96: PADI OW Certified
Thursday, March 2nd, 200602/03/06
A few days of classroom learning, pool sessions, open water (sea) diving, buoyancy control, mask clearing, and out-of-air emergency ascents etc plus a sh*t load of PADI manuals reading I now know my dive gear in and out, know about nitrogen narcosis and decompression sickness and learned how to use dive tables and how to plan my dives to be sure to avoid them in the first place 🙂 Of course there’s a lot more to it but bottom line is I passed my theory test (98%, got one silly question wrong *bother*;-) and finished all my dive training so now I am – would you believe it – a PADI Certified Open Water Diver!
What it really means though is that I can now go on fun dives to some interesting dive sites and enjoy the underwater views and watch beautifully coloured fish, corals and other marine life..
Exciting!