Certification Level and Specialties

Place your certification level and specialities here so others may find you.

PADI Oxygen First Aid
PADI Rescue Diver
PADI Medic First Aid
PADI Instructor CPR/AED
PADI Divemaster
American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional
PADI Multilevel
PADI Night
PADI Peak Performsnce Bouyancy
PADI Deep
PADI Enriched Air
PADI Underwater Naturalist
PADI Wreck
PADI Computer
PADI Underwater Navigator
PADI Advance Open Water
PADI Master Scuba Diver
PADI Diving Society
IANTD Optima Rebreather
IANTD Advanced Recreational Trimix
Drysuit
Videographer
PADI IDC (02/24 - 04/13)
Passed the IE 4/14/07- Now PADI OWSI
Working on PADI MSDT

Lars,

So you're saying you're new to diving?!

;) Sarah

CMAS Open Water
CMAS Advanced
CMAS Diver Master
PADI Enriched Air
PDIC Medic First Aid
PDIC Rescue Diver
PDIC Instructor Assistent

see ya.

just remember , boys and girls

You can buy the gear, you can buy the cards and if you kiss the right ass, you can buy the boat ride but you can never buy experience. ;)

Yea,

Been diving for a little bit. Sort of become the mother hen when
it comes to watching others. Alway thinking about the safety of
others, thats why the training. I don't want to be unprepared.
Having a well rounded Knowledge base, using something learned
in one area to apply to another has really rounded out my abilities.
My friends say of there is anyone they would want to be lost at
sea with, it Lars.

It's a way of life.

Hi Lars
Watching out for the safety of others and being prepared is a good thing when diving ,
Keep up the good work My friend :)

First one was SSI OW last one was CDAA Cave with about 500 or so dives in between with a number of other courses. Not sure how many dives to be exact cause i dont log them.

Matt

I haven't gotten to cave certs yet. That is schedule though.
I'm in, guess what? More training right now, yup. It's down time right
now. The Ocean where I'm at is like 54 degree's, which is fine, but the
4-6 swells will get to me. See, I'm a wus.. I get sea sick. Love diving
though. Love the heck out of it, so as you well know, once I get down about
15 feet or so, I'm one happy little pup.

Cavern and Cave 1 is schedule for sometime in May/June, schedule
permittining. I have the instructor lined up. I love the caverns, but video'ing
just caverns is not enough. I've penatrated a few time, I know, pretty stupid
but I feel confident with my Nav, bouyancy, Pin Fivots, frog kick, etc..
but that is no reason or excuse and I know it. It's the dude that follows
me like an elephant in a china store that gets me. Siltin everything up.
(Hey it looked real clear on the way in, what's the problem?). I know
how wonderful, beautiful some of these cave systems look. I know
it can draw you in to see just a little more. For those who are reading this
and are not cave certified, DO NOT go in unless you know what you
are doing. That means "Training and practice". Just remember, many
explorers who came before us, some died, so that we know how to do
it better, today. Don't repeat the mistakes of others. Don't become a
statistic. preaching again...

I want to learn it, not neccessarily to cave dive, but to understand the
lingo, understand conversations (I live in cave country), better my
knowledge base and of course penetrate (with very experenced cave divers)
when the opportunity arises and to be responsible. A lot of my friends are
cave divers and listening to them peaks my curiousity, yet they alway
remind me of the dangers.

Thanks for the feedbacks.. It's alway nice to give and receive positive
responses. Thats why I like diving so much, not just for the sport itself,
but the diversity of the character of the people.

well lets see, i have open water, aow, emergancy first responder, rescue, nitrox ( ean40 ), digital underwater photographer. and i have 56 logged dives. not bad since i got my first cert back in febuaury 27th 2005.

Nice Job Jeff! Quite a number of accomplishments and dives! in 2 years.
Are you preparing for DM? That would be your next logical step towards
a prefessional career? Keep up the hard work... Dive dive dive...

Cheers,

only time will tell if i do the dm or not. for right now i have no plans to do it. but only time will tell. i might do it in the near future though. i'd like to at some point. it'll be nice to add that title under my belt as well

PADI DM
PADI Drysuit
PADI O2 Admin
PADI EAN diver
EFR,
BSAC SD
RYA Advanced Powerboat
RYA Marine VHF
Merchant Marine Sea Survival

187 dives and counting!

Next will be TDI Advanced nitrox and Deco procedures then PADI IDC.

Hmmm.....let's see.....

PADI Master Scuba Diver - 2005
PADI Boat Diver (I know....) - 2005
PADI U/W Photographer - 2005
PADI U/W Navigator - 2005
PAID Rescue Diver - 2005
ARC/AHA CPR - Continuous since 2000
ARC/AHA First Aid - Continuous since 2000
AHA AED - 2005
PADI Nitrox Diver - 2004
REEF Fish ID - 2003
REEF Creature ID - 2003
PADI AOW - 2001
NAUI Scuba Diver - 2001
SSI OW - 1987

Looking forward....
PADI Divemaster - Summer 2007?

Cards are cards. The only training above that I thought wasn't very useful was Boat, and it was a freebie. Even at that, the wife gained some training in tying knots during the boat class. I was just reviewing stuff I already knew, so I guess it wasn't completely useless. ;)

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Originally Posted by gobfish1

just remember , boys and girls

You can buy the gear, you can buy the cards and if you kiss the right ass, you can buy the boat ride but you can never buy experience. ;)

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AMEN TO THAT!!

you can add undewater wisdom to that line . .

PDIC Instructor Trainer
TDI NITROX instructor/deco/extended range . . trimix by mid this year . . hopefully . . Limited viz/night/nav/deep/medic-first aid/CPROX/rescue/Dive Supervisor. .blah blah . . and unofficially, wreck (trained, but didn't get the c-card). . :p

number of logs? dunno. . .stopped logging at a thousand dives back in 2000. but that would include my training dives. yep. i log my training dives. that way i remember who did what as well as track underwater behavior of students for future reference. that's the only thing i log nowadays. call me a control freak . . am proud of it! :D

to the newbies, log your dives. i wish i didn't stop logging them. now it's hard to start again . .

i'm guessing ur pinoy?

umm,

SSI DiveCon Instructor
SSI Rescue Instructor
React Right forst aid (undergoing instructor course)
Wreck diving
navigation
night/limited vis
SSI eanx instr
DPV diver
underwater naturalist
u/w scientific diving instructor
ANDI SafeAir Instructor
ANDI Technical safeair diver+ERD
IANTD Technical+normoxic-tir-mix +Trimix tech diver
undergoing aprentiship for IANTD advanced EANx instructor
search and recovery diver Israeli police force volenteer
search and recovery instructor
computer specialty instr
drysuit diver
u/w photography
deep diving specialty instructor
Israeli Star of David O2 provider
Dep diving afety officer at institute for marine science Eilat Israel
close to 3000 dives


thats it i think.

i fully agree with you gobfish1
unfortunately one sees people with lots of money and no experiance.

i have been in the diving induistry for 8 years
i have had the displeasure to have seen IT's "made" in 3 years :(

Padi O.W.
Padi A.O.W.
working on nitrox.

Im kinda new to diving. Got my first cert. 6 months ago. Only 22 dives...But, I got my eye on lars2923's list!!

Hi divers, well I am not going to go head to head with the list of cert cards here, but a little about me and my diving style.
I have over 1000 dives life time and dive from 25 ft shore and river dives to cavern, and off shore wrecks
I dive single AL80 up to CCR.
Now the controversial part, my CCR is of my own design.
I work in the compressed air industry in new product development and with breathing air system design for over 20 years.
So before you go off saying this guy is nuts and will kill himself on a self built Rebreather, I have the back ground to design and build what I fell are better than commercial units.
I do not expect you to agree with my above statement as for I am only one man with one mans opinion, but its mine, and my safety is also mine as well.
What I have done is taken all the data that I have researched on commercial made CCRs and make every attempt to design out the known flaws of each unit to make an even better CCR.
OK by now you are most likely saying man this guy has a big head and is probably complacent, well that is not the case and that is what will get you killed.
Sure I have a stack of c cards, spent good money just to go through the motions and get the next c card, but I agree with =
Just like quoted before in prior post there is no replacement for experience.
You are responsible for your own safety.
This is my dive style.

Every good rebreather was designed by one guy......don't be so hard on yourself....Dave Sutton designed the Inspiration rebreather, and look where it is now!

I personally find CCR's intresting, the institute i work in has just got 3 rebreathers for the twilight zone research, i would love to hear specifics about your rebreather if possible.
i do believe that everything is possible and a good reboreather is built by good research and continueing improvment.
i would love to hear about yours.

Daniel,

You'll get more of a response about rebreathers if you post your question over in the rebreather forums.

I feel really humble in the company of some real good divers with so much experience and training.

Padi - O/W
SSI - Drysuite
SSI - Stress & Rescue

Been diving for about three years now. I have only about 50 or so dives loged but with out diging out my log book it's just a guess. I do intend to get more training this summer but will depend on my work schedule and there training schedule.

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Originally Posted by iDiveChick

Daniel,

You'll get more of a response about rebreathers if you post your question over in the rebreather forums.

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Thanks :)

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Originally Posted by Diverdaniel

I personally find CCR's intresting, the institute i work in has just got 3 rebreathers for the twilight zone research, i would love to hear specifics about your rebreather if possible.
i do believe that everything is possible and a good reboreather is built by good research and continueing improvment.
i would love to hear about yours.

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As soon as i can get some time for myself and buddies to update are web sight, i can give some more info.
our sight is www.rebreathertech.com and most of the info on the page is out dated and was just when we were F ing around with breathers, so the pictures are lame to what we have going on now.
I would be happy to get some more info out I just want to be careful what we show as for we do not want any one getting a big head and getting hurt or worse, if you would like to ask questions please do so off line.
waynej528@rcn.com

PADI - O.W.D.
BSAC - Sports Diver :confused: (it was a gift from a Korean Dive Resort owner)
CMAS - Two Star Diver (Advance-Rescue)
Philippine Red Cross - B.L.S. Trained

and

** Advanced Fire Spinner ** :D :o :p

PADI-Open Water
PADI-Advanced Open Water
PADI- Rescue Diver
American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional
Equipment Repair Certification for Sherwood and Atomic Gear
Thinking of trying Voodoo gas next or Digital Underwater Photography.
Rebreathers are WAY OFF the list for me...I've heard too many horror stories. and I guess it just spooks me.

Don't let rebreathers spook ya.
2 things to do, after you've decided to buy one.
1) Monitor your PPO
2) Stay within the manufactures recommendation for the life of your scrubber
You've be fine... they are a blast... I believe the future of diving.
Get in now and you'll be sitting pretty when the crowd comes running for a rebreather.