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our Precision Buoyancy Worshop
As "confined water" environments go - the Underwater Studio is the best I've ever seen - superb for this kind of stuff and full marks to Steve at Mavericks/Ocean Optics for putting the event on. He clearly has an excellent understanding of the issues such as loss of buoyancy at depth with wetsuits and other stuff that normally gets overlooked. I reckon almost anyone would benefit from doing his Buoyancy Workshop - he's put a lot of thought into all this. I enjoyed this and I applaud Diver and Mavericks diving for highlight the buoyancy issues which seem to plague the incident reports.
I was asked if there was a way to improve this if they were to run it again and I said that while swimming with a weight through the hoops, it was a constant depth which means once you are stabilised, the control of buoyancy isn't that difficult. I said that if you gave the divers the weight bag and asked them to do the ascent/descent course, you might get more pronounced results and this would highlight the requirements to be more neutrally buoyant.I know that Howard was impressed with some of the tasks and was going to introduce them into his training sessions with Dive Wimbledon.
Garf is right about the exam, it was a shock for me (being that I am good wiff numbers). However, it also emphasised that being overweight isn't just an issue for you, if you are overweight, there could be issues with someone trying to lift you if you are unresponsive.
Overall a good day out and worth the drive from Fleet to Basildon. Well done to Diver, Mavericks Diving/Ocean Optics and Underwater Studio.
Regards
Gareth Lock writing about "The Diver Magazine Buoyancy Challenge" created by Ocean Optics
We did an advanced buoyancy course with Steve at Mavericks Diving/Ocean Optics in Basildon last year which was amazing and has changed our diving completely, so with better buoyancy photography now stands a chance.
Daimon Haywood
My thanks to AJ for a very interesting, enjoyable, knackering and instructive day. I really feel that I gained a great deal and I'm sure the opportunity to practice the skills will make me a better and, more importantly, a safer diver.
Best regards
Jeff
Hi Steve
Really glad that I did the buoyancy course with you a few weeks back. Just spent a week in the Red Sea and was able to go on 3 canyon dives the longest lasting 30 minutes - all your skills came into play and I really started to feel comfortable in those tight places.
Karl Thomas
The Precision Buoyancy Workshop is a must for every diver at any level. I have never before experienced such individual and personal tuition on a diving course.
The pool facilities are second to none, the depth being a huge advantage over other venues! During the day Steve watches and reviews your performance and offers advise and support that will improve your diving ability.
I have definitely come away with skills that will make me a better and safer diver.
Many thanks again to Steve and co for an excellent day.
James Aquilina
Hi Steve,
First of all, a very big "thank you" for a most interesting and helpful clinic yesterday. To be honest, when we arrived we were not sure what we had let ourselves in for, but by the end of the day we were delighted that we had! ... We would thoroughly recommend the course to anyone who is thinking about it. Money very well worth spent! Look forward to seeing you again soon.
Regards
Nicky & Barry
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