Summer is Here...Bring on the Scuba and the Surf
Summer is here, mind you, sometimes I feel like it is the endless summer here which is obviously a fantastic thing. Everyone is planning their summer vacation right now and what better way to spend it down here in Costa Rica. I have been taking a few days hiatus this week to focus on a few things in my own life, primarily trying to organize and stick to (oh that is so hard!) a new exercise and diet regime. The first is much easier than the second I can assure you. As the land of outdoor adventur...
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Deep Diving on a PADI IDC - A step toward technical diving
Phew ! After an intense few days, the next group of instructor candidates are ready for the ever approaching PADI instructor exam, which will be held here in Quepos on the 29th and 30th January. With all the students at +Go Pro Costa Rica at the moment it has been fun and games with divemaster candidates mixing it up with instructor candidates, some specialty and specialty instructor training thrown in and it is non-stop fun. Yesterday we finished up our open water dives with some specialty inst...
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PADI IDC Course - Skill circuits and PADI Puppies
So another PADI Instructor course underway!! Already 2 pool sessions completed, a great skill circuit yesterday followed by our first confined water presentations today. To score a 5 in your skills you need to do everything, slow, exaggerated and make it appear "easy". That would be your key word…."easy". Now go to practice. The challenge of the day was buoyancy checks, looking easy and correct whilst you may be a little overweighted..hmmmm Everyone did good though and there’s nothing wrong with...
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A PADI Divemaster Internship review - GO Pro Costa Rica
Hi my name is Ben Harland and im writing this to give an account of my experience working as a Divemaster intern as Oceans Unlimited In Quepos Costa Rica. Originally i have never planned to do my divemaster at Oceans unlimited I was attending a dive school in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, I had been there for about 1 month and all was going well when one night my instructor decided to run away from the school with a large amount of the company’s money leaving me and the other students with no one t...
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