After quite a bit of encouragement from John Smallwood of Dream Divers to get me back in the water and diving again I finally scummed and signed up for a Scuba Review, so I could refresh and tune up my scuba skills. So I met up with members of the Dream Divers team during on of their pool session at Chapeltown Swimming Pool one Sunday, where I met with Louise my dive buddy for this session, who was also taking the scuba review and Shaun Blakley one of Dream Divers Dive Master’s who was going to put us through our paces, running through all the basic scuba skills and techniques to make sure that we remembered how to do them, for both our own safety and that of our future dive buddies.
Why do a PADI Scuba Tune Up
We both needed to do a Scuba Tune Up before we got back in the water and started diving again because we have not dived for for over six months, so we needed to review and refresh our skills too ensure that we remember how to do these vital scuba skills.
What did the Scuba Review entail
- mask clearance
- swimming without a mask
- cramp removal
- removing and replacing our BCD both on the surface and underwater
- removing and replacing our weights both on the surface and underwater
- hovering
- proper decent and accent methods
In Conclusion
I must say that Shaun was great in guiding us through the required skills, offering gentler reminders when we didn’t quite get it right.
I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent and was happy to enjoy the feel of swimming and breathing under water again. the Two hour session passed quickly and afterwards I couldn’t wait to get back diving in open water again.
So if you haven’t dived for quite a while give Dream Divers a call and book your scuba review, you’ll will be clad you did!