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Open
Water certification (OW)
This is the basic certification. It consists of about 16 hours of
instruction. Usually about 4 two-hour classroom sessions
followed by two-hour pool sessions. This is the standard class, however
MDS provides special arrangements and private instruction.
The pool sessions teach you the
skills you demonstrate on the open water weekend. You are
actually diving in the pool. The classroom sessions give you a
basic understanding of the following topics:
- The Underwater World
- Adapting to the Underwater
World
- The Dive Environment
- Dive Accessories
- Special Dive Tables &
Computer Procedures
The open water weekend consists of
4 dives over two days practicing the same skills you learned while you
were diving in the pool.
- Mask flooding and clearing
- Regulator recovery
- Ascents/Descents
- Buoyancy (Fin pivots)
- and other skills
Program consists of:
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