First Ever Dive...

**Fanfare**

Performed my first ever SCUBA dive on Saturday at a local pool and it was fantastic. I enjoyed every minute of it, I even surprised myself just how comfortable I was. First step in this journey of mine very much taken then.

I contacted a local dive group called the Fife Kelpies, they setup a try dive to see If I was comfortable In the water, could swim and that I generally wasn't a complete plank. I also learned how the SCUBA gear worked, how to find neutral bouyancy, clear my regulator, clear a flooded mask, water entry, safe ascent and removal of diving equipment and putting it back on under water. Lot's then.

This is the club training guide taken from the Kelpies website.

http://www.fifekelpies.co.uk/index.htm

Elementary Diver Course Overview

	Pool Training		Theory		Open Water Assessment
	Basic Fitness Assessment		Introduction to diving		Buddy Check
	Mobility & Confidence		Air filled spaces ascent & descent		Safe entry and buoyancy check
	SAA Ascent procedure		Principles of SCUBA		Controlled descent
	Buoyancy skills		Physics & the diver		Neutral Buoyancy
	Out of Air Diver recovery		Buoyancy management and BCDs		Follow dive plan
	Basic Diver Rescue		Metabolism, Respiration and Circulation		Mouthpiece drill X 3
	Simulated Dive		Decompression part 1		Clear Mask X 3
			Accident Avoidance		Correct hand signals
			Protective clothing		Follow SAA ascent procedure
			Open water diving		Complete safety stop at agreed depth
					Monitor buddy during ascent
					Inflate BCD at surface
					Check Buddy
					Exchange signals with shore
					Safe exit from water