Self-Reliant diver course

Self-reliant diver

The purpose for Self-Reliant Diver Specialty course

The purpose of the Self-Reliant Diver Specialty course is to recognize and accept the role of the buddy system and its contributions to diver safety while identifying and developing self-reliance and independence while diving. There are two reasons for an experienced diver to take the Self-Reliant Diver Specialty course:

* To develop the skills of planning and carrying out dives without a partner when preferred or necessary.
* To sharpen skills of diving self-reliance, making the diver a stronger partner in a dive pair or team.

This course covers when diving alone may be applicable, and the need to compensate for those situations, including dive planning, life support system readiness, adaptive training, equipment and responsibility. This course is an introduction to self-reliant diving that helps student divers develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary to rely on themselves first, whether or not the are diving with a partner, including: * The value and application of the buddy system. * The philosophy of, and motivation for, diving without a partner.

Equipment to be prepared by yourself

BCD and Regulator
Torch
DSMB (Spool/30meters and Surface marker buoy or Lift bag)
Backup Mask
Dive computer
Wrist type Compass
Cutting device
Slate and pencil

Student Prerequisites

Be certified as a PADI Advanced open water diver or have a equivalent
Have a minimum 100 logged dives
Be 18 years of age or older

Recommendation from TEAL ORANGE DIVE

Have a own equipments
Using a wing type of BCD
Usually perform the frog kick( helicopter turn, backward kick )

Performance Objectives

	Performance requirements for Dive one
1	Conduct a buoyancy check at the surface to determine the correct amount of weight needed for a dive with all standard and specialized equipment.
2	Perform a relaxed, nonstop 200 meter/yard surface swim with all standard and specialized equipment.
3	Demonstrate neutral buoyancy while wearing all standard and specialized equipment underwater by hovering for one minute without sculling or kicking.
4	Demonstrate the ability to switch to a redundant air supply system simulating a regulator supply, and breathe from the redundant air source for at least two minutes.
5	Perform a SAC rate swim by swimming for approximately five minutes at a level depth, recording the appropriate information for later calculation.
6	Deploy a lift bag or DSMB from the bottom.

	Performance requirements for Dive two
1	Demonstrate time, depth and gas supply awareness by writing the depth and cylinder pressure on a slate at 10-minute intervals.
2	Swim for at least two minutes and cover a distance of at least 18 metres/60 feet without a mask while underwater.
3	While continuously swimming , simulate an out-of-air emergency and change from the primary air supply to the redundant air supply system within 30 seconds, then breathe from the redundant air supply system for at least two minutes.
4	Maintain a constant depth of water to a pre-determined location, navigate in a straight line using a compass, and return within 6 meters / 20 feet of the starting point.
5	Maintain a constant depth to a pre-determined location and return to within 15 meters/50 feet of the starting point, using natural references and no compass.
6	Perform a SAC rate swim by swimming for approximately five minutes at a level depth, recording the appropriate information for later calculation.
7	Deploy a lift bag or DSMB from the bottom.

	Performance requirements for Dive Three
1	Demonstrate time, depth and gas supply awareness by writing the depth and time on a slate for each 20 bar/300 psi of gas consumed.
2	When either the intermediate residual pressure or the intermediate dive time set in the dive plan is reached, the dive is performed according to the plan by heading for an exit in the middle of the dive. Also record them on the slate.
3	Guide a planned course without instructor assistance
4	While continuously swimming, simulate an out-of-air emergency and change from the primary air supply to the redundant air supply system within 30 seconds, then deploy a lift bag or DSMB and ascend to the surface stopping at 5meter/15 feet for three-minutes safety stop.
5	Surface from the dive within the established time frame and with no less than the planned pressure remaining in the cylinder.