2024 Sessions:
Session 1
Zoom 1
April 10, Wednesday, 6p - 10p
Session 2
Zoom 2
April 11, Thursday, 6p - 10p
- Review Factors and Systems Thinking,
- Basic Equipment,
- Intro to TECH/START, S-Drill,
- Intro to Skills,
- Intro to Planning,
Session 3
Build Session (Alex’s House)
May 3, Friday, 6p - 9p (These times are a bit negotiable if needed)
- Review all equipment and ensure everything is assembled, sized, and fitted properly
Session 4
Dive Day 1 (Pond)
May 11, Saturday, 9a - 1p
- Water Fitness,
- Rev. of Trim, Balance, Weight & Kit.
- Introduce all Basic Deco skills.
- Add stage after S-Drill Skills
Session 5
Dive Day 2 (Pond)
May 23, Thursday, 9p - 2p
- This is a repeat of session one without Water Fitness and done perfectly. Stage on from the start
Session 6
Dive Day 3 (Ft Wetherill, RI or Pond)
June 1, Saturday, 9a - 2p
Session 7
Dive Day 4 (OGB. Ft Wetherill, or Pond)
June 11, Tuesday, 9a - 2p
- Scenario and Ascent Training
Session 8
Zoom 3
July 3, Wednesday, 6p - 10p
- Planning and Mixed Gas Review
Session 9
Dive Day 5 (TBD)
July 4, Thursday, 9a - 1p
Session 10
Dive Day 6 (TBD)
July 6, Saturday, 9a - 1p
There is a charter on this day I’d like us to get on. It’s to a place that’s a bit deeper called Burnham. We can do some light deco if we’ve been doing well to this point. I don’t know if we’ll be able to get 2 dives in. The remaining calendar changes if we do 1 dive vs. 2. Alternatively, if we don’t get on the charter, we go to Ft. Wetherill to do this day.
Session 11
Dive Day 7 (Pond or Wetherill)
July 16, Tuesday, 9a - 1p
- If we did 2 dives previously then we go to the pond on this day and introduce the Advanced Deco Skills. If we did 1 dive, then we go to Wetherill on this day and do the second dive.
Session 12
Dive Day 8 (TBD)
July 23, Tuesday, 9a - 1p
- Depending on what happened on the 2 previous days, this day either gets eliminated or becomes the pond session from Dive Day 7
Session 13
Dive Day 9 (OW)
Aug 8, Thursday, 9a - 1p
- Scenarios and prep for the 2 big dives
Sessions 14
Dive Days 10/11
Aug 27 - 30 and/or Sep 2 - 6
At this point, we need to do two charters. I have two dives that I would like to do as our final two certification dives. Both of these dives will be Trimix Dives with real deco, so we can only do 1 dive per charter. A lot of this will depend on when we can get a crew for the boat. If we can only make one day work here, we may need to push into September or do one of the dives at Wetherill, but my goal is to wrap up with 2 charters.