Divemastering

So I have now begun my divemaster course and all is going well. My first mission was to get my skills circuit signed off, along with my ‘lead’, so I could begin guiding fun-divers. But before taking up this responsibility I got myself signed up to assist on as many rescue classes as possible. This included getting work at Cross-Creek (another dive shop). Rescue classes are so much fun, you get to play act lots and beat-up would-be divemasters, so much fun.

The best bit of the rescue classes is always the problem solving at the end. Turning on all the experience I have gained from Bruce’s amateur dramatics I became the most feared victim. Acting narked is always great fun, but watching the students’ reactions is better. Especially Andrew’s face whilst trying to deal with a bout of leg cramp I was suffering from and then realizing that he was out of air (Jason had snook up and turned his air off). Now this may sound dangerous, and no doubt my parents (if they read this) will be shaking their heads in dismay, but I assure you that we are highly trained divers and we had the situation under control. Andrew however panicked and failed to ask for my alternate air source so we had to pass it to him. However, next time this happened he reacted like a true pro, gave the signal and retrieved my alternate, see there is a clear lesson learnt – we all need air in order to breathe underwater!