Wednesday, April 26, 2017

NEW LIFE FORM DISCOVERED? Last day in Hoodsport diving... Final tally below



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Day 3. Sunrise Motel. Hoodsport, Washington. Puget Sound

Final tally: 7 dives, 240 minutes, deepest dive 103ft

#PugetSound #HoodsportWA #ColdWaterDiving #DrysuitDiving #PlumoseAnemone #MetridiumAnemone #BlackPerch #Seastars #LoveInTheAfternoon #AlabasterNudibranch #MyDirona #Nudibranchs #AlienLifeForm #SunriseMotel&DiveResort

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Diving with Brad and Adrian, day 2. Check out the prawns eating phytopla...



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Day 2. Sunrise Motel. Hoodsport, Washington. Puget Sound

#PugetSound #HoodsportWA #ColdWaterDiving #DrysuitDiving #NightDiving #PlumoseAnemone #MetridiumAnemone #SpotPrawn #RockFish #Seastars #DeepDiving #SMBdeployment

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Monday, April 24, 2017

Dive #1 at Sunrise Motel... Night dive after arriving in town...



#ScubaDiving #Scuba #HoodsportWA #PugetSound #NightDiving

The bioluminescence was visible, large prawns are back, and a large GPO is under the shallow boat!

Brad is here to complete is Advanced Open Water and Adrian came to work towards his Master Diver...

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Sunday, April 16, 2017

A save a dive kit for scuba diving. What is it? Who needs one?



A "Save a Dive Kit" is a collection of parts and pieces that the diver will take with them to make sure that they can get into the water.

Just because something breaks doesn't mean you have to sit out a dive. I'll show you what's in mine and you can build yours to meet your needs or equipment.
While I am an instructor and a equipment service technician, there are some things that everyone should have.

Except for the specialty tools, I recommend buying inexpensive tools as in most salt air conditions, your tools will rust.

Inexpensive tools can be thrown away and replaced with little out of pocket expense.

#Save-a-dive-kit #save-a-dive #saveadive #saveadivekit #spareparts #beingprepared #myequipmentbroke #hadtositoutadive

Friday, April 14, 2017

A sneak peak at the SDI Solo Diver Course...



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SDI Solo Diver Course
Chapter 1
Introduction

New divers are traditionally taught that everyone needs to dive with a
buddy. The reasons cited for this wisdom range from: "They can help you if
you have problem," to "You will have someone to enjoy your experience
with." When one is gaining experience and growing one's comfort level
this advice holds true with the condition that the person one buddies with
is competent, attentive, and unselfish. However, and this takes many divers
by surprise, as we gain experience, independent diving or going solo is still
deeply frowned upon by a large number of instructors, dive operations,
and resorts...

#solodiving #solodiver #sdisolodiver #sdisolodivercourse

Take the SDI Solo Diver Course with JCA Elite Scuba. Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington

Autonomy, confidence, and self-sufficiency!
 
Take my SDI Solo Diver Course.
 
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#scuba #SDISoloDiverCourse #SoloDiver #scubadiver #PortlandOR #VancouverWA
 
 

Monday, April 10, 2017

Celebrity Scuba Divers... Do you recognize them?



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Celebrity Scuba Divers

Do you recognize them?

#CelebrityScubaDivers
#ClaireDanes
#DeniseRichards
#JacquelineBisset
#JamesCameron
#Ted
#MarkWahlberg
#NeilArmstrong
#ParisHilton
#PaulWalker
#EmmaThompson
#PierceBrosnan
#PrinceWilliam
#Hawkeye
#Blue
#Pink

Claire Danes
Denise Richards
Jacqueline Bisset
James Cameron
Ted
Mark Wahlberg
Neil Armstrong
Paris Hilton
Paul Walker
Emma Thompson
Pierce Brosnan
Prince William
Hawkeye
Blue
Pink

The greatest fight scene underwater AND on scuba gear



https://youtu.be/nP9ihPk_-ck

Knife fights, spear guns, and tiger sharks, oh my...!!!

#scuba #diving #scubadiving #knifefights #spearguns #spyvsspy

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Diving in the Puget Sound at "Yellow House" in Hoodsport, Washington with April on her birthday

 

Diving in the Puget Sound at "Yellow House" in Hoodsport, Washington with April on her birthday...

#hoodsport #hoodsportWA #HoodSportNDive #yellowhouse #PugetSound #divinginthepugetsound #coldwaterdiving

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Who is responsible when a scuba diver dies? "Rob Stewarts family is taki...


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#RobStewart
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REFERENCES

10. "'Justin Theroux suffered scuba diving scare during honeymoon' -- MY ANALYSIS AND TONGUE LASHING...!!!" ~ https://goo.gl/zo7m5e

11. Rob Stewart vanished while boat crew rushed to aid dive partner, Metro, February 1, 2017. ~ http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2017/02/01/rob-stewart-sharkwater-florida-dive.html

12. Toronto filmmaker Rob Stewart found dead: U.S. Coast Guard. The Globe and Mail, February 3, 2017. ~ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/us-coast-guard-to-suspend-search-for-toronto-filmmaker-rob-stewart/article33899274/

13. "Canadian Director Found Dead in the Florida Keys". The Hollywood Reporter, February 3, 2017. ~ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadian-documentary-maker-missing-florida-keys-970904

14. "Rob Stewart, Canadian filmmaker who vanished during Florida dive, found dead". The Canadian Press. February 4, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2017 – via National Post. ~ http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/search-for-canadian-filmmaker-missing-since-florida-dive-suspended-after-body-found

15. "Canadian filmmaker's family expected to announce wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against several individuals and companies". flkeysnews. Retrieved 2017-03-28. ~ http://www.flkeysnews.com/news/local/article141115168.htm

16. "Rob Stewart Biography" ~ http://www.sharkwater.com/index.php/shark-education/rob-stewart-biography/

17. "Sharkwater Filmmaker Rob Stewart Dies at 37 While Deep-sea Diving in Florida" ~ http://people.com/movies/rob-stewart-filmmaker-dies/

18. "What Happened to Rob Stewart?" ~ https://www.outsideonline.com/2154621/rob-stewart-obituary

19. "Family of filmmaker who died on a dive in the Keys is taking legal action" ~ http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article141170173.html

20. "Alex Brylske: Addressing the Issue of Diver Competence" ~ https://jcaelitescuba.com/articles/Address-the-Issue-of-Diver-Competence.htm
 
21. "Bret Gilliam: Dive Training Today, A Perspective" ~ https://jcaelitescuba.com/articles/Dive-Training-Today-A-Perspective.htm

22. "The Human Factors of Diving Accidents in Pools By Mark Green" ~ https://www.questia.com/magazine/1P3-92284423/the-human-factors-of-diving-accidents-in-pools

23. "Swiss Cheese Model" ~ http://www.eurocontrol.int/eec/gallery/content/public/document/eec/report/2006/017_Swiss_Cheese_Model.pdf

24. "HUMAN FACTORS IN DIVING By Michael A Blumenberg" ~ https://goo.gl/cYtNOz)
  
25. "Human Factors in Diving; DEMA, Las Vegas, NV; SDI TDI ERDI YouTube Channel" ~ https://youtu.be/TumM1t_imzM
  
26. "Human Factors Skills in Diving Review of Presentation at DEMA" ~ https://youtu.be/uWhCgEYOYLA
  
27. "Diving Medicine for SCUBA Divers: Why Divers Die, Chapter 34" ~ http://www.divingmedicine.info/Ch%2034%20SM10c.pdf
28. "Potentially Fatal Scuba Diving Accident Intervention Bahamas 12/04/08 HD" ~ https://youtu.be/W30cufYc_ZI

29. "Scuba Diver Panic" ~ https://youtu.be/dnWKS5DzKRU

30. "Situational Awareness" ~ https://youtu.be/lFp3dup_s3s

31. "When a training agency decides it is more important than its instructor members or, worse, the training agency helps the plaintiff sue its own members" ~ https://recreation-law.com/2014/12/17/when-a-training-agency-decides-it-is-more-important-than-its-instructor-members-or-worse-the-training-agency-helps-the-plaintiff-sue-its-own-members/

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Monday, April 3, 2017

Scuba diving and sign language don't mix. Don't sign and dive! Focus on ...



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As a leader in the dive industry, I've grown personally and professionally by challenging myself to consider alternatives perspectives. Failing to challenge established methods, modalities, and techniques will only doom us to continue to make the same mistakes. I am grateful to my mentors that have helped to shape me as an person which has ultimately resulted in becoming the best diving instructor for my students.

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I found a post within a forum that shows a failure in scuba diving education. I'm really very surprised about the number of people that don't see how incredibly dangerous incorporating American Sign Language (ASL) into scuba diving practices are. I believe that having access to scuba diving regardless of handicap is imperative. So much so that I've taught divers with various disabilities. However, the common theme with every student is NEVER their disability rather their ability. Even without a physical disability there is a lot to learn during the educational process. Scuba diving is physically challenging not to mention emotionally. The new diver will learn to use muscles they never thought about, overcome urges to do things that could result in injury or death, as well as having to manage equipment that has no correlation in the terrestrial world.... (the rest of the description is in the video)

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