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Unit 6- Dive Planning and Recording
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Student Performance:
Performance Statement:
Describe to the students what, by the end of this lesson, will be expected of
them, and to what degree.
If you wait until the night or even the week before a dive to
start planning, it may be too late to pull everything together.
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Unit 6- Dive Planning and Recording
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Plan the objective: you might want to practice your navigation skills or try
out a new underwater camera. Your objective might also be to see a new area
of the world and the diving it has to offer.
Select the location: Your location could be anywhere in the world, and take
from a few minutes to a number of days to reach. You should also discuss an
alternate location in case conditions are unacceptable at your primary location.
Determine the date and time: Be aware of any conflicting activities that
might affect the date you want to dive, including plans you have made for the
night before the dive. You should not consume alcohol within 12 hours of a
planned dive. It is even better if you do not consume alcohol within 24 hours
of a planned dive. You should not be hung over and you must be well rested.
Make travel arrangements: This could be anything from deciding whether
you or your buddy will drive to the dive site to making airline, hotel, and boat
reservations.
Determine your equipment needs: Check to see if your buoyancy
compensator or regulator needs annual servicing. Different diving suits will
change the amount of weight you need to wear to ensure that you have good
buoyancy control during your dive.
Determine whether you need to refresh your skills: If you have not been
diving in six months or more, a refresher is a good way to brush up on your
knowledge and water skills.
It is vital to prepare a to-do list for arranging your dive.
Review on
Long Range Planning
What have you learned so far?
Typical items:
Check conditions:
Let someone know of
your plans:
Typical items:
Typical items include air fills for your scuba cylinders, film, sunscreen,
seasickness medication, fishing licenses, light sticks for night diving,
and defog for your mask. Your list should also include spare parts for
your diving equipment.
Check conditions:
One or two days before your trip check the weather trends, water
conditions, tides, and the long-range weather forecast.
Let someone know of your plans:
Always be sure to leave a copy of your plans with someone. Be sure to
include the following in your plans:
Your destination and dive sites.
Contact telephone number.
The date and time you expect to arrive back home.
This way, assistance can be summoned to look for you if you are
unusually late in returning home. Do not forget to notify the person
holding the plans if you are going to be intentionally late.
Review on
Short Range Planning
What have you learned so far?
Preparing to Dive
Review on
Preparing to Dive
What have you learned so far?
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Site Survey
Emergency Plan
Activity
Buoyancy
Air
Gear and Go
Site Survey
Before you even suit up, evaluate the conditions at the site to determine if
they are acceptable for your planned activity. If the conditions are bad,
travel to an alternate location or do not dive. Never be afraid to say that
you do not feel good about diving in poor conditions. The purpose of a
dive is enjoyment, and there is no fun if the conditions are bad.
Emergency Plan
You must discuss contingency plans, emergency procedures, and accident
management. Agree on what to do if one of you runs out of air under
water. Agree on what to do if you get separated under water.
Activity
There are many things you can do while diving, but you should select only
one activity as the purpose of any one planned dive. It is unwise, and can
be unsafe, to try and combine activities on a single dive.
Set your limits for depth, time, and air supply. Decide on your depth and
time limits according to your dive tables or dive computer. Decide at what
point you will turn around and start toward your exit point.
See Chapter 3 for the steps for buoyancy, air, and gear and go. The steps for
site survey, emergency, and activity are covered in this section. A checklist
for the steps is included in Appendix C
Review on
Conducting the Dive
What have you learned so far?
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You must carry out the plan you have made for your dive.
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Contingency Planning
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Review on
Contingency Planning
What have you learned so far?
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Review on
Recording Your Dive
What have you learned so far?
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Dive Planning
and Recording
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Unit 6- Dive Planning and Recording
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End of Unit 6
Transition Statement: You need to know the steps of planning so you can
enjoy the best kind of dive. Planning ensures you have all the equipment you
need in good working order, that you know what to expect at the dive site, and
helps you avoid any last minute rush.
Review of Main Points: See this presentation slide.
Emphasize Key Points:
Long Range Planning: If you wait until the night or even the week before a dive to start
planning, it is too late to pull everything together to have a successful dive.
Short Range Planning: Determine what you need, write it down, and get it in advance.
Preparing to Dive: The day or evening before your scheduled dive, gather all your
equipment and personal articles in one place.
Conducting Your Dive: The acronym, SEABAG, is an easy way to remember the series of
steps that you follow to plan a dive and check each others equipment.
Diving Your Plan: You must carry out the plan you have made for your dive.
Contingency Planning: Contingency planning is an important part of dive planning. For
each step of your plan, you need to have a contingency plan.
Recording Your Dive: After each dive, you must record information from your dive in your
logbook. There are spaces on your logbook pages in which you can record the information
Ask Students for Questions:
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Student Performance:
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