Nice video! Could you describe in a bit more detail what exactly you had to do for each of the three skills? For peak performance buoyancy were you asked to hover within the circular ring? And how about the navigation and fish ID? I’m planning to do the same ones soon!
The focus on buoyancy was really just self awareness of your breathing and comfort level. We worked on self awareness to stay calm and practiced hovering with just breath control. We also evaluated how much weight I needed to descend and talked about why and other options when descending. By the end I dropped a few pounds of lead and have never had an issue. We only went through the ring but never practiced hovering within it. Navigation was first practiced on land with how to set the compass bezel and to navigate a square. Once in the water, the first practice was a straight line and reverse by following the compass only. The final exercise was in a reef with several channels and I was able return back to boat with just the compass. The fish ID was one of my favorite. It was looking at an underwater fish ID book which I studied and then during a dive, the instructor would point to a fish and I would have to find it and point it out to her within the book. Best of luck with your AOW.....I think you will really enjoy it!
Nice video! Could you describe in a bit more detail what exactly you had to do for each of the three skills? For peak performance buoyancy were you asked to hover within the circular ring? And how about the navigation and fish ID? I’m planning to do the same ones soon!
The focus on buoyancy was really just self awareness of your breathing and comfort level. We worked on self awareness to stay calm and practiced hovering with just breath control. We also evaluated how much weight I needed to descend and talked about why and other options when descending. By the end I dropped a few pounds of lead and have never had an issue. We only went through the ring but never practiced hovering within it.
Navigation was first practiced on land with how to set the compass bezel and to navigate a square. Once in the water, the first practice was a straight line and reverse by following the compass only. The final exercise was in a reef with several channels and I was able return back to boat with just the compass.
The fish ID was one of my favorite. It was looking at an underwater fish ID book which I studied and then during a dive, the instructor would point to a fish and I would have to find it and point it out to her within the book. Best of luck with your AOW.....I think you will really enjoy it!
Thanks so much for the detailed response, I really appreciate it! Sounds like great practice, and not too intimidating. Good work with the channel!
Dude you guys make the best videos
As long as you keep watching, we will keep trying!