Tuesday's alot like Monday but reverse

This morning I was at the shop early to do some more reading and video watching before the crew arrived.  My skills testing and scenario responses where scheduled for this afternoon, and here it comes...but first I HAD to go on some more fun dives.

The 9:00 was with my instructor while she instructed an advance student about fish identification for her Naturalist dive.  This was another spectacular dive.  I just followed them and peered over their shoulders at all the little beasties that they were finding.  Another hour underwater at around 80 feet.

Now when I write the depth in these posts I mark the max depth that I dove to.  We start usually at around 20 to 30 feet and get to a maximum depth fairly quickly and then slowly rise over the course of the dive.  In some cases max depth is as deep as 130 or as shallow as 15.

When you go deep you cut the length of the dive short.  And sometimes you really don't see more sealife.  The best dive I ever had was at a depth of 15 feet off a beach in Cozumel.  It was teeming with life and I was able to stay down for 90 minutes.

My next dive of the morning was with our head Dive Master.  He leads all the tourist dives.  I was asked to dive buddy with a customer who was diving alone while the DM buddied with an older customer who needed more assistance.  I just followed along making sure that my buddy didn't come to harm and I would point out things of interest, like turtles, lion fish, eels, crabs, shrimps.  She was taking photos of all the little things so it was another leisurely stroll along the reef.  This time we were down for over an hour.  And it was probably the most alive site I had been to yet.

My afternoon was filled with Emergency Responder scenarios.  One of the other DMTs would act out an injury and I'd have to assess the problem and respond accordingly.  After about 10 hours of studying, 2 hours of video, a dozen scenarios and 3 hours saving a person's life, I am now certified to say;

"Hello, my name is Scott.  I am an Emergency Responder.  Can I help you?"

It's difficult to find the time to blog and study, so I'm only going to post 3 times a week.  I have one more certification before my actual Dive Master Training starts.  That's my Rescue Diver Course.  I've started the reading tonight, and the course work & practical portion start tomorrow.

                                 Tonight's sunset.