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Group Buddy Check Procedure
In one of my other blogs someone has brought up the difficulty of commuincating in large groups while letting less experienced divers learn to lead and develop good buddy skills. I have a visual communication procedure taken straight from an SRT manual to help resolve this. This is the SRT "shoulder tap" for diving. "Diver" in the following is to be interpreted as meaning "diver/buddy team". Kick Cycles are to be counted on one leg. Left kick, then right kick = 1 cycle. 1. Demonstrate the follow...
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Sonic Search game review!
Well folks I found a NEW "toy" to use in pool sessions called the Underwater Sonic Search Pool Game from Discovery Kids store. Click here for website So far this game looks to be fun. The only draw back is that it is only rated to roughly 6 feet. You get 60 seconds to locate the clear/blue ball by sound, which speeds up with sonic-style tones as the 60 seconds expires. Upon expiration it goes into alert mode and has a 5-10 second siren that repeats for 1 second every 10 seconds. This is a great ...
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Pre-season safety reminders
Folks, the season is upon us once again for those who are not on coastal states. A member from another board posed an interesting safety question so I am providing you this reminder about the little things we can quickly forget about as the season begins. Make sure you dry test your gear at home before you head out to your first dive site of the season. If it`s due or overdue for service, don`t put it off....it`s your life afterall. If it tastes bad it probably is...air quality is important. Rev...
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Digital UW photo taking tips
Here are a few tips to help out those new to the digital UW photo realm. 1. Remember that photography is all lighting and background. Relative distance to your target/subject also will play a factor in the quality of any shot. 2. Digital cameras generally have manufacturer settings that are never correct for any environment of UW photography. 3. There should be a manual hue/white setting on a digital camera. You will need this setting to fine tune your camera to the particular dive conditions yo...
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