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MAC DIVE 1.4.0

UWE, has added the latest Mac Dive Program for the Suunto Dive computers. Be sure to stop by the Downloads section and up date your file!

Advanced Nitrox/Decomprocdures for Bruno

Today was the first day for the Advanced Nitrox/Decoprocedures course, after a morning full of academics and gear set up, it was off to Tuwanek for a skills dive!

Dive One of this course has a pretty steep learning curve, not only does the student have to get use to the idea of diving on the doubles, but then introduce the stage bottle, V drills, S drills, donning and doffing of bottles, and the SAC swim. Bruno did an excellent job!!

Tec Training in Sechelt Inlet

Jeremy completed dive two of is his Advanced Nitrox and Decompressions Procedures course. We made our way to the sail boat at Tuwanek point as the start point for the dive.

The dive plan was to use 34% Nitrox in the doubles as our back gas, and then do a NOTOX gas switch to the second gas we hand in our stage bottles. That mix as 50% Nitrox, so our planned change at 50fsw, would allow us to stay there as long as the gas lasted, without any concerns for the no decompression limit.

The first level of our dive as around 97 fsw for 30 minutes…then a slow ascent to the 50 fsw level in order to make our gas switch. Once at the level we continued with our swim, and at approximately the 50 minute point in the dive Jeremy popped a lift bag for our ascent to the surface. At this point we did some share air drills, and gas shut down drills for practice. Overall Jeremy did an amazing job!!

Stay tuned for the story on dive 3…and if you are interested in Technical Training, be sure to contact Suncoast Diving and hurry and get signed up for our next course!

SDI Deep Training

[SinglePic not found]A big congratulations to Jeremy, he completed is SDI Deep course today, and lucked out but doing his 130 foot dive on the HMCS Chaudiere. Visibility was easily 50 – 70 feet. We did our skills down deep, and then slowly ascended and was able to conduct a couple of swim throughs.

Dive 2 was done at 9 mile point. We were diving on EANx 34, so we had tons of bottom time. Though the best part of the dive was at the 45 – 55 foot level where we happened on to an octopus guarding her eggs in her den. What a beautiful sight!!

Interested in seeing what we see…be sure to stop by Suncoast Diving and sign up for a charter or learn to dive class!!