Legs

Today a group of us from Asia Divers joined Master Divers on the MV Trident for a wreck dive on a ship called the torpedo. It took 2 hrs to get to the site which allowed for a leisurely dive briefing, gear setup and very nice beans and bacon sandwich breakfast (first time I've had bacon that's been cooked properly and not to a crisp) There were about 4 groups of us, we let the 2 tec diving groups go first as they had long deco stops to do. Our 2 dives were planned for 42m with 1 min stops at 23m, 13m and a 3 min stop at 5m. Me, Phil, Alice and our Instructor Jamie got into the water and dropped down the line fairly rapid to maximise our air. As I got to ... read more

It's been a while since I last posted on my blog, well I've been busy on the IDC (Instuctor Development Course), I spent the tail end of my first week in Koh Tao ill (won't fill you in on the gory details) and doing some studying for the IDC. We spent 4 days doing prep for the IDC and spent most of the day in the classroom, we're now on day 6 of the IDC and have been doing mock exams to test our theory knowledge, presentations to test our instructional ability, giving confined water lessons and demonstrating skills underwater, as well as giving open water lessons and rescue scenarios. The days have been long with the longest being 07:30-17:00. The group size has grown now to an even 8 and everyone has been doing well ... read more