I made my first dive with a dry suit in open water on December25th, 2005 off the east side of Big Mosquito Island in Jeju Korea. I had done a couple pool exercises the weekend before and figured it shouldn”t be a problem.
Our first dive was to 100 fsw. I was using Nitrox EAN 32 for this dive. The islands off this area of Jeju are old volcanic vents which the magma cooled and solidified in. Over a few millennium, the outer dome eroded off and left the solidified magma like a monolith rising from the sea bed almost 200 fsw below. This is wall diving. Read the rest of this entry »
Doc recently conducted an Instructor Trainer Seminar at the Daejin Sports Center. The course ran from December 19th-27th, 2009.
Among the candidates was Doc’s wife Chae. She has logged over 1000 dives and is a PADI Staff Instructor.
Congratulations Chae! Well done.
Doc, top left; Chae, bottom center
Last time we talked about surface air consumption rate and how to calculate it using an Aluminum 80 cylinder. But what if you change to a different sized cylinder? This time, I”ll show you how to convert your Surface Air Consumption Rate to Respiratory Minute Volume so you can calculate bottom time with different sized cylinders. Read the rest of this entry »
Waiting to Dive
Well, Beth and Devin finished up. I know this post is overdue, but better late than never. Beth went with us twice since being certified and Devin once. They are both going to Jeju on Columbus Day for their first tropical experience.
Congratulations guys.
WetROKsdiving is conducting an Open Water certification course in July in Daegu. Cost is 700,000 which includes student materials, all rental equipment for the entire course, four confined water dives and four open water dives. You will be required to complete the academic portions of the course online at SSI’s web site. We will provide you with instructions on how to login when you sign up. The schedule is as follows:
Sat, July 11th – Meet at the Doo-Ryu park swimming pool. Review knowledge reviews from the online course, take test. Confined water 1 & 2.
Sun, July 12th – Open Water 1 & 2 on East Coast
Sat, July 18th – Confined Water 3 & 4 at the Doo-Ryu park swimming pool.
Sun, July 19th – Open Water 3 & 4 on East Coast
(course locations and schedule subject to change if the weather doesn’t cooperate)
Sign up deadline is July 3rd. Contact Frank or Bob from wetROKsdiving at info@wetroksdiving.com.
Bob is conducting an Open Water Certification Course starting 30 May through 14 June in Daegu. Sign up by 26 May to reserve your slot. Call Bob at 011-9682-6287 or email him at robert.lang@wetroksdiving.com for more information.