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This one group I dived with had 2 doctors on it. On a dive another diver got leg cramps and when both doctors swam up to help. I couldn't help but laugh that 20m underwater in the middle of the ocean the guy got a second opinion. 😊
"don't turn up in your Grandads gear" That hit me in the feels. Last year I had to clear my deceased uncle's house, and he was one of the very early divers and still had his neoprene suit he hand stitched himself. You can see him wearing it on one of the BBC documentaries on the amateur divers who worked on the Mary Rose. He last dove in the 90's and yet I found his old air tanks - still pressurised and had been stored under his bed ever since then. Oh and his old life vest because he distained the new-fangled BCD's as "unsafe 'cos you can't drop your tanks in an emergency". One of the old school divers
I had some anxiety issues, 2 years before becoming a diver I worked on a tugboat for Norfolk Dredging Company. I was in a fatal shipwreck. The tugboat was ran over by a ship 2 of my ship mates drowned beside me in the water and 2 drowned in the bunk room. 5 of us lived. So yes I had some anxiety I had to sort out in my head while learning to dive. I have been diving since 2004, loving every minute of it.
Instead of failing the open water dive lesson, I asked questions about what I was doing right and what I was doing wrong and how to correct what I was doing wrong. Mr. Copeland is a very patient and wise instructor, considering he is now 80 years young and still dives and leads dive classes.
Back in 1967 when I learned how to dive you got a sheet of neoprene and a sheet of paper with the different patter sizes on it and a can of neoprene glue You cut out hopefully your size of wet suit from the paper pattern traced it on the neoprene sheet cut that out then glued it together Stitching was optional and when it started coming apart at the seams you re glued and stitched that area over time you eventually stitched up the whole suit
@@troylink9118 If you are going to be a troll, at least don't be an ignorant troll. Get a dictionary. wan·der = walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way. won·der = feeling of surprise.
@@Perceptence That is a skill in confined water (pool) so you can actually feel what it's like to run out of air, as soon as you give the out of air signal, the tank is turned back on and you don't actually miss a breath. Tanks are never closed in open water, at least not as part of the course although I did see a father turn off his sons air on a recreational dive "to keep his skill sharp" and oh boy did I let him have it!
I pulled up my instrcutor, while I went up in panic and he tried to keep me down.. well.. I won.. now I am Master Instructor for PADI and SSI since years.. and said instructor is my best dive buddy since then :)
My class had someone that didn't pass. During the emergency ascent portion, we were 20 feet down, my partner was the one who had to simulate loss of air. She kept trying to go back to her own 2nd stage the entire ascent, and when on the surface, while trying to keep her buoyant so she could manually air up her vest, she kept flailing around keeping me from getting a good position to keep her afloat. After that portion, she was asked not to come back. It really sucked, but I still made it through just fine. She was always complaining about not being comfortable and didn't seem like she understood anything either the entire time with the pool dives and the first 2 open water dives we did. But that emergency ascent is what finally did her in. Instructor definitely did not feel comfortable having her there in case anything happened.
I got certified at the age of 10 during a jellyfish invasion. I got certified with my best friend, and we were sticking by the instructor for the majority of the dive- until it was time to surface. The moment I looked up I saw a few thousand jellyfish near the surface, and decided I liked the bottom more than the surface. My instructor surfaced with my best friend, realized I hadn't ascended either and turned around to look at me from 40 feet up. The moment she turned her head back to look at the boat, she got a face full of jellyfish. Unfortunately, the snorkelers on the dive boat had used up all of the vinegar after exiting having spent only 2 minutes in the water, leaving none of the vinegar for the divers. *I still passed*
@@whynottalklikeapirat Yeah, the alternative of death sickness sounds much better lol. Either way, the bubbles in your blood might give you superpowers, just saying.
@@auby3901 Quickest way to a bubbly personality, certainly ... Gin Fizz might not be an inapropriate name for a super hero. "brings only an attitude and leaves only bubbles"
When simulating a lose tank adjustment on your instructor, turn off his/her gas when their back is towards you. That’s always good for a laugh or two. Hahahahaha
You don't really fail your course, in terms of the content and the exercises. Everything is just re-done until you pass, although of course you have to pay something for the extra tuition. And of course signing off the individual exercises is at the instructors discretion, and of course an instructor can refuse to continue working with you for specific reasons, but generally the goal is to get you to pass and the system is set up so you eventually will, if you work at it. So it's not like some one-off exam at school. Still good points are raised here.
That's not exactly true, because you do have to take some classroom studying, which you have to learn how to do your dive tables and other course questions, at least I did back in 1986 when I was certified by Scuba Schools International through Scuba Hut in Glen Burnie, but maybe they let you get away with more now then you did back when I was certified, but I can't see any instructor just letting people get away was doing whatever they want just so they can pass them, and there's strict guidelines that Scuba Schools International makes the instructors they certify follow certain rules, and if I was a dive instructor, I know I wouldn't just let people pass just so they can pass, I would want to make sure they know exactly what they're doing so they can protect themselves from danger.
@@roypatterson9910 That was not what I was saying. What I was saying is you more or less get to redo it until eventually you pass. Same for the pool and openwater sessions. If you take up a lot of time and still don't manage even with repeated instruction - you may get bumped to the next round of students for another go, and maybe you have to pay a little extra for that time - but the system is close to "fail safe" if you are dedicated and don't give up. So it's not like passing an exam. The closest you get to that is some of the divemaster or instructor exams, because that's when it turns professional - but those you can still go back and redo, although you may have to wait for the next time an external course director comes through. Which to me is fair enough seeing as you have to have your shit together at that level and if you can't hack it, maybe you DO need some extra time inbetween to deepen your practical skills or knowledge. Everyone has to sign off on all mandatory exams and exercises - if they don't have both the signature of the instructor and trainee - as an instructor - you could be held liable and legally responsible if they go and screw things up for themselves after the course, and lack of skill or proper knowledge can be determined to be the cause. The only problem is that every once in a while a person comes along who just simply should not be allowed near water but who somehow manages to meet the requirements of the course and ultimately power through, with extensive extra training, even if just barely. In those cases I think, due to the business of diving - instructors may let someone pass that they really should advice not to dive, even though they did complete all assignments. But if they meet the standards, they meet the standards and then that's that, legally speaking.
Roy Patterson Most OW courses are very forgiving. When you miss things on the written test they won’t fail you right away, but use the tests to see what knowledge you lack so they can repeat that section verbally until you really understand it. If the instructor thinks you got it the second time, they’ll pass you. There are of course cases of people not passing but the instructor has enough leeway to decide on more than just the knowledge of theory. In more advanced courses, like the Decompression Procedures training I did recently, the rules are more strict but still the instructor is there to help you pass and will see what needs to be repeated to learn the material.
My parents are instructors and they had someone close another person’s tank at 40 meters and after that they got kicked out and was asked to never return
I’m 15, and done my wreck course a couple of months ago, that was hard and freezing cold, England diving with non-suitable gloves and trying to use a reel whilest controlling bouyency is hard.. I remember my first open water dive, it was the best experience ever (also the coldest)
He is 15 i doubt he is experienced enough for a drysuit yet. By default north-western Europe learn diving by wetsuit (semidry) due to the cold. Im Dutch and diving for 10 years now, but wetsuitdiving is the best diving for me :)
I know this sounds stupid but i took my exam in a different language then my book.. answers changed slightly.. i ALMOST failed i studied in English but had my exam in Dutch
I’m a current dive student in the PADI open water course doing my checkout dives this weekend. Surprisingly the most difficult skill for me was the CESA.
I'm 14 and going to scuba diving school in the US and I have asthma but it's not severe I have never had an asthma attack just coughing now and then can't I still get certified?
What the hell I failed my course but I thought this video was how to pass. I thought it was a little weird when you said you should hit a bunch of buttons at once
I had to repeat the CESA skill because it freaked me out in open water! Our visibility was really bad (3 -6 feet/ 1-2 meters usually) and it's hard when you can't see the bottom.
I think no. 7 applies to me. I tried my best but everything I do seems non-worthy for my instructor. It became stressful at some point and I started to dislike diving. Everytime I dive with her I feel like throwing up.
Direhorn I’d take a look at another instructor if you feel that strongly about her. There are plenty of schools and instructors in the world and you won’t have to start from scratch. Some people just don’t match and some instructors can be assholes. Would be such a shame to not enjoy diving because of this bad experience at the start.
No, I didn't fail my course, but I did have a little trouble with one area, and that was learning to dive tables, because I was never good at math, but I still passed. I was certified back in 1986 by Scuba Schools International through Scuba Hut in Glen Burnie MD, but unfortunately I haven't been diving in years. 😭 lol.
Roy Patterson Ugh, I hated tabled and never got good at them. Thankfully these days computers are so reliable that most agencies don’t even teach tables anymore. And with every dive being a multi-level dive a computer will keep you much safer than a table ever could. Are you planning to take up diving again?
Some blood pressure medications (diuretics) can increase your risk of getting decompression sickness, some other meds can increase risk of oxygen toxicity. That's why you should go to the doctor first if you take any meds
Wife and I are doing our Open Water tests the next two days, in 7mm suits, cause it be cold here in MN!!!! I think I might try your suggestion on mashing the instructors inflator button. What could go wrong? :D (j/k)
No one fails on an overseas PADI course. A few hours of instruction over two days will qualify anyone who can pay. That is of course apart from the student I saw who drowned on his second qualifying open water dive his instructor lost in a group of five. This was my son's first experience after he qualified in the UK on a PADI course during a vist to Malaysia. We saw this unfold on the beach minutes after arriving at my favourite dive centre. We watched while attempts at resuscitation were made and then the arguments over who would take responsibility (cost) for transporting the body back to the mainland which fell back not on the dive school but on the NAUI owner of the boat that found the student dead in around 7m of clear tropical water. Much of the rest of his holiday was spent on a proper dive course and my daughter later qualified with BSAC.
My check outs in West Palm,Fla was horrible as well.Padi is a joke$$$.My DM was beautiful Brad Pitt look like,arrogant,cruel even..I trust nobody now,smart way to be I learned. Live & learn🙏
Passed my OW20 course in my with RAID at Capenwray. Did 5 dives and only 1 out of about 10 people failed because he had a panic attack but I think he later passed it
Hello everyone at Simply Scuba and firts of all thanks a lot for all of yiur videos. You are fun and instructive at the same time - in one word, you lot are absolutely fantastic. About me, now. I got my OWD certification last month with a great instructor. The course was not easy and I had a few problems... for example, I never did a proper descent, either during the course or (worse!) at the exam. And I have a heart condition. But I did not hide that from my instructor. He talked to a physician and then he said it was OK.
I am currently doing my padi dive master and we only let people fail owd when they panic under the water and cant do the skills. But most the time they understand that they are just not made for diving and cancel by thenselfs. We would never let smb fail bc of calling masks glasses....
I passed!! Now a qualified open water diver with 6 drives under my belt so far! I did 2 at stoney cove UK and 2 at dosthill UK for my assessments, last dive i had a small issue with the cold, about 5 10 mins before I signalled to one instructor that I was getting abit cold, I ended up hyperventilating alittle and becuase i was breathing so heavy I was blowing my mask off and was flooding it every time I cleared it, I did everything I was trained to do, I signaled there was a problem, stopped to see if i could catch my breath and calm down which just wasnt happening so signalled to ascend, made a nice and slow perfect ascent, didnt think I'd passed because of this but my instructors said they was extremely happy with all 4 dives and extremely happy with how I dealt with the little issue I had, even though i panicked alittle i was still able to keep under control and follow all my training
When teaching diving on W. San Juan Island, biggest problem was new students getting caught up in wonders of vertical rock wall, an decide to drop off wall an not track depth an finally checking gauge, find themselves way deeper than they wanted! So, we watched, when still in "no decompression" we'd retrieve them!
"Calling them flippers and goggles" I needed to watch the video like 10 times to understand that's not about walking all over the place in fins and mask, which is also a way to screw up.
My mask and fins started to slide off as soon as I go under water today, then I panic and didn’t go into the water for my first dive but I did for my second dive. Have I fail already?
Nah but you need to ask yourself “why is it a big deal if my fins come off”? You have an inflatable life vest on, buddies with you, and can swim either way, right? Point is, relax and have zen focus. Once I learned to relax and stay chill in the water, it became THE most calming thing I’ve ever done. Staying calm is also the safest. You’ll make better decisions, less mistakes, and can fix problems when you’re calm. “Don’t Panic” :)
What is your experience with type 1 diabetics and scuba ? I'm a VERY well regulated type 1, and i really wanna get a scuba license.. Is it a lost cause for me?
Pretty much all of the certifying agencies are good. It's the instructor that can make for a bad experience. I've been a PADI divemaster for 36 years, and a commercial diver for 27 years. There are differences between the two disciplines. But either way haven't gotton hurt yet. Yet !
Me and my girlfriend will be doing our Open Water Course starting next Saturday in Gozo (Malta)..we are very excited and hope to get trough it smoothly :) I loved your videos on different topics, great intros for beginners ;)
Veni Vidi Vici Ask a dive doctor. Seriously, many things are no big deal and they’ll sign off a medical form without problems, but don’t gamble your life by lying. Diving isn’t that dangerous but you’re putting your body in an environment that it’s not made for. It doesn’t hurt to ask a professional.
I really wanna get certified. But I’m terrified about the fact that I may see sunken things which will trigger my extreme submechanophobia, sooooo ya I really don’t wanna have that happen.
Re- comment about hidden charges at some clubs, what should it aproxx cost to join a club and take ocean drive course? Starting next Thursday and very interested in the answer
Hej Mark and Shaun. I really love your channel. Can you do the 'How to pass your OWD' vid? Or do you have any tips for me concerning the check dives? I've recently started my OWD course, something I'd never think I'd be able to do because of my heart condition (I got cleared to dive by a dive physician who's also pediatric cardiologist prior starting to dive), second pool dive tomorrow (actually, fourth but the first two were Discover SCUBA programs). I've been wanting to learn how to dive since age 12 but at the time my cardiologist advised against that due to high risk of pneumothorax. At the time I didn't know where he coming from but now I get it. But that was years ago, I'm now twenty and like I said my dive physician signed me off and my instructor also knows that I've had open heart surgery in infancy. I'm so glad I am able to pursue my dream of becoming a SCUBA diver. I'll be doing my four open water dives in Hemmoor, northern Germany in three weeks from now. Have you ever gone diving there? I mean people do say it's one of the top dive destinations in Germany, and northern Europe. By the way, your channel is amazing. I enjoy your content very much, it always makes me laugh. I don't know how many times I have rewatched your vids. Greetings from Germany...
Eva Z. How did it go? Did you pass? Hemmoor is cool. A popular destination for technical divers from The Netherlands (my country) as well due to the depth you can reach.
The main problem im having is listening :( I've never been a good listener and having water in my ears and trying to pay attention without glasses doesn't make it easier, plus I live a stressful lifestyle and job and rarely getting enough sleep. I have days I perform well and then the next week my nerve has left me for that session and my instructors and I can't seem to figure out why
I've been waiting for this one 🤣 On a side note another way you can do it is if you go into deco idk how you can for regular OW but if you do it's a guarantee fail
Scuba Steve and Underwater Rock Climbing Is that a guaranteed fail? I’d say it’s a valuable lesson (if your instructor finds out before you’re past your ceiling).
Tried getting scuba certified in Florida. Was supposed to dive in the bays but due to weather it got cancelled and we only had one other choice. A hour inland was vortex springs they told us the water was a little chilly but it was cold as could be it was like 64 degrees on the surface and even colder below needless to say my 3mm wetsuit didn't help froze my but off and wasn't able to complete my course 🤷. Gunna try again some other time in florida. Won't be going back to vortex springs lol 😂 this dude will stick with 80 degrees water!!!
Did my first pool sessions this week, the instructor stopped me because I had pins and needles all in my hand and arm, and starting to affect one side of my face and my hands were shaking alot, I tried to continue wityh the ok sign but she saw me shaking and stopped it. I didnt feel ill or anything and have no idea what it was.. anyone got any ideas? Im doing it again next week and dont want it to happpen again. I think its one of two things, bcd on too tight or breathing to heavily and not correctly resulting in a build up of co2 maybe?
Ashley AMV Yeah, probably hyperventilating like Deb says. Or if you were wearing a drysuit your neck seal was too tight, but since you were in a pool probably a wetsuit. Main advice is to take deep slow breaths. And don’t be afraid to signal “not ok” to your instructor. There’s no shame in reporting a problem and catching something early can prevent a more serious problem, so if you’re not feeling well or even if you’re not sure don’t signal “ok” but use the wavy hand sign.
I passed my exams and confined dives over the weekend and I go to the Bahamas on Friday and do my open water dives this weekend. I'm very excited, but nervous! I have been on 6 dives (doing the discovery scuba course 3 times) and I'm more nervous now than I was even before my first ever time diving.
I had a pretty lousy instructor, I had two instructors one was a old and wise and patient diver who dove for the police while the bad one is a foreign diver without certification then came to America to teach and vape around the pool. One time after class we were washing off the gear and he grabbed this 13 year old girl who messed up like twice on small things like not understanding his bull crap made up signals that he didn’t go over before hand and told her that she held up the class, no patience with her at all.
Our dive master would not pass my wife for open water PADI because she would hold her nose when doing a mask clearing. She gets water up the nose and starts choking.
I had the same experience with that part, was the hardest part for me. Taking off the mask, then putting it back on forces some water up your nose. It doesn't feel good at all, but you just gotta tough it out.
There is definitely a learned skill to closing off something in the back of your throat/post-nasal area so that you mostly don’t get water up your nose, because the small fixed volume of your sinuses is separated from the much larger variable volume of your lungs. I must have learned this as a small child. I only realized it wasn’t a universal reflex when I tried to explain it to my wife (who kept getting water up her nose) and she looked at me like I had just asked her why she wasn’t using her gills. This is one of those nebulous “comfortable in the water” things, because my 5 year old has clearly figured it out already, and my wife never has. I’d be pretty nervous diving if I somehow lost the ability to do this.
CMAS III for 30 years, I send my girlfriends that I want to dive with, on Openwater. They can't fail in blue water. Unless, they can't put their heads underwater OR panic underwater, which means they forget all instructions given. Openwater is great for the discovery of the sea. Difficult to fail. At this level no risk but at any level Panic can kill.
While I haven't failed a course, or in turn failed a diver, I've been in full agreement of a fellow "candidate" failing his IDC, for psychological reasons. Here's some don't for becoming an instructor: 1: Don't dive drunk. 2: Don't blame a fellow candidate for leading a dive where you're drunk. 3: Don't continue the dive back to depth when everyone else is ending theirs. 5: Don't try to get your fellow candidates black out drunk. 5: Don't brag about there being a "revolving door" outside a fellow candidates bungalow. 6: Don't brag about using the "other entry" on a fellow candidate. 7: Don't be an asshole. 8: Don't have an obvious Cluster-B diagnosis.
Sounds like your IDC was a little chaotic. Mine was all business: ten candidates (including myself), we spent all day in the classroom, pool or ocean and all night studying together. There was some beer with our studying, but no shenanigans -- we were all there to succeed. Our CD had zero tolerance for any bad behavior; he became the Director of Training for PADI in our region not long after our IDC.
@@IdRatherBeDiving-vr5gk This was just that one guy, his nickname was the name of the island he was from, Australian territory. Similar class size, but we had 3 CDs, and the IDC was massive, multiple dive shops, probably closer to 50 candidates for the tests. Koh Tao, Thailand, the most prolific certifying location in the world. I was at the second largest dive shop on the island, not sure of international ranking but largest on the island is largest in the world.
I dunno, old gear that is well maintained is not so bad. My father gave me one of his BCDs. (Sea Quest Spectrum 4). The thing works great. Free gear is free gear, and if it works like it's supposed to, who cares. I would say a failure could be diving below your limit. If you're doing that, you're probably not watching your gauges or still need to improve on buoyancy.
Not really. Passing your open water course is a lot to do with paying attention. If you’re calling fins flippers and a mask goggles you’re probably calling air oxygen and a bc/bcd a vest. Which also means you probably don’t understand the principles behind their proper/safe use.
@@romespinali air and oxygen - sure, but the others? I'm not a native English speaker, so I don't know why why are "goggles", "flippers", and "vest" wrong
WarMike_1 Just as it’s important for a diver to understand the difference between air and oxygen, so too is it important to understand these other differences. Goggles cover only the eyes and are used to swim and play on the surface, where as a mask has a nose pocket which allows you to equalize the pressure within the mask. This is crucial to preventing what’s called a squeeze on the eyes/face. Flippers refers to an aquatic animals appendages were as fins are what scuba and free divers use to maneuver. This one is somewhat trivial but still a pet peeve of most Instructors. When I say vest I mean as in a life vest which is completely different to the Buoyancy Compensator used in diving. BCs are an absolutely integral piece of diving equipment used to maintain neutral buoyancy at depth as well as help one float on the surface. Others have already mentioned this but it’s not like a “failing” grade means you’re done with the course and cannot be certified. Rather, it means the instructor will have to go over these topics again to make sure you understand why you were wrong. Then you have to retake another version of the same test. The aim of any recreational scuba course is to ultimately certify safe and competent divers. Even if some students require a little extra coaching.
I learned alot from a divemaster who failed his open water the first time because he flooded his mask from the bottom instead of the top when it was time to do the skill.
during confined water training an instructor will identify problematic students..Certain skills such as mask clearing is a big stress task for some..Reinforced training usually corrects the issue..Certain open water check outs can further test you..I always recommend that wherever you are going to do most of your diving..Thats where you do your check outs..Carribean diving is certainly much less stressful than northeast atlantic ocean diving..The best part of this equation is that if you are a northeast diver most of the time..When u take a trip to the careibean..diving is a snap!..safe diving..
Personally I had to do my open water twice, In Scotland we call them flippers and goggles all the time... just sounds better and it’s pretty much instinct.
@@internetpeople1064 The purpose for speaking is to express an idea (normally). Can you honestly say you don't understand when someone says flipper or goggle? IDK too many people who would not understand what you mean. So if they aren't using those terms correctly, would it be ok for someone to be failed for not speaking perfect English (language of choice)? I use fin and mask, but it isn't a big deal to me. However, I'm not the instructor! lol cheers
I am the guy who had the bailiff show up at my house..... the check I wrote them bounced, she tried to drown me and took my rubber duck as collateral 😞
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I almost quit my open water scuba because I was scared I could not clear my ears. Glad I brought nasal spray to help sinus pressure.
Me and my dad want to know how to suba dive. any tips?
Dont use the internet bro take a cours@@grantgillison5373
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Instructor: A trip to the hyperbaric chamber and a free mercedes bends 😂😂
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This one group I dived with had 2 doctors on it. On a dive another diver got leg cramps and when both doctors swam up to help.
I couldn't help but laugh that 20m underwater in the middle of the ocean the guy got a second opinion. 😊
"don't turn up in your Grandads gear"
That hit me in the feels. Last year I had to clear my deceased uncle's house, and he was one of the very early divers and still had his neoprene suit he hand stitched himself. You can see him wearing it on one of the BBC documentaries on the amateur divers who worked on the Mary Rose. He last dove in the 90's and yet I found his old air tanks - still pressurised and had been stored under his bed ever since then. Oh and his old life vest because he distained the new-fangled BCD's as "unsafe 'cos you can't drop your tanks in an emergency". One of the old school divers
I thought the only way to fail was to not come up the same number of times you went down.
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@@Gizziiusa nooooooo 😂
I had some anxiety issues, 2 years before becoming a diver I worked on a tugboat for Norfolk Dredging Company. I was in a fatal shipwreck. The tugboat was ran over by a ship 2 of my ship mates drowned beside me in the water and 2 drowned in the bunk room. 5 of us lived. So yes I had some anxiety I had to sort out in my head while learning to dive. I have been diving since 2004, loving every minute of it.
#Bravo! Well done (and very sorry about the loss of your mates ;(
Instead of failing the open water dive lesson, I asked questions about what I was doing right and what I was doing wrong and how to correct what I was doing wrong. Mr. Copeland is a very patient and wise instructor, considering he is now 80 years young and still dives and leads dive classes.
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That knit wetsuit was hilarious
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Back in 1967 when I learned how to dive you got a sheet of neoprene and a sheet of paper with the different patter sizes on it and a can of neoprene glue
You cut out hopefully your size of wet suit from the paper pattern traced it on the neoprene sheet cut that out then glued it together
Stitching was optional and when it started coming apart at the seams you re glued and stitched that area over time you eventually stitched up the whole suit
# 9... Panic.
# 10... Wander away underwater.
# 11...Play pranks on other students underwater.
# 12... Don't show up.
number 12 is our favourite!
I did panic a bit while mask clearing because my nose was clogged and had a cramp in the right leg 🙈 but I sorted it out and made it 👍
Wonder is spelled with an o not an a.... You fail
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If you are going to be a troll, at least don't be an ignorant troll.
Get a dictionary.
wan·der = walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way.
won·der = feeling of surprise.
@@troylink9118 Wander, like wander off, is spelled with an A. Wonder, like think, is an o.
Close someone’s tank as a prank 30 feet underwater, happened in my class.
Hitman 3 looks cool
@@Perceptence That is a skill in confined water (pool) so you can actually feel what it's like to run out of air, as soon as you give the out of air signal, the tank is turned back on and you don't actually miss a breath. Tanks are never closed in open water, at least not as part of the course although I did see a father turn off his sons air on a recreational dive "to keep his skill sharp" and oh boy did I let him have it!
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Medical conditions:
Allergic to water
I pulled up my instrcutor, while I went up in panic and he tried to keep me down.. well.. I won.. now I am Master Instructor for PADI and SSI since years.. and said instructor is my best dive buddy since then :)
My class had someone that didn't pass. During the emergency ascent portion, we were 20 feet down, my partner was the one who had to simulate loss of air. She kept trying to go back to her own 2nd stage the entire ascent, and when on the surface, while trying to keep her buoyant so she could manually air up her vest, she kept flailing around keeping me from getting a good position to keep her afloat. After that portion, she was asked not to come back. It really sucked, but I still made it through just fine. She was always complaining about not being comfortable and didn't seem like she understood anything either the entire time with the pool dives and the first 2 open water dives we did. But that emergency ascent is what finally did her in. Instructor definitely did not feel comfortable having her there in case anything happened.
I got certified at the age of 10 during a jellyfish invasion. I got certified with my best friend, and we were sticking by the instructor for the majority of the dive- until it was time to surface. The moment I looked up I saw a few thousand jellyfish near the surface, and decided I liked the bottom more than the surface. My instructor surfaced with my best friend, realized I hadn't ascended either and turned around to look at me from 40 feet up. The moment she turned her head back to look at the boat, she got a face full of jellyfish. Unfortunately, the snorkelers on the dive boat had used up all of the vinegar after exiting having spent only 2 minutes in the water, leaving none of the vinegar for the divers.
*I still passed*
I poked a hole in my instructors dry suit. Open water corse in May.
And then he removed your fins, turned off your air and emptied your BCD while studying your face ... ?
@@whynottalklikeapirat That would be terrifying haha. Better drop off your weight belt and kick to the surface as fast as you can!
@@auby3901 Sounds like the perfect recipe for DCS to me =.O
@@whynottalklikeapirat Yeah, the alternative of death sickness sounds much better lol. Either way, the bubbles in your blood might give you superpowers, just saying.
@@auby3901 Quickest way to a bubbly personality, certainly ... Gin Fizz might not be an inapropriate name for a super hero.
"brings only an attitude and leaves only bubbles"
When simulating a lose tank adjustment on your instructor, turn off his/her gas when their back is towards you. That’s always good for a laugh or two. Hahahahaha
Turn off his/her gas??? They aren't acetylene bottles, they are oxygen tanks. Lol So, you meant to say turn off his/her air.
Air is a gas. Also they’re not oxygen tanks. Otherwise they would be green on the top.
Roy Patterson It’s actually gas, air is a gas
Roy Patterson Air is a gas, and they are not oxygen tanks. did you even study for your certification?
@@kshatriya1414 he seems to suffer from Dunning-Kruger
You don't really fail your course, in terms of the content and the exercises. Everything is just re-done until you pass, although of course you have to pay something for the extra tuition. And of course signing off the individual exercises is at the instructors discretion, and of course an instructor can refuse to continue working with you for specific reasons, but generally the goal is to get you to pass and the system is set up so you eventually will, if you work at it. So it's not like some one-off exam at school. Still good points are raised here.
That's not exactly true, because you do have to take some classroom studying, which you have to learn how to do your dive tables and other course questions, at least I did back in 1986 when I was certified by Scuba Schools International through Scuba Hut in Glen Burnie, but maybe they let you get away with more now then you did back when I was certified, but I can't see any instructor just letting people get away was doing whatever they want just so they can pass them, and there's strict guidelines that Scuba Schools International makes the instructors they certify follow certain rules, and if I was a dive instructor, I know I wouldn't just let people pass just so they can pass, I would want to make sure they know exactly what they're doing so they can protect themselves from danger.
@@roypatterson9910 That was not what I was saying. What I was saying is you more or less get to redo it until eventually you pass. Same for the pool and openwater sessions. If you take up a lot of time and still don't manage even with repeated instruction - you may get bumped to the next round of students for another go, and maybe you have to pay a little extra for that time - but the system is close to "fail safe" if you are dedicated and don't give up. So it's not like passing an exam. The closest you get to that is some of the divemaster or instructor exams, because that's when it turns professional - but those you can still go back and redo, although you may have to wait for the next time an external course director comes through. Which to me is fair enough seeing as you have to have your shit together at that level and if you can't hack it, maybe you DO need some extra time inbetween to deepen your practical skills or knowledge.
Everyone has to sign off on all mandatory exams and exercises - if they don't have both the signature of the instructor and trainee - as an instructor - you could be held liable and legally responsible if they go and screw things up for themselves after the course, and lack of skill or proper knowledge can be determined to be the cause.
The only problem is that every once in a while a person comes along who just simply should not be allowed near water but who somehow manages to meet the requirements of the course and ultimately power through, with extensive extra training, even if just barely. In those cases I think, due to the business of diving - instructors may let someone pass that they really should advice not to dive, even though they did complete all assignments. But if they meet the standards, they meet the standards and then that's that, legally speaking.
Roy Patterson Most OW courses are very forgiving. When you miss things on the written test they won’t fail you right away, but use the tests to see what knowledge you lack so they can repeat that section verbally until you really understand it. If the instructor thinks you got it the second time, they’ll pass you. There are of course cases of people not passing but the instructor has enough leeway to decide on more than just the knowledge of theory. In more advanced courses, like the Decompression Procedures training I did recently, the rules are more strict but still the instructor is there to help you pass and will see what needs to be repeated to learn the material.
Oh!!!! I SO want a JPEG of the knitted suit to post at the local dive shop!!!!
I love the way how you speak in English...
Slowly enough and properly as well.Just like non-natives like me, does love 🐟
Soon as you get into the water, dive to 130ft.
And then see how fast you can get back to the top
With no regulater while holding ur breath😁
@@adventuredivers5463 Discusses here a new way for suicide or a new fance hide and seek with extreme rules?
2:42 i love the way the dude is finning.
My parents are instructors and they had someone close another person’s tank at 40 meters and after that they got kicked out and was asked to never return
9. Calling your instructor "Dive daddy"
I’m 15, and done my wreck course a couple of months ago, that was hard and freezing cold, England diving with non-suitable gloves and trying to use a reel whilest controlling bouyency is hard.. I remember my first open water dive, it was the best experience ever (also the coldest)
Drysuit?...
He is 15 i doubt he is experienced enough for a drysuit yet. By default north-western Europe learn diving by wetsuit (semidry) due to the cold. Im Dutch and diving for 10 years now, but wetsuitdiving is the best diving for me :)
I know this sounds stupid but i took my exam in a different language then my book.. answers changed slightly.. i ALMOST failed i studied in English but had my exam in Dutch
That's strange! How come you got the material in English when the exam was in Dutch?
Same
He is Dutch that's why
How did things change? I mean, the laws of physics don't really care about language differences.
JP no, but the words that describe the laws of physics do...
I passed my basic diver. Dive Oahu has an amazing dive school with great instructors.
I’m a current dive student in the PADI open water course doing my checkout dives this weekend. Surprisingly the most difficult skill for me was the CESA.
My wife that the most difficult. She is now a rescue diver. However not with me. I passed Open Water in 2011 but haven't dived since.
I'm 14 and going to scuba diving school in the US and I have asthma but it's not severe I have never had an asthma attack just coughing now and then can't I still get certified?
What the hell I failed my course but I thought this video was how to pass. I thought it was a little weird when you said you should hit a bunch of buttons at once
How'd you fail
@@dsd-downshiftdave8056 Whoosh
I had to repeat the CESA skill because it freaked me out in open water! Our visibility was really bad (3 -6 feet/ 1-2 meters usually) and it's hard when you can't see the bottom.
georgiaisprocrastinating Redoing a skill is not failing. That’s normal for the course.
I think no. 7 applies to me. I tried my best but everything I do seems non-worthy for my instructor. It became stressful at some point and I started to dislike diving. Everytime I dive with her I feel like throwing up.
Direhorn I’d take a look at another instructor if you feel that strongly about her. There are plenty of schools and instructors in the world and you won’t have to start from scratch. Some people just don’t match and some instructors can be assholes. Would be such a shame to not enjoy diving because of this bad experience at the start.
No, I didn't fail my course, but I did have a little trouble with one area, and that was learning to dive tables, because I was never good at math, but I still passed. I was certified back in 1986 by Scuba Schools International through Scuba Hut in Glen Burnie MD, but unfortunately I haven't been diving in years. 😭 lol.
We no longer use dive tables except for reference. Mostly computers do all the work.
Roy Patterson Ugh, I hated tabled and never got good at them. Thankfully these days computers are so reliable that most agencies don’t even teach tables anymore. And with every dive being a multi-level dive a computer will keep you much safer than a table ever could. Are you planning to take up diving again?
I take one high blood pressure pill A-day will that stop me from becoming a diver?
No. I take a bp med and there were no issues. You need a paper signed from your doctor saying you are ok to dive and thats it! Go get certified!
Some blood pressure medications (diuretics) can increase your risk of getting decompression sickness, some other meds can increase risk of oxygen toxicity.
That's why you should go to the doctor first if you take any meds
Wife and I are doing our Open Water tests the next two days, in 7mm suits, cause it be cold here in MN!!!! I think I might try your suggestion on mashing the instructors inflator button. What could go wrong? :D (j/k)
Good luck, i'm sure you wont need it :)
M1ND_BL0WN hey where in MN are you? I just got certified last week. I live in Hoyt Lakes
We went through the Dive Dpot out of Bemidji. Did our OW in Bad Medicine this past weekend.
That’s awesome! If you ever come up to dive Ore B Gone let me know. I’ll come dive with you guys.
Heard that place was super cool. Something about a sunken bus???
Hi, I just completed my open water certificate and I have been sent a blue card and a 5* gold card, do I need both or just the gold card
No one fails on an overseas PADI course. A few hours of instruction over two days will qualify anyone who can pay. That is of course apart from the student I saw who drowned on his second qualifying open water dive his instructor lost in a group of five. This was my son's first experience after he qualified in the UK on a PADI course during a vist to Malaysia. We saw this unfold on the beach minutes after arriving at my favourite dive centre. We watched while attempts at resuscitation were made and then the arguments over who would take responsibility (cost) for transporting the body back to the mainland which fell back not on the dive school but on the NAUI owner of the boat that found the student dead in around 7m of clear tropical water. Much of the rest of his holiday was spent on a proper dive course and my daughter later qualified with BSAC.
My check outs in West Palm,Fla was horrible as well.Padi is a joke$$$.My DM was beautiful Brad Pitt look like,arrogant,cruel even..I trust nobody now,smart way to be I learned. Live & learn🙏
I’m just starting the journey 🌱💧
Passed my OW20 course in my with RAID at Capenwray. Did 5 dives and only 1 out of about 10 people failed because he had a panic attack but I think he later passed it
Hello everyone at Simply Scuba and firts of all thanks a lot for all of yiur videos. You are fun and instructive at the same time - in one word, you lot are absolutely fantastic.
About me, now. I got my OWD certification last month with a great instructor. The course was not easy and I had a few problems... for example, I never did a proper descent, either during the course or (worse!) at the exam. And I have a heart condition. But I did not hide that from my instructor. He talked to a physician and then he said it was OK.
i am really confused here. By floating for 10 min, does it mean teading water fir 10 minutes?
Yes, but if you can relax and float on the surface it's much easier
I am currently doing my padi dive master and we only let people fail owd when they panic under the water and cant do the skills. But most the time they understand that they are just not made for diving and cancel by thenselfs. We would never let smb fail bc of calling masks glasses....
I'm doing my first open water dives and bring tested with my partner in a few days, I'm super nervous!
I'm sure you'll do fine Charlotte, where about's is your test?
You will be fine. Don't get to nerves over it that is when mistakes happen. From being to cautious
I passed!! Now a qualified open water diver with 6 drives under my belt so far! I did 2 at stoney cove UK and 2 at dosthill UK for my assessments, last dive i had a small issue with the cold, about 5 10 mins before I signalled to one instructor that I was getting abit cold, I ended up hyperventilating alittle and becuase i was breathing so heavy I was blowing my mask off and was flooding it every time I cleared it, I did everything I was trained to do, I signaled there was a problem, stopped to see if i could catch my breath and calm down which just wasnt happening so signalled to ascend, made a nice and slow perfect ascent, didnt think I'd passed because of this but my instructors said they was extremely happy with all 4 dives and extremely happy with how I dealt with the little issue I had, even though i panicked alittle i was still able to keep under control and follow all my training
5:10 missed opportunity to say “the class clownfish”
I wore a 8 mil wetsuit during my open water dive the most I got was a few glances and a glare or to
When teaching diving on W. San Juan Island, biggest problem was new students getting caught up in wonders of vertical rock wall, an decide to drop off wall an not track depth an finally checking gauge, find themselves way deeper than they wanted! So, we watched, when still in "no decompression" we'd retrieve them!
"Hi, I'm Mark from simply scuber."
Scooper?
r/wooooosh
I know, right. Lmao 😂
I once met a DM who referred to the act of towing a tired diver on the surface as "scUBER"
Mister Kaos that’s hilarious 😂
I don’t get how people don’t pass their open water tests, me and my uncle are both the most clumsy people on the planet and we passed it
That gives me hope 😂😂😂
Gives me hope!
What camera are you using? Its so clear!
"Calling them flippers and goggles" I needed to watch the video like 10 times to understand that's not about walking all over the place in fins and mask, which is also a way to screw up.
My mask and fins started to slide off as soon as I go under water today, then I panic and didn’t go into the water for my first dive but I did for my second dive. Have I fail already?
Nah but you need to ask yourself “why is it a big deal if my fins come off”? You have an inflatable life vest on, buddies with you, and can swim either way, right? Point is, relax and have zen focus. Once I learned to relax and stay chill in the water, it became THE most calming thing I’ve ever done. Staying calm is also the safest. You’ll make better decisions, less mistakes, and can fix problems when you’re calm.
“Don’t Panic” :)
@@ninjatango perfect reply!
Where is ur dive school guys ?
What is your experience with type 1 diabetics and scuba ? I'm a VERY well regulated type 1, and i really wanna get a scuba license.. Is it a lost cause for me?
get a medical clearance form from your nearest dive centre and proceed to your GP for an assessment.
Yay was waiting for this I’m two classes into my open water certification it’s a lot of fun 😊❤️this will help me not fail hopefully 😅😂
I followed the link to the store but when I got there everything was out of stock...
swimming must for scuba Driving?
I saw Thunderball is kid and it got me psyched about scuba
Pretty much all of the certifying agencies are good. It's the instructor that can make for a bad experience.
I've been a PADI divemaster for 36 years, and a commercial diver for 27 years. There are differences between the two disciplines. But either way haven't gotton hurt yet. Yet !
Me and my girlfriend will be doing our Open Water Course starting next Saturday in Gozo (Malta)..we are very excited and hope to get trough it smoothly :) I loved your videos on different topics, great intros for beginners ;)
Stelian Burduhos that’s what I’m doing right now!! 😂
Stelian Burduhos I love Gozo. How did it go?
Just did my open water in a murky cold canal this looks so much better lol
Where are you located and how much is Open Water course ?
I’m just about to complete my open water corse
Paul Milton Same here
Awesome! You excited?
Simply Scuba yer can’t wait
Hey there can having arthritis cause you to not be allowed to be a diver? Also I used to suffer from depression that's still on my medical record?
Dont tell them
Veni Vidi Vici Ask a dive doctor. Seriously, many things are no big deal and they’ll sign off a medical form without problems, but don’t gamble your life by lying. Diving isn’t that dangerous but you’re putting your body in an environment that it’s not made for. It doesn’t hurt to ask a professional.
ok but hear me out
those old navy suits look awsome and i re-rubberised the inside with flex seal
there will be no leaks
Did you make one for aow
I really wanna get certified. But I’m terrified about the fact that I may see sunken things which will trigger my extreme submechanophobia, sooooo ya I really don’t wanna have that happen.
Re- comment about hidden charges at some clubs, what should it aproxx cost to join a club and take ocean drive course?
Starting next Thursday and very interested in the answer
I think it was like 400 (USD) for my whole course, eLearning and pool sessions. Not sure about open water, I got a referal.
I have thassalaphobia ( fear of vast oceans) but I'm still planning to try scooba diving
wouldn't that be Scooby diving?
Hej Mark and Shaun. I really love your channel.
Can you do the 'How to pass your OWD' vid? Or do you have any tips for me concerning the check dives?
I've recently started my OWD course, something I'd never think I'd be able to do because of my heart condition (I got cleared to dive by a dive physician who's also pediatric cardiologist prior starting to dive), second pool dive tomorrow (actually, fourth but the first two were Discover SCUBA programs). I've been wanting to learn how to dive since age 12 but at the time my cardiologist advised against that due to high risk of pneumothorax. At the time I didn't know where he coming from but now I get it. But that was years ago, I'm now twenty and like I said my dive physician signed me off and my instructor also knows that I've had open heart surgery in infancy. I'm so glad I am able to pursue my dream of becoming a SCUBA diver. I'll be doing my four open water dives in Hemmoor, northern Germany in three weeks from now. Have you ever gone diving there?
I mean people do say it's one of the top dive destinations in Germany, and northern Europe.
By the way, your channel is amazing. I enjoy your content very much, it always makes me laugh. I don't know how many times I have rewatched your vids. Greetings from Germany...
Eva Z. How did it go? Did you pass? Hemmoor is cool. A popular destination for technical divers from The Netherlands (my country) as well due to the depth you can reach.
thanks for the tips☺, a part two would be nice
No worries! Yeah, you can count on us making a part two!
+Simply Scuba Thankyou so much😊
The main problem im having is listening :( I've never been a good listener and having water in my ears and trying to pay attention without glasses doesn't make it easier, plus I live a stressful lifestyle and job and rarely getting enough sleep. I have days I perform well and then the next week my nerve has left me for that session and my instructors and I can't seem to figure out why
#9 don't turn your air tank(s) into underwater rocket drives.
I’m dead, grandfathers gear🤣
I failed by not ever going on any scuba courses, I can’t dive. Does that count?
Of course, it does Taye... nice work... I think?? 🧐🧐🧐
Simply Scuba Well, I’m going to do it sometime soon. So yeah, I’ll pass it sometime in the next couple of years hopefully.
@@tayetrotman well...did you go take the course yet? Hope you did! This is a fun sport
Go to st Lucia and do the padi classes. They had students who have never dove before passing advance certification after 8 dives.....
Used to be like that in Egypt
I've been waiting for this one 🤣
On a side note another way you can do it is if you go into deco idk how you can for regular OW but if you do it's a guarantee fail
I mean you could just cesa from 60 for no reason but other than that, yeah idk
Scuba Steve and Underwater Rock Climbing Is that a guaranteed fail? I’d say it’s a valuable lesson (if your instructor finds out before you’re past your ceiling).
Tried getting scuba certified in Florida. Was supposed to dive in the bays but due to weather it got cancelled and we only had one other choice. A hour inland was vortex springs they told us the water was a little chilly but it was cold as could be it was like 64 degrees on the surface and even colder below needless to say my 3mm wetsuit didn't help froze my but off and wasn't able to complete my course 🤷. Gunna try again some other time in florida. Won't be going back to vortex springs lol 😂 this dude will stick with 80 degrees water!!!
Did my first pool sessions this week, the instructor stopped me because I had pins and needles all in my hand and arm, and starting to affect one side of my face and my hands were shaking alot, I tried to continue wityh the ok sign but she saw me shaking and stopped it. I didnt feel ill or anything and have no idea what it was.. anyone got any ideas? Im doing it again next week and dont want it to happpen again. I think its one of two things, bcd on too tight or breathing to heavily and not correctly resulting in a build up of co2 maybe?
Yikes.
Hyperventilating- oxygen not being absorbed into the blood. Force yourself to breathe slowly- breathe in, then take longer to breathe out.
Ashley AMV Yeah, probably hyperventilating like Deb says. Or if you were wearing a drysuit your neck seal was too tight, but since you were in a pool probably a wetsuit. Main advice is to take deep slow breaths. And don’t be afraid to signal “not ok” to your instructor. There’s no shame in reporting a problem and catching something early can prevent a more serious problem, so if you’re not feeling well or even if you’re not sure don’t signal “ok” but use the wavy hand sign.
Breath slowly stay calm and don’t panic. Try breathing techniques for relaxation before your next pool session
What are some of the best diving schools and the yearly cost/cost in general?
Damn, I'm really not sure, but I hope someone comes along. Just noticed your comment was a little lonely.
Weasle 65 Thanks
I passed my exams and confined dives over the weekend and I go to the Bahamas on Friday and do my open water dives this weekend. I'm very excited, but nervous! I have been on 6 dives (doing the discovery scuba course 3 times) and I'm more nervous now than I was even before my first ever time diving.
How did it go? Diving a lot now?
I want to do my rescue diver can you?
We made a video about that - ruclips.net/video/O2muAHhzf1A/видео.html
@@simplyscuba thanks
I had a pretty lousy instructor, I had two instructors one was a old and wise and patient diver who dove for the police while the bad one is a foreign diver without certification then came to America to teach and vape around the pool. One time after class we were washing off the gear and he grabbed this 13 year old girl who messed up like twice on small things like not understanding his bull crap made up signals that he didn’t go over before hand and told her that she held up the class, no patience with her at all.
Rofl racing your instructor to the surface & 3rd choice mash the button !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just dove the Blue Hole in Belize! It was incredible.. Just uploaded a video about it too :)
I passed my open water in the late 90's 97 I think. No idea where my card is.
My dive partner 16 year old girl did not pass.
THIS is what i LOVEEE to see on this channel!!❤❤❤🌍
Awww you made us blush Cringe VideoGames ☺️ ☺️ ☺️
😂😂😂😂😂❤
Our dive master would not pass my wife for open water PADI because she would hold her nose when doing a mask clearing. She gets water up the nose and starts choking.
I had the same experience with that part, was the hardest part for me. Taking off the mask, then putting it back on forces some water up your nose. It doesn't feel good at all, but you just gotta tough it out.
Yeah, if you also look down, less water will go up your nose
There is definitely a learned skill to closing off something in the back of your throat/post-nasal area so that you mostly don’t get water up your nose, because the small fixed volume of your sinuses is separated from the much larger variable volume of your lungs. I must have learned this as a small child. I only realized it wasn’t a universal reflex when I tried to explain it to my wife (who kept getting water up her nose) and she looked at me like I had just asked her why she wasn’t using her gills. This is one of those nebulous “comfortable in the water” things, because my 5 year old has clearly figured it out already, and my wife never has. I’d be pretty nervous diving if I somehow lost the ability to do this.
@@b_t_s8792 Has she ever held her breath? Hold your breath now while puffing up your cheeks. If she had ever done that...
CMAS III for 30 years, I send my girlfriends that I want to dive with, on Openwater. They can't fail in blue water. Unless, they can't put their heads underwater OR panic underwater, which means they forget all instructions given. Openwater is great for the discovery of the sea. Difficult to fail. At this level no risk but at any level Panic can kill.
Did you say asthmatics can't dive?
No, he just said it needs to be disclosed
The hair @5:49 surely that's a fail?
While I haven't failed a course, or in turn failed a diver, I've been in full agreement of a fellow "candidate" failing his IDC, for psychological reasons.
Here's some don't for becoming an instructor:
1: Don't dive drunk.
2: Don't blame a fellow candidate for leading a dive where you're drunk.
3: Don't continue the dive back to depth when everyone else is ending theirs.
5: Don't try to get your fellow candidates black out drunk.
5: Don't brag about there being a "revolving door" outside a fellow candidates bungalow.
6: Don't brag about using the "other entry" on a fellow candidate.
7: Don't be an asshole.
8: Don't have an obvious Cluster-B diagnosis.
Sounds like your IDC was a little chaotic. Mine was all business: ten candidates (including myself), we spent all day in the classroom, pool or ocean and all night studying together. There was some beer with our studying, but no shenanigans -- we were all there to succeed. Our CD had zero tolerance for any bad behavior; he became the Director of Training for PADI in our region not long after our IDC.
@@IdRatherBeDiving-vr5gk This was just that one guy, his nickname was the name of the island he was from, Australian territory. Similar class size, but we had 3 CDs, and the IDC was massive, multiple dive shops, probably closer to 50 candidates for the tests.
Koh Tao, Thailand, the most prolific certifying location in the world. I was at the second largest dive shop on the island, not sure of international ranking but largest on the island is largest in the world.
What if you pee in your wet suit?
Can you shout out Flat irons scuba and travel because they do not have enough funds for a pool plz shout them out? ;) www.flatironsscuba.com/
@agua man Me saying that almost a year ago and now getting my basic certification in July XD
@@bird9164 finished yet? Pee in someone else's wetsuit for fail method #9
I dunno, old gear that is well maintained is not so bad. My father gave me one of his BCDs. (Sea Quest Spectrum 4). The thing works great. Free gear is free gear, and if it works like it's supposed to, who cares. I would say a failure could be diving below your limit. If you're doing that, you're probably not watching your gauges or still need to improve on buoyancy.
Watching this because I have my open water dive tomorrow lol
I hope it goes well, tell us how you get on!
You fail people for calling fins flippers and a mask goggles? that's very petty.
Not really. Passing your open water course is a lot to do with paying attention. If you’re calling fins flippers and a mask goggles you’re probably calling air oxygen and a bc/bcd a vest. Which also means you probably don’t understand the principles behind their proper/safe use.
@@romespinali air and oxygen - sure, but the others? I'm not a native English speaker, so I don't know why why are "goggles", "flippers", and "vest" wrong
WarMike_1 Just as it’s important for a diver to understand the difference between air and oxygen, so too is it important to understand these other differences.
Goggles cover only the eyes and are used to swim and play on the surface, where as a mask has a nose pocket which allows you to equalize the pressure within the mask. This is crucial to preventing what’s called a squeeze on the eyes/face.
Flippers refers to an aquatic animals appendages were as fins are what scuba and free divers use to maneuver. This one is somewhat trivial but still a pet peeve of most Instructors.
When I say vest I mean as in a life vest which is completely different to the Buoyancy Compensator used in diving. BCs are an absolutely integral piece of diving equipment used to maintain neutral buoyancy at depth as well as help one float on the surface.
Others have already mentioned this but it’s not like a “failing” grade means you’re done with the course and cannot be certified. Rather, it means the instructor will have to go over these topics again to make sure you understand why you were wrong. Then you have to retake another version of the same test.
The aim of any recreational scuba course is to ultimately certify safe and competent divers. Even if some students require a little extra coaching.
I agree...seems like really splitting hairs.
@@romespinali okay, goggles are swimming glasses, but flippers and fins have the same word in Russian - "ласты" and there is no big difference imo.
I would love to hear the fish equivalent of an open water test but for them to be on dry land instead 😂😂
I learned alot from a divemaster who failed his open water the first time because he flooded his mask from the bottom instead of the top when it was time to do the skill.
For the price of that course I better not fail 🤦♂️😂
during confined water training an instructor will identify problematic students..Certain skills such as mask clearing is a big stress task for some..Reinforced training usually corrects the issue..Certain open water check outs can further test you..I always recommend that wherever you are going to do most of your diving..Thats where you do your check outs..Carribean diving is certainly much less stressful than northeast atlantic ocean diving..The best part of this equation is that if you are a northeast diver most of the time..When u take a trip to the careibean..diving is a snap!..safe diving..
Personally I had to do my open water twice,
In Scotland we call them flippers and goggles all the time... just sounds better and it’s pretty much instinct.
And are incorrect terms. Perfect for landlubbers, bad for divers.
@@internetpeople1064 The purpose for speaking is to express an idea (normally). Can you honestly say you don't understand when someone says flipper or goggle? IDK too many people who would not understand what you mean. So if they aren't using those terms correctly, would it be ok for someone to be failed for not speaking perfect English (language of choice)? I use fin and mask, but it isn't a big deal to me. However, I'm not the instructor! lol cheers
I am the guy who had the bailiff show up at my house..... the check I wrote them bounced, she tried to drown me and took my rubber duck as collateral 😞