Scotch College Melbourne Year 10 Outdoor Activities Program

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Year 10 Outdoor Activities SCUBA Course

Confined Water Dives

Confined Water Dive 1

  • Don and adjust equipment
  • Inflate/deflate BCD at surface
  • Breathing underwater
  • Regulator recovery
  • Regulator clearing
  • Clearing a partially flooded mask
  • Underwater swimming
  • Submersible pressure gauge use
  • Alternate air source use
  • Hand signals
  • Ascents
  • Fun and skill practice
  • Exit and debrief

Confined Water Dive 2

  • Predive safety check
  • Deep water entry(s)
  • Snorkel clearing – blast method
  • Snorkel – regulator exchange
  • Descents
  • Surface swimming with scuba
  • Mask removal, replacement and clearing
  • No mask breathing
  • Disconnect low pressure inflator
  • BCD oral inflation and deflation at the surface
  • Proper weighting
  • Air depletion exercise
  • Fun and skill practice
  • Weight removal at the surface (quick release)
  • Equipment removal at surface and exit

Confined Water Dive 3

  • Neutral buoyancy, fin pivot oral and low-pressure inflation
  • Neutral buoyancy swim
  • Cramp removal
  • Tired diver tow
  • Air depletion/alternate air source combined exercise
  • Free flow regulator breathing
  • Controlled emergency swimming ascent (CESA)
  • Fun and skill practice
  • Exit and debrief

Confined Water Dive 4

  • No mask swim
  • Neutral buoyancy – hovering
  • Buddy breathing
  • Fun and practice
  • Exit and debrief

Confined Water Dive 5

  • Scuba unit and weight removal and replacement underwater
  • Scuba unit and weight removal and replacement at the surface
  • Fun and practice
  • Exit and debrief

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