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Since my last blog a lot has happened. As I have been very busy the blog has not been updated as much as I would have liked.
Here is the story of the last months GoPro Training in Maroma.
It all started with the end of Kelsey, Irene’s and Zach’s Divemaster Resort Specialty.
We finished up the program with a great 2 tank dive in Chaac Mol Cenote.
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For most of them this was their first Cenote dive and changed a lot about their ideas of cavern diving. Some I am sure we will see back for a cave diving course one day.
In the beginning of November we started the IDC with a full class of 13 candidates.
Students came from
As a special guest in this course we had Simon Page return to audit this IDC and gain experience towards his Mater Instructor rating with PADI. Simon completed the IDC with me same time last year and has since then been working very successfully in
The IDC was great and filled with many good moments. The top stories was the fun and creativity in the presentations we saw, the Intro to TEC/CAVE and as a special surprise we has a visit form Poseidon Rebreathers who took everybody for a tryout in the pool.
This was an extra in the IDC, as all candidates had performed so well in the first 10 days of the IDC. See the pictures from this great day here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150414646478392.365368.78639723391&type=1&l=560a2bc898
All IDC candidates passed their exams in the beginning of December with flying colors and Cenote Ponderosa under the Examiners Gary and Gale form PADI.
Tears of joy and smiles all round J Good job.
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After a day off from the celebrations, many of the candidates who wised to further their education continued with us in the popular MSDT course.
4 days of great training included Deep Diving procedures and Punta Maroma, Equipment Specially with Scuba Pro Technician, Search and Recovery where we managed to find Anders’s +1000$ dive computer and the captain cell phone (well the next day!!).
The final day we went to the Canon boat wreck in Puerto Morelos were we completed both the Wreck and Nitrox Instructor course. A great way to finish up the training.
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After 4-5 days of non stop diving we had a few days quite in the center, with only Davide and his 2 Divemaster Students were busy learning the “Italian” way of becoming a PADI pro. Ryan from
Susanne form
We did 3 days of technical diver training and both became PADI TEC 40 certified at the Cenote “The Pit” which is located inside the Dos Ojos cenote system.
The course was fun and both Beth and Susanne showed that they have what it takes to become a tec diver.
I hope to see you both back for TEC 45 and 50 some day.
Amazing location to finish such a course. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150445986273392.368457.78639723391&type=1&l=c3e014ba8d
Now there is only a few days left before Christmas and most of the students of the November IDC are already working in the area. It’s such a nice feeling to be able to not only teach people how to become diving instructors, but also help them get that first job in the industry.
Our slogan is not without meaning “We don’t just certify! We build diving careers.”
From all of the Go Pro staff at Pro Dive
Keep diving, Keep learning.
Anders
This week at the
Ana, Polo and Juan Pedro work for ASL who are the distributor of Dive Rite (technical dive gear) and Poseidon Rebreathers.
They brought 5 Poseidon MK6 Rebreathers for us to get to know and try out.
PADI launched last month their first recreational rebreather courses and the only unit approved for these courses so far is the Poseidon Mk6.
After a very thorough explanation of the unit by Juan Pedro we went to the pool.
The pool practice was to get familiar with the unit by getting used to the buoyancy difference and practice emergency situations.
All of us (Jim, Goretty and I) took to it, like ducks in water.
After spending 30min in the pool we were ready for the ocean dive and headed of to the boat.
With it's weight of only 16kg and a dive time of 3-4 hours it's a truly amazing unit.
At Escuela Dive site we did a nice relaxing dive continuing to practice the very different way of diving. Besides the buoyancy being different, the silence is overwhelming! Jim say that he could hear his heart beating during the dive. That’s how quiet it is over regular open circuit diving.
A big thank you to the Azul Sin Limites team and sure that this is the beginning to a great partnership.
In this picture Course Director Anders and Jim on the MK6
To see all the pictures from the day, please click this link
Yes, it was a great fun day once again!!!
Monday morning was the final dive of the PADI TEC 40 Course. The student (Goretty) and her instructor (Course Director Anders) set out for on a sunny day with calm seas, to complete the graduation dive of the course.
3 days of skill practice and training dives, led up to this great moment.
Dive site was set for Punta Toro and its famous Cantil wall. The cantill is were the barrier reef ends and the bottom drops from about 35m to 400meters!
Diving on this edge is absolutely and amazing experience.
Conditions were great, and the strong currents were expected as usual:-) On the 40meter dive we encountered rays and some lion fish, but the highlight of this dive site is the sponges (some 5 feet tall) that grow sideways, due to the northern current.
Quote from Goretty:
"My course was amazing!! I had such a good time and I really felt comfortable with the pace and skills of the course. We did different dives doing the 3 day course, but the best was Punta Toro:-)
I can’t wait to come back for my TEC 45 and 50, and who knows maybe one day also my Trimix Course. My instructor (Anders) really took time to explain me in details how the theory and skills work to dive comfortable TEC.
Hopefully I will be back soon."
If you want to know more about TEC diving, please check out www.idcmexico.com/tec.php for more information and schedule.
See also all the photos from the course here
Sometime one tank is just not enough :-)
Dear friends,
