fine now😊 thanks for asking 👌
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I love how you should never dive when sick, however you should always breathe from each other's regulator during buddy checks (16:15)..... well at least that means noone is sick alone.
The idea with the crosscheck of regs is that your buddy's octo is there for YOU, not for them, so YOU are the one who has to be happy with how it breathes. If you trust your buddy with your life and you trust their assessment of their air quality and flow and you trust their maintenance of their reg, feel free to let them demonstrate for you that their octo works instead of you testing it for yourself.
It is style, you can also breath from your won regulator in front of your buddy. Do whatever you feel comfortable with, but always have a buddy double check you. Have a great day buddy!
im preparing to start my course work and pool training soon. this is helping me prep. thank you for the great video. its extremely informative and calming
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Awesome video explaining every single skill. Great to view/review for students or people who haven't dived in a while and want to refresh their knowledge before going to the water or refresh training again!
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Thanks a million for creating this informative video guide! We share this video to new PADI Open Water Course participants so they can understand better.
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The confined water skills I was taught were not as detailed as yours, so many thanks. Changed to a great dive shop that I just completed OW certification with. Keep up the great work with your channel.
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We should not hold our breath underwater as that can lead to a lung injury. We solve this by anytime we have to remove the regulator from our mouth we blow bubbles as exhaling is ok :)
It's a great video but I would really have liked it if (for the equipment inspection portion of instruction) you would have included the information on the dates, as in what to look for with the dates? How long is the Hydrostatic test date good for? On the date sticker, what does the date indicate and how long is it good for? What are the other dates/numbers on the tank for and what do I need to know about them? Otherwise, great video, great detail and explanation!
Brian Mogle The video is not meant to and does not replace an instructor so I think detailed information like that should be discussed during the course.
Hi Brian, Yeah, we thought about adding that extra information in when we made the video. But like Yggdrasil said that information can still be explained by the real life instructor that people will get. Otherwise it might feel that the video is more about explaining the workings, numbers and makings of a scuba cylinder than how to assemble the equipment. I do agree on you Brain, so it was a hard choice to make. Thank you for you response and have a great day Brain! Marcel van den Berg
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Thank you for the very informative video. Look out only that when you do the control in the beginning you go down to your knees to have a straight back instead of bending like that, long term you might have problems.
Hi, thank you :) Yes you are right you should always have a straight back. I am a bit tall 1.90m, so I sometimes forget, especially in shallow water 😅 Have a great day buddy
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It's just a different technique. Most people use the second stage, but I found out that they sometime free flow which can scare brand new Open Water Diver students. The inflator button of the BCD doesn't have this problem, so I changed to using that with beginner divers :)
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Awsome video. Two little points - you did not precheck other three valves on BCD and after dive would be smart to empty BCD with lower valve to release ocean water.
Hi Pucioy, Thanks for you comment! Yes we agree that you can also release the water from the lower BCD valve. Some people prefer that method, while other prefer the method shown in the video. We had to make a choice. I personally use both methods depending on the day and situation. We always check the other 3 valves if they are working before and in the water if they are leaking. We could have made that more clear in the video, and will do that on our next video. Thank you for noticing and have a great day buddy!
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One thing i learned in this video is...if i want to meet a buddy to go diving at 6:00 AM I need to get there around midnight to do all the pre-diving steps 😂
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Hi Shannen, That is great to hear!! To be honest, we were not sure when we edited the video to repeat those skills. We worried people maybe find it annoying. The reason why we left it in is that by PADI standards you need to assemble and disassemble the dive equipment 5 times if you combine all 5 PADI Confined Water Dives. We basically put PADI Confined Water Dive 1 to 5 in order and all the skills also in order. Again thank you for the compliment and have fun diving! Marcel van den Berg PADI Platinum Course Director
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I hated doing the unmasked swim, it took me like four attempts to complete 😆 the swim was ok, it was trying to breathe in with a nose full of water that kept throwing me off.
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Can you recommend an online store to buy gear from since my local shops only carry the same three brands (cressi, akona, and sherwood)? Would love to see other options since even with those brands, the options are rather limited.
So with this classic explanation I'm learning 🏝🦭🏖🦭 This amphibian is also watching you. 🏊🏿🏊 Probably says this: 🦭🤿🗺:I'm in a difficult situation, But he breathes easily underwater. You are the best👍
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Can’t stress enough. Don’t forget to place your tongue over the hole in the mouth peace before purging. I’ve seen so many Divers inhale water because of this.
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Great content and channel guys. I'll be starting my Divemaster course shortly and this was all a fantastic review of the basics we often overlook. Much appreciated.
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I ow certified years ago, and am starting to refresh skill before a trip to Bonaire. I was in the water (salt water pool) yesterday-first time in about 12-15 years. Wearing 1mil skin. My feet kept floating up! This was so frustrating! Instructor added trim weights which helped a bit. How can I resolve this?
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This is a great video, nice job! Question from a fellow PADI instructor: I'm looking for a demo showing the skin diving skills where the snorkel is removed before the vertical dive (per current standards). Any idea where I can find one?
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Hi Irene, Yes, since COVID 19 started we all have to follow even more hygienic protocols in using dive equipment. A solution to this is to have your buddy testing his own Alternate Air Source in front of you. You still have to practice the Alternate Air Source breathing skill underwater to meet the PADI performance requirement before completing the course.
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@@ScubaDivingTips I have one more pool session and then an open water at the end of August. Having a little trouble with my buoyancy control but I'm loving it!
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At 1:50:45 are those air bubbles coming from a bad seal between the O-ring and Primary? If so do you rely on your buddy to see that as this is happening behind you? Thank you.
Man0fMeans I actually had this happen on a dive last week. During decent I noticed the bubbles between my buddies first stage and tank. It was a very small stream of bubbles so nothing to really worry about. We didn’t really have the hand signals to relay that information to one another so I just kept asking him how his air was every few minutes. If you don’t hear the air escaping during setup and testing your equipment, it’s nothing to worry about. Also, if it were a bad leak you would notice the needle on your SPG dropping on top of hearing it. But, you have to be vigilant with watching your air regardless
Most likely it is a dirty/damaged O-ring in the connection of the 1st stage to the tank, as that is the O-ring that is normally exposed every time the equipment is assembled and disassembled. Training equipment gets abused quite a bit by the novices. The one in the video is not a life-threatening leak, but probably enough to shorten your dive time a bit, depending how deep you go. Solo/technical divers carry a mirror, but in general yes, you rely on your buddy to spot problems in your equipment during the dive, especially those behind you. A good buddy should pro-actively communicate to their buddy any equipment problem or other hazards that they spot. But you should also check frequently your own pressure gauge during the dive and realize that you are using up air faster than usual if you have a leak.
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Hi Arvid :) Yes your deflate your BCD to Descent, but also to Ascend. I know this sounds a bit weird. But the reason for deflating the BCD while ascending is that we always need to ascend slowly (slower then 18m a minute). Inflating your BCD will make you ascend to fast risking Decompression Sickness. Even if you don't inflate, but have some air left in your BCD, this can then expand as a result of a pressure decrease on the way up. This expanding air can now lead to ascending too fast. This is why we deflate on the ascend. We just swim up with our legs. This is very easy and it controls the speed of the ascend much better.
Hi Avi, Thank you for your comment. This question has been and will always be fiercely debated in the Dive Community. This is our opinion: We believe that choosing to teach skills in the pool kneeing down or in neutral buoyancy depends on a few factors like: How comfortable are your students, how big is your group, the type of skill and many more factors depending on the skill. We strongly believe that new diving students on their first course and confined water experience should first become comfortable breathing underwater. Sitting on the knees will help a lot with this. Then they can perform skills kneeling only focussing on the skill. Once they are comfortable they can practice the skill in Neutral Buoyancy. After mastering all skills I like to ask my students in the end of confined water to repeat some skills in neutral buoyancy. By the end of the first diving course and before certification all my Open Water students will be able to comfortably perform the skills in neutral buoyancy and with have great trim during diving. “I believe that we should first learn how to walk before we run” Putting too much pressure on new students can even be dangerous, or make them want to quit. Remember that diving should be fun. Also if you are going to say that there are many bad certified divers out there, then that is for other reasons then kneeling on a pool floor in the first hours of their diving course. That is usually because of teaching bad buoyancy skills, trim skills and not correcting students during training dives to speed up time because of bad and rushed teaching. In my IDC we have the option to do both kneeling or neutral buoyancy, giving the IDC candidates the option to choose as a professional depending on the situation. Basically now we teach both positions. You can read more about this here: www.scubadivingtips.net/neutrally-buoyant-vs-kneeling-scuba-diving-skills.html Please also check out our Neutral Buoyancy Skill Circuit here for our Divemaster and IDC candidates: th-cam.com/video/rNMROWd23dM/w-d-xo.html But you can still choose neutrally buoyant from the start, that si up to you, just make sure you stay within Training organisation standards :) Have a great day!
Amazing video.. I am planning to do a refresher, and this video is so helpful!!!! Do you have a video on "tables" an easy way to use them or at least basic usage of "diving computers" (regarding of brands...)? that would be fantastic! thanks!
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Great video. Question about the deflating of the bcd. When I deflate I use the pull strings as that makes me released air faster to get my dove going. The bcd valve take forever. Also, you’re saying I should be at eye level when it’s deflated all the way or partially? That confused me.
Hi Juan, great tip and yes you can also use your dump valvues. However, we like to teach using the deflator hose as that is a bit more controlled for new diver students. But it is just style, you can use moth if you want :)
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@@aymenem5304 Neutrally buoyant essentially means floating in the water where you rise and fall slightly with your breath. Trim means being horizontal, in the position that you dive. Unfortunately, most instructors are lazy or incompetent and they place students on their knees. There are multiple problems with this. First, you have to be overweighted to do this, and this makes controlling your depth much harder when diving. Second, if you spend your entire class neutrally buoyant and trim, you practice being that way and make much better use of the time. If you are on the knees, the only time practice any skills is when the instructor is working with you. If there are a total of 8 students per instructor, then you spend an overwhelming amount of time doing nothing. It is better to be practicing something. Making controlling your depth and position in the water automatic is very important and you will enjoy diving much more if you are proficient at it. The reality is, it isn't that hard for an instructor to achieve. Unfortunately, Marcel here (we know each other on Facebook) is not capable of this.
I believe that choosing to teach skills in the pool kneeing down or in neutral buoyancy depends on a few factors like: How comfortable are your students, how big is your group, the type of skill and many more factors depending on the skill. I strongly believe that new diving students on their first course and confined water experience should first become comfortable breathing underwater. Sitting on the knees will help a lot with this. Then they can perform skills kneeling only focussing on the skill. Once they are comfortable than they can practice the skill in Neutral Buoyancy. After mastering all skills I like to ask my students in the end of confined water to repeat some skills in neutral buoyancy. By the end of the first diving course and before certification all my Open Water students will be able to comfortably perform the skills in neutral buoyancy and with have great trim during diving. “I believe that we should first learn how to walk before we run” Putting too much pressure on new students can even be dangerous, or make them want to quit. Remember that diving should be fun. Also if you are going to say that there are many bad certified divers out there, the that is for other reason then kneeling on a pool floor in the first hours of their diving course. That is usually because of teaching bad buoyancy skills, trim skills and not correcting students during training dives to speed up time because of bad and rushed teaching. In my IDC we have the option to do both kneeling or neutral buoyancy, giving the IDC candidates the option to choose as a professional depending on the situation. Please check out our Neutral Buoyancy Skill Circuit here for our Divemaster and IDC candidates: th-cam.com/video/rNMROWd23dM/w-d-xo.html
Top tip for getting a tight fitting tank strap, is to always wet it thoroughly before attaching the BCD to the tank. Do this by dunking the BCD in water first or by dousing the tank strap with a bottle of water before putting on the tank and tightening the belt. Belts expand when soaked. If you attach your tank with a dry tank strap, you run the risk of the tank strap becoming loose once you enter the water and the tank strap expands loosening its grip on the tank.
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I passed my OWD E-Learning today ahead of my holiday to Mauritius in 4 weeks.
Always been a life long dream to learn to dive, can’t wait to see another world.
Great video so helpful, looking forward to putting it into practice
That is awesome to hear!! Thank you and more chapters coming soon! :)
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Yep 😂🎉 absolutely love it, did my advanced and NITROX, absolutely beautiful place to go diving with 40m of viz
doing my padi coarse in friday thanks for the help man :D
Glad I could help!
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I would love having this guy as my instructor! He's so calm and his voice is so soothing, I love instructors that aren't so on edge all the time.
Hi LittleBlockster, That is so nice to hear! Thank you :)
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When I wanted to learn to dive I had a problem with an instructor in my first class.He made me feel intimidated the rest of the course.I failed the first time.Then later I got one that was great I told him about my learning disability. I told him"Just because I'm slow doesn't mean I'm stupid."I passed this time.Havent dove in a while,but I'd love to get back into it
@@garymattscheck9066 Hi Gary, I completely understand your comment.
As a Diving Instructor I have seen many instructor losing their temper or have no patience at all.
Getting the right Diving Instructor can be a lottery ticket. I wrote an whole article about it if you are interested 👇
www.idckohtaothailand.com/bad-diving-instructor/
I am glad to hear that your second Dive Instructor was great and that you passed the course!
Please try to go diving again in the future and I wish you a great day Gary!
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I feel that way,too.
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Professional video is never easy to made! Really appreciate it!
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already got my certificate last summer. Its 4 in the morning here and im watching this, love it!
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What a fantastic PADI Open Water course tutorial! This would not only be super helpfull for students about to under go an OWC but also for those first time Instructors and Dive Masters going out into the field and teaching/assisting their first OW courses and wanting to teach and explain it in an easy and efficient way that is also abiding by PADI standards. Well done Marcel and thanks for everything. 👌🤙
Thank you Shane, that is awesome to hear!
This video was originally designed for just new PADI Open Water Divers, but we realised soon that this can also be used for especially new Diving Instructors in organising their confined water sessions, as all skills are conducted in the right order :)
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I watch this video every year to stay current when I can't dive, especially due to COVID. Thank you thank you thank you!!
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All the basic skills demonstrated here are needed as a diver progress on his or her skills and competencies. This is a nice guide for beginners yet they still need to actualize it by enrolling on it. A good dive instructor is still needed to show the student all of the basic dive knowledge and skills in an actual and appropriate environment. Recreational diving is so enjoyable and is a very good stress reliever for a skilled, knowledgeable and safe diver.
The perfect words and we agree :)
Thank goodness I’m a Jr. open water scuba diver and my training is next week and you saved my life
Yeah!
Good to hear Gloomy, enjoy your dives!
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Yes, im sure this video is helpful. Im glad for such examples. Going slow with people helps get others to join such a fun lifestyle. Thank you for being easy supportive.
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A lot of this video is actually really relaxing to watch and listen to. I think that's pretty cool.
That is so cool to hear!
I was actually a bit disappointed hearing my own voice, but I guess we all have that :)
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i did my level one right before corona and couldn't practice/diving until today (1 year later). i was really nervous because i forgot a lot. but this video, and the calm tone of marcel van den berg, gave me back my confidence! best video on youtube hands down!!!
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I first got my cert in 2008, and that mask removal is definitely the hardest part of Cert. We did our cert in the ocean in Monterey Bay, CA. and we were only 10-20 feet down, but I remember wanted to scramble for the surface. Its a hard thing to fight. My recommendation is to work on that skill as much as possible.
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Thank you for this video! I just started my scuba certification and the video helps with the training.
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@@ScubaDivingTips I really liked it! Takes a little to get used to, but I am ready to continue!
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This is brilliant for new Divemasters & Instructors!
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Yes same as to Shane, it really works well for new Divemasters and Instructors!
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Great video... Just like when I took the course. Great refresher! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
im getting certified in a couple months and this will definitely help me be prepared! thank you!
Hi Erich, awesome to hear that you are getting your diving licence! Such an amazing experience awaits you!
We wrote a whole article about the beginner course. Please read more about what the Open Water Course is all about here: www.scubadivingtips.net/padi-open-water.html
I am getting certified this sunday, just finished E learning
@@TannerKing that is great!!
You will love the dives! Best of Success
@@TannerKing how did it went
@@vibin7817 Went good, got my license and gear.
I completed my SCUBA OWC and AOWC over 20 years ago, but it's now been a few years since I've been diving. I did the PADI Scuba Tune-Up booklet with my local dive shop, but I wanted even more review than the tune-up book offers and this video is perfect! I am doing the water work this weekend with my son who is getting his OWC. Thank you very much for making this.
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@@ScubaDivingTips We finally got to his OWC portion this past weekend. He did great and loved it.
@@christieg7841 That is awesome to hear Christie! Diving will only get better :)
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I learn more from this than the shop I signed up to take the class! thank you so much for saving m life!
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I love how the person in the wet-suit is acting like the ideal person like taking exaggerated steps and such it helps a lot for what your suppose to do, this is very informative thank you for making this video. It's also funny how hes at a resort while doing this video hehe.
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Thank YOU. This maybe the best tip I ever got.
Breathe in like you are Breathing in through a straw
Breathe out, imagine you have a spoon of hot soup that you are trying to blow cold
I had not dived in 10 years, a review course said breathe deeply and normally. I think breathing comfortably using the tip in this video should be the standard.
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This is an absolutely fantastic video - and a brilliant tool for instructors as well as students. This will make me a better teacher!
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Yes, i do like the buddy system even team standards.
Great video option.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks again Jonathan, more to come soon! :)
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This sharing of skills that let me watch and prep before my IDC was why I decided to come to Sairee dive cottage.
Thank you William, I am glad it helped! :)
IDC? That different from PADI?
Qonita BadegesTM IDC is Instructor Development Course. It's the main course you take to become a professional instructor for PADI. Other dive agencies have a similar course but it may be called differently.
Oh I seeeeee it’s one of The
programs from PADI thanks
Well explained and performed. Great videos! Please keep sharing more videos, like more briefings and debriefing Open Water dives.
The briefings will come soon! :)
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I feel like if I had you as my instructor I would not have such anxiety when it comes to diving. My
Instructor rushed many of these skills into one day where I did a 15 ft dive in a pool on the first day. Even learning to breathe with a regulator in was skipped.
Hi Oni, thank you for the nice compliment and sorry to hear that you instructor wasn't so good.
I have seen this a lot, there are lot's of differences between the quality of instructors out there. Mostly due to people attitude.
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Was Waseem a confident swimmer before learning to dive? Are basic swimming skills mandatory when learning to dive?
Thank you for putting these videos together I am sending these to all my friends who want to learn
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Yes, that is what I like to hear! :)
Keep sharing them :)
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Thanks for sharing all these tips in one video. I have passed my Open water divign exam, but this is good refresher for us who can not dive often.
Awesome to hear Dragan!! Please recommend this to your friends. Are you thinking about the Advanced course?
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sir, its so practical and educational i like very much..thanks u
My Pleasure Gajanan! Enjoy your dives!
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Watched it as a refreshing before going on holiday tomorrow. Made my owd 4 month ago and haven’t dived since. Turns out I haven’t forgot anything 👍
Awesome to hear!
How was your holiday?
Scuba Diving Tips I’m still there I have my last 2 divings tomorrow 😭 i saw muray eel, sea turtles and stingrays, tomorrow I booked a trip to manatees 😍 had some problems with my mares x15 but everything is fine now😊 thanks for asking 👌
Scuba Diving Tips I actually Plan do to an divemaster internship soon somewhere, any tips ?
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I love how you should never dive when sick, however you should always breathe from each other's regulator during buddy checks (16:15)..... well at least that means noone is sick alone.
I usually do my own safety checks since most divers dont really do them anymore.
The idea with the crosscheck of regs is that your buddy's octo is there for YOU, not for them, so YOU are the one who has to be happy with how it breathes. If you trust your buddy with your life and you trust their assessment of their air quality and flow and you trust their maintenance of their reg, feel free to let them demonstrate for you that their octo works instead of you testing it for yourself.
It is style, you can also breath from your won regulator in front of your buddy. Do whatever you feel comfortable with, but always have a buddy double check you.
Have a great day buddy!
great video for refresher. You guys are at Koh Tao. Did my OW and AOW at Koh Tao. I miss Chumphon Pinnacle and Hin Pee Wee
Thanks!!! I love those dive sites also
im preparing to start my course work and pool training soon. this is helping me prep. thank you for the great video. its extremely informative and calming
Nice to hear SnowfellWolf! Enjoy your course, I will never forget my first dive incredible adventure :)
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That’s a really good video very helpful and very very very clear! Great job! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Thanks!!
Great video!
Amazing video. Great amount of tips, good English, and great organization of the information structure. Great job !!!
Hi Dragos, Thank you so much!!!
That is why we do it :)
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Loved the Video - Finally all PADI Open Water Diving Course Skills together in one Video!!
I Subscribed to your channel - Great Job!
Awesome news, we also SUBSCRIBED to your channel!
Lol are you going to post the video on the sairee channel also?
I got certified just a week ago just waiting for my certification card to show up in the mail or at my PADI resort store
Congratulations with your certification card!!
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I’m already signed up for advance we are just finding a time to start due to Covid
Awesome video explaining every single skill. Great to view/review for students or people who haven't dived in a while and want to refresh their knowledge before going to the water or refresh training again!
Yes, that was the idea!
So cool to hear that you feel the same!
More video's coming soon :)
Take a shot every time he says "streamlined"
jkjk Love the video! Brushing up on some skills here.
Haha 🤙
It would make me an alcoholic.
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Thanks a million for creating this informative video guide! We share this video to new PADI Open Water Course participants so they can understand better.
Hi Go Aquatic, That is awesome to hear!!
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This is excellent, many thanks, I do my confined water next weekend so will be interesting to see how close it matches up to your detailed steps.
The confined water skills I was taught were not as detailed as yours, so many thanks. Changed to a great dive shop that I just completed OW certification with. Keep up the great work with your channel.
Thanks!!
Wow! Thanks, I love to hear this :)
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@@ScubaDivingTips done👍🏻, i will be using your videos as a refresher before dives. im trying out a new bp/w setup this weekend
Awesome video, wish I knew this video was available during the time I was taking my OW cert. 💯👍🏼
Awesome to hear Darkburn! yeah we wanted to make this for a long time.
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Wow I didn't expect to see Ban's family on TH-cam !!!
Good job Marcel !!
Thanks Zin! More to come :)
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Thanks for uploading such a detailed video. It really helped me alot.
Great work, continue like this! Best greetings from Germany!
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I would like to know why you say Make sure that you blow bubbles ... What is thinking behind this idea, I am curious. Thank you. Really great video
We should not hold our breath underwater as that can lead to a lung injury. We solve this by anytime we have to remove the regulator from our mouth we blow bubbles as exhaling is ok :)
It's a great video but I would really have liked it if (for the equipment inspection portion of instruction) you would have included the information on the dates, as in what to look for with the dates? How long is the Hydrostatic test date good for? On the date sticker, what does the date indicate and how long is it good for? What are the other dates/numbers on the tank for and what do I need to know about them? Otherwise, great video, great detail and explanation!
Brian Mogle The video is not meant to and does not replace an instructor so I think detailed information like that should be discussed during the course.
Hi Brian,
Yeah, we thought about adding that extra information in when we made the video. But like Yggdrasil said that information can still be explained by the real life instructor that people will get. Otherwise it might feel that the video is more about explaining the workings, numbers and makings of a scuba cylinder than how to assemble the equipment.
I do agree on you Brain, so it was a hard choice to make.
Thank you for you response and have a great day Brain!
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Thank you very much for this excellent video!
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i am 14 and tomorrow i leave for tenerife to scuba dive but i have never done it so i am watching these tutorials so much.
That is so great to hear and thank you!!
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very well done! thank you for this!
Glad you liked it!
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wow! this is so clear and helpful! every beginner diver should watch it before they do the dive! :D
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Thank you for the very informative video. Look out only that when you do the control in the beginning you go down to your knees to have a straight back instead of bending like that, long term you might have problems.
Hi, thank you :) Yes you are right you should always have a straight back. I am a bit tall 1.90m, so I sometimes forget, especially in shallow water 😅
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outstanding, thank you for posting
Awesome Thomas and thank you for your compliment!
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Why hold down the inflator button of the BCD when opening the tank? I never heard of this before!
It's just a different technique. Most people use the second stage, but I found out that they sometime free flow which can scare brand new Open Water Diver students. The inflator button of the BCD doesn't have this problem, so I changed to using that with beginner divers :)
Great video. Very useful after a long break from diving.
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Awsome video. Two little points - you did not precheck other three valves on BCD and after dive would be smart to empty BCD with lower valve to release ocean water.
Hi Pucioy, Thanks for you comment!
Yes we agree that you can also release the water from the lower BCD valve. Some people prefer that method, while other prefer the method shown in the video. We had to make a choice. I personally use both methods depending on the day and situation.
We always check the other 3 valves if they are working before and in the water if they are leaking. We could have made that more clear in the video, and will do that on our next video.
Thank you for noticing and have a great day buddy!
Very well made. Very interesting to remember the good way how to do! 👋😀🇨🇭
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One thing i learned in this video is...if i want to meet a buddy to go diving at 6:00 AM I need to get there around midnight to do all the pre-diving steps 😂
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Hello! Great Job. I just want to ask How updated is the course today Nov 2021? Thanks!
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Great video! I really appreciated the skills repeated over and over like assembly and disassembly of gear and 5 point descent.
Hi Shannen, That is great to hear!! To be honest, we were not sure when we edited the video to repeat those skills. We worried people maybe find it annoying. The reason why we left it in is that by PADI standards you need to assemble and disassemble the dive equipment 5 times if you combine all 5 PADI Confined Water Dives. We basically put PADI Confined Water Dive 1 to 5 in order and all the skills also in order.
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I hated doing the unmasked swim, it took me like four attempts to complete 😆 the swim was ok, it was trying to breathe in with a nose full of water that kept throwing me off.
Yeah, it's not easy the first time :)
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Can you recommend an online store to buy gear from since my local shops only carry the same three brands (cressi, akona, and sherwood)? Would love to see other options since even with those brands, the options are rather limited.
Hi, you can find a lot on Amazon or maybe try the brand websites or google a brand and online shop.
Awesome video and make me miss Thailand Krabi my hometown 👍
Thanks Ronnycee! Thailand is very beutiful now. I love Krabi province
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So with this classic explanation
I'm learning
🏝🦭🏖🦭
This amphibian is also watching you. 🏊🏿🏊
Probably says this:
🦭🤿🗺:I'm in a difficult situation,
But he breathes easily underwater.
You are the best👍
Thanks :)
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What a cute dog!
Thanks! 🐕
Can’t stress enough. Don’t forget to place your tongue over the hole in the mouth peace before purging. I’ve seen so many Divers inhale water because of this.
Really? No one tells u this
So stick ur tongue in The hole
before u press The purge button
or forcefully blow out? Whaaaaaaat
This is a really good tip Robbie! Thanks for pointing it out :)
Love this instructor lol
Thank you Gadie!
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Great content and channel guys. I'll be starting my Divemaster course shortly and this was all a fantastic review of the basics we often overlook. Much appreciated.
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Shafik, if you are often overlooking even the basics, perhaps dive master is not suitable. Just sayin
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I ow certified years ago, and am starting to refresh skill before a trip to Bonaire. I was in the water (salt water pool) yesterday-first time in about 12-15 years. Wearing 1mil skin. My feet kept floating up! This was so frustrating! Instructor added trim weights which helped a bit. How can I resolve this?
Hi Karen, lot's of people have floating ankle, you can compensate this by stretching your leg if you can, wear heaver fins or your ankle weights.
Excellent thanks 🙏🏻👌
Most welcome 😊
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This is a great video, nice job! Question from a fellow PADI instructor: I'm looking for a demo showing the skin diving skills where the snorkel is removed before the vertical dive (per current standards). Any idea where I can find one?
I am working on it :)
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Great job sir
Thanks!
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At 20:50 with the roman handshake can I check why deflating the bcd takes us back to the surface?
Is it because we are only simulating going to the top? But in real life we would inflate to go to the top?
Ah I've just seen in another comment - you recommend swimming up whilst deflating because air will expand on the way up?
Yes correct, we use our legs to swim up and we deflate to let expanding air from the BCD, otherwise we might go to fast :)
Dive shops in japan now forbid testing each others second stages and octopuses. unless you plan to desinfect them after use
Hi Irene, Yes, since COVID 19 started we all have to follow even more hygienic protocols in using dive equipment. A solution to this is to have your buddy testing his own Alternate Air Source in front of you.
You still have to practice the Alternate Air Source breathing skill underwater to meet the PADI performance requirement before completing the course.
So professional. Thank you for sharing :)
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Great tips
Thanks!!
Thanks for the video! I'm in the process of getting my Open Water certification at the moment 🙂
Hi Ann-Marie, no worries and awesome to hear that you will be joining the scuba diver family.
When will you get your certification and how did it go?
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@@ScubaDivingTips I have one more pool session and then an open water at the end of August. Having a little trouble with my buoyancy control but I'm loving it!
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At 1:50:45 are those air bubbles coming from a bad seal between the O-ring and Primary? If so do you rely on your buddy to see that as this is happening behind you?
Thank you.
Man0fMeans I actually had this happen on a dive last week.
During decent I noticed the bubbles between my buddies first stage and tank. It was a very small stream of bubbles so nothing to really worry about. We didn’t really have the hand signals to relay that information to one another so I just kept asking him how his air was every few minutes.
If you don’t hear the air escaping during setup and testing your equipment, it’s nothing to worry about. Also, if it were a bad leak you would notice the needle on your SPG dropping on top of hearing it. But, you have to be vigilant with watching your air regardless
Most likely it is a dirty/damaged O-ring in the connection of the 1st stage to the tank, as that is the O-ring that is normally exposed every time the equipment is assembled and disassembled. Training equipment gets abused quite a bit by the novices. The one in the video is not a life-threatening leak, but probably enough to shorten your dive time a bit, depending how deep you go.
Solo/technical divers carry a mirror, but in general yes, you rely on your buddy to spot problems in your equipment during the dive, especially those behind you. A good buddy should pro-actively communicate to their buddy any equipment problem or other hazards that they spot. But you should also check frequently your own pressure gauge during the dive and realize that you are using up air faster than usual if you have a leak.
Thanks! That's some good info right there!
Thank you for pointing it out. After filming the scene we changed the O-ring and continued in the pool.
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Love it. Thanks for the VDO.
Thanks for letting me know! :)
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Why do you deflate the BCD while going up? Wouldent you want more air to be able to go up?
Hi Arvid :) Yes your deflate your BCD to Descent, but also to Ascend. I know this sounds a bit weird. But the reason for deflating the BCD while ascending is that we always need to ascend slowly (slower then 18m a minute).
Inflating your BCD will make you ascend to fast risking Decompression Sickness. Even if you don't inflate, but have some air left in your BCD, this can then expand as a result of a pressure decrease on the way up. This expanding air can now lead to ascending too fast.
This is why we deflate on the ascend. We just swim up with our legs. This is very easy and it controls the speed of the ascend much better.
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Really I so exciting to be a good swimming pool
How I can learning this ?
Best to check PADI.com and search for your nearest PADI Dive Shop :)
Do you think that you could turn out a better open water diver if you taught him Neutrally Bouyant?
Hi Avi, Thank you for your comment. This question has been and will always be fiercely debated in the Dive Community. This is our opinion:
We believe that choosing to teach skills in the pool kneeing down or in neutral buoyancy depends on a few factors like: How comfortable are your students, how big is your group, the type of skill and many more factors depending on the skill.
We strongly believe that new diving students on their first course and confined water experience should first become comfortable breathing underwater. Sitting on the knees will help a lot with this. Then they can perform skills kneeling only focussing on the skill. Once they are comfortable they can practice the skill in Neutral Buoyancy. After mastering all skills I like to ask my students in the end of confined water to repeat some skills in neutral buoyancy.
By the end of the first diving course and before certification all my Open Water students will be able to comfortably perform the skills in neutral buoyancy and with have great trim during diving.
“I believe that we should first learn how to walk before we run”
Putting too much pressure on new students can even be dangerous, or make them want to quit. Remember that diving should be fun.
Also if you are going to say that there are many bad certified divers out there, then that is for other reasons then kneeling on a pool floor in the first hours of their diving course. That is usually because of teaching bad buoyancy skills, trim skills and not correcting students during training dives to speed up time because of bad and rushed teaching.
In my IDC we have the option to do both kneeling or neutral buoyancy, giving the IDC candidates the option to choose as a professional depending on the situation. Basically now we teach both positions.
You can read more about this here: www.scubadivingtips.net/neutrally-buoyant-vs-kneeling-scuba-diving-skills.html
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But you can still choose neutrally buoyant from the start, that si up to you, just make sure you stay within Training organisation standards :)
Have a great day!
Amazing video.. I am planning to do a refresher, and this video is so helpful!!!! Do you have a video on "tables" an easy way to use them or at least basic usage of "diving computers" (regarding of brands...)? that would be fantastic! thanks!
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I am planning to make a better version in the near future! Also the video about computers is coming. :)
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A very helpful video, thanks! :-)
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Great video. Question about the deflating of the bcd. When I deflate I use the pull strings as that makes me released air faster to get my dove going. The bcd valve take forever.
Also, you’re saying I should be at eye level when it’s deflated all the way or partially? That confused me.
Hi Juan, great tip and yes you can also use your dump valvues. However, we like to teach using the deflator hose as that is a bit more controlled for new diver students. But it is just style, you can use moth if you want :)
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awesome camera work and narration!
Hi Monster R, Thank you!! My first time with a voice over 😅
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I have a question do the opening water do the 10 minutes float also like the indoor
Hi Bee, You can do the 10 minute float in Confined Water or Open Water. If in confined water you can do it in an indoor swimming pool.
Anything about compas ? Can you please add it
Hi Pierre, I have put it on the list and I will make a video about it soon!
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Im in hawaii i was scared to take this course but after ivseen this vedeo imma pay for it now
kostainseattle what that means ?
How
@@aymenem5304 Neutrally buoyant essentially means floating in the water where you rise and fall slightly with your breath. Trim means being horizontal, in the position that you dive.
Unfortunately, most instructors are lazy or incompetent and they place students on their knees. There are multiple problems with this. First, you have to be overweighted to do this, and this makes controlling your depth much harder when diving. Second, if you spend your entire class neutrally buoyant and trim, you practice being that way and make much better use of the time. If you are on the knees, the only time practice any skills is when the instructor is working with you. If there are a total of 8 students per instructor, then you spend an overwhelming amount of time doing nothing. It is better to be practicing something. Making controlling your depth and position in the water automatic is very important and you will enjoy diving much more if you are proficient at it.
The reality is, it isn't that hard for an instructor to achieve. Unfortunately, Marcel here (we know each other on Facebook) is not capable of this.
Thankx alot for the answaer broo
I ll take notes
Do you have Instagram or somthing i can follow you ? Cheers
Thank you Aymene!
I hope you joined an Open Water Course and I wish you all the best!!
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I believe that choosing to teach skills in the pool kneeing down or in neutral buoyancy depends on a few factors like: How comfortable are your students, how big is your group, the type of skill and many more factors depending on the skill.
I strongly believe that new diving students on their first course and confined water experience should first become comfortable breathing underwater. Sitting on the knees will help a lot with this. Then they can perform skills kneeling only focussing on the skill. Once they are comfortable than they can practice the skill in Neutral Buoyancy. After mastering all skills I like to ask my students in the end of confined water to repeat some skills in neutral buoyancy.
By the end of the first diving course and before certification all my Open Water students will be able to comfortably perform the skills in neutral buoyancy and with have great trim during diving.
“I believe that we should first learn how to walk before we run”
Putting too much pressure on new students can even be dangerous, or make them want to quit. Remember that diving should be fun.
Also if you are going to say that there are many bad certified divers out there, the that is for other reason then kneeling on a pool floor in the first hours of their diving course. That is usually because of teaching bad buoyancy skills, trim skills and not correcting students during training dives to speed up time because of bad and rushed teaching.
In my IDC we have the option to do both kneeling or neutral buoyancy, giving the IDC candidates the option to choose as a professional depending on the situation.
Please check out our Neutral Buoyancy Skill Circuit here for our Divemaster and IDC candidates: th-cam.com/video/rNMROWd23dM/w-d-xo.html
Top tip for getting a tight fitting tank strap, is to always wet it thoroughly before attaching the BCD to the tank. Do this by dunking the BCD in water first or by dousing the tank strap with a bottle of water before putting on the tank and tightening the belt. Belts expand when soaked. If you attach your tank with a dry tank strap, you run the risk of the tank strap becoming loose once you enter the water and the tank strap expands loosening its grip on the tank.
Yes, great tip!