PADI Dry Suit Certification Course
It’s been a while since I’ve been in the water diving so when I had the chance to help Reid this past weekend with three of his scuba classes I took it. Along with the chance to help and get in the water, I was able to bring my camera and underwater housing to take a few pictures from the classes. He had a new Open Water dive class that was almost finished with their confined water and dry suit dives, he also had an Intro To Scuba Class for kids and he had two other students wanting to get their dry suit certification.
PADI Dry Suit Certification Course
It was good to spend the weekend in the pool working with new divers, it was really fun. Although I’m not officially working on my Dive Master certification at the moment – Reid keeps logging all the intern skills and time in the pool required for the certification. (Thanks Reid).
The Open Water and first Dry Suit course was fun, all the students are local people I know fairly well. Everyone seemed to have the concepts down and they did real well on all their skills. The next step for that class is the open water dives.
Intro To Scuba
I recall it was February when I completed my Open Water course. All my dives were done out here in the chilly Bering Sea. I’m happy I did the course here, Reid is a good instructor and the novelty of saying that I got my certification in the Bering is pretty cool. On another note, the facility Reid teaches from in through Test The Waters in Fairbanks (North Pole).
Intro To Scuba
On my open water card it shows I was certified in North Pole Alaska. That is a fun conversation starter. My current certification is that of Rescue Diver. I have two specialty courses I’m thinking about taking. Underwater Photography and Deep Diver. After that, maybe … just maybe I’ll venture out and officially start the Dive Master course. Until then I just want to dive for the fun of diving.
Dry Suit Course (PADI)
If you have ever thought about diving, contact your local dive shop and ask about an introduction course. Its a one day class that gives you a good idea of what diving is like and what it’s all about. There is a special kind of freedom I get while diving (not nitrogen narcosis) – it’s hard to explain. You should just give it a try for yourself.
Checkout the Bering Sea Divers website. Although not updated in a while, it still has some good photos and accurate information about our divers and the area.
There is a great group of local divers out here, if you plan on visiting and your a diver let us know. Besides plentiful shore diving a few of us have boats that we can take out for boat dives in places only a few if any have ever seen.