yesterday was the first day of the Open Water Scuba Instructors portion of our IDC.  and it was a long long long day.
pete did damn well to hold our attention for as long as he did – but 8 or 9 hours in the classroom is a huge chunk of work to get through.  even with double and triple teaspoons of the crappy Global Dive instant coffee.

today we headed back over to Orakei to jump in the pool for some more confined water teaching sessions.
squidleigh came along to give us a hand as a ‘student’ and as scotty has now started his OWSI, there were a few more bodies in the pool to practice on.
the two skills that i had to do were a CESA (controlled emergency swimming ascent) and buddy breathing whilst stationary.  The CESA didnt go too badly – i demonstrated the whole 9m when i didnt need to and i need to work on the position in relation to the students just a little more.  but i came away with picking up most of the problems and being able to correct them and also learning something from working through the skill.
now for the buddy breathing .. well i didnt read the skill properly.  it was my own fault and i really mucked up this session.  in terms of setup and organisation and checking the skill, i was pleased with that however i didnt see the performance requirements through.

scotty and pete in the pool at orakei

after we finished our skills, we completed a rescue workshop and assessment.
our rescue skills for divemaster needed to be at demonstration quality – now you can understand that for Assistant Instructor and Open Water Scuba Instructor – they need to be over and about that.  pete worked through rescue breathing techniques and gear removal.  and in the pool in orakei – the weather was perfect and the pool was extremely warm.

knowing that as soon as we got out and changed, we would have to head back downstairs to the classroom for a few hours, we all tried to stay in the water for as long as possible …

any reason not to go back to class! alex tames the shark