Dive 2 C

Wilhelm Scuba in 16 Grade Celsius

Wilhelm het sy Scuba Diver kursus in record time klaargemaak…dinge soos rugby en SAB het genoodsaak dat dinge maar vinnig moes gebeur ha ha ha.

Die man kan ‘n silinder soos ‘n 2 liter bottel laat lyk as hy hom so ligweg oor sy rug gooi, en dan verbased lig op die lug gebruik! Ek het gedink (gehoop) hy gaan ‘n duik in die 10 liter silinder suig, maar met perfekte profile en bouancy het die silinder gans te lank vir my in die yskas water gehou :-)

Goed gedoen meneer ! sien jou met die advanced !

In die bus.

Kom ons bid vir bietjie warm water !

Ponta Malongane - May 2010

Can you spot the Stone....look for the sad mouth at the bottom centre of the photo.
Tail fin top centre of the photo.

Camou Octopus ! Count the legs !

Manta Shrimp

Peeping Angler (Frog) Fish

Luther se Bucketlist en Francois - April 2010

Gelukkig was dit nie die laaste ding op Luther se bucket list nie want hy het sommer tjop tjop die skills in die swembad afgehandel. Francois soos enige jong man kan nie regtig verstaan wat die big deal vir ons ouer manne is om in die water in te gaan nie. Ek meen jy sit die DV in, en daar gaan jy. Ons het sommer lekker in Miracle water geduik. Baie tyd vir fotos pose in die Bus. En dit het nie daar gestop nie ! Was nie 2 weke nie, toe is ons terug in Mosambiek waters. Pragtige duike gehad by Paradise reef en Doodle.

Philip, Marlize en Edna doen duik - Jan 2010

Die teorie was smooth sailing en toe is dit Miracle waters toe.
Philip het soos ‘n gebore DM hier en daar uitgehelp, vasgemaak en opgepas.

Soos 2 visse in die water was hulle, skills gedoen sonder om te wik of weeg en toe is dit Bus toe , en Yacht toe !

Het gesukkel om Edna uit die son te kry terug in die water in, daai tan is belangrik! Nee ek jok, sy het soos ‘n pro geduik.

Baie geluk julle 3 baie goed gedoen.

Annique en Frikkie duik - Dec 2009

En die gogga wat Josua gebyt het spoel toe oor na Annique en Frikkie toe. Die group vriende besluit toe om die duik ding te doen. En Marras en Josua sien dit toe ook as net ‘n goeie verskoning om sommer hulel Advanced Diver qualifications te doen. So kon Annique en Frikkie ook lekker lag vir die twee se wyse planne met search en Recoveries. (Maar ek moet se hulle het darem alles baie maklik en vinnig gekry sonder om te vell modder op te skop.)

Annique was eers versigtig, maar toe sy eers in die water is, moes ek sukkel om by te bly. Frikkie en Annique, julle was great !

Team Master Divers - Sept 2009

We had a great time in small object search skills in serious low visibility. (I am proud to say due to me helping the silt covering the whole search area : ) )
The night dive went smooth, almost lost Ronel he he he, but lumi sticks does its job !
We started Sunday with a nice , cold deep dive then it was on to large object recovery with lift bags.

Just to make sure that skills are sharp,

we finished with a dof and don of the scuba gear on the grid.

What a great group, Ronel, Jeanine, Devout, Dewald and Johan thank you guys.

Deidre, Corne & Werner, goes mud crawling

What a weekend, the whole of Gauteng’s diving schools decided to come kick up some mud at Miracle Waters. Trying to take decent photos underwater was just impossible with the best visibility being 3 meters max.

Day one, we thought of practicing some buoyancy, problem was, you could not even see each other on the grid. That did not seem to bother the new divers. They did their first low visibility “advanced” dive as their first Scuba Diver dive, all in one !

Corne was born in water, lives in water en breaths water, so dive skills, buoyancy, that is all for the birds, lets go diving ! Great diving Corne, time to take it to the next level !

The commitment, dedication and I don’t know if it is sheer stubbornness or will power from Deidre took her through each skill. But she did it, and I know, as I have seen so many times, these are the one’s that makes the best divers.

With Werner, at first we could not figure out the correct weight ratio, but he really did show his kicking strength by diving with 7 kgs of too much weights on his belt the first few dives ! Then we got it, and he turned into a natural fish in water.

If you guys can do 5 dives, in almost zero visibility, challenging your direction, orientation and then completing safety stops by the book, keeping yourself neutral buoyant, you can dive anywhere! See you by the sea.

The Ice bandits

Some-one, can't say who, thought it not a challenge enough to do their dive course in sunny warm summer in SA. Noooo, why not do it when a cold front hits Gauteng in the middle of the winter, that is more of a challenge !

Well, the water turned out impressively cold, but that did not bother Annemie, Sandy and Francois (although I did shed a tear or two under the water...therefore the mask clear exercises). We hit 14 degrees, with the bottom temp at the aircraft 13 degrees. Good for a dry suit dive, not good for Francois in his 3mm surf wetsuit.

Surprisingly enough, all pitched on Sunday to complete the last 2 dives, and not only completed but came out tops with perfect bouancy during the safety stop test time.

Sandy was like a fish in the water (ice water). When I looked at the photos I realised one thing though, she never actually breathed, strange.. look, not on one single photo is she blowing bubbles. Now that is a first, either she can hold her breath for 35 minutes, or ...well I just don't know. (Don't know why I bothered refilling her cylinder !)

Annemie struggled with her ears, but that did not put her off, she persisted and dived perfect dives, each and every one of them. I was really impressed, congratulations!

Francois was a natural, he was enjoying himself, that is regardless the fact that he was wearing a skimpy surf wetsuit from his times in the Cape. Well if you are willing to face Cape surf with this wetsuit you might as well dive with it in the middle of the winter in Gauteng?

Well you 3, you have done it... and in the middle of the winter. So what's left...some ice diving speciality course maybe? That should be easy for you!