Lesson 1

Introduction

Course Complete

Overview of the Open Water Course

Even in confined water, the experience of diving is exciting, because you feel new sensations. This is because the underwater world differs in several ways from the terrestrial world to which you’re accustomed. We’ll look at:

How water creates pressure and how you adjust for it.
Why and how you can float, sink or be almost weightless in water.
How seeing, hearing and moving differ in water.
Why water absorbs heat and how you stay warm.

Each of these directly affects your safety and enjoyment as a diver.

The six topics in Being a Diver I Are:

1. Water Pressure and Air Volume Effects

2. The Effects of Increasing Pressure on Body Air Spaces
3. The Effects of Decreasing Pressure on Body Air Spaces
4. Breathing Underwater
5. Buoyancy and Controlling Buoyancy
6. The Buddy System

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Module One

Introduction

Lesson One: Water Pressure and Air Volume Effects

Lesson Two: The Effects of INCREASING Pressure on Body Air Spaces

Lesson Three: The Effects of DECREASING Pressure on Body Air Spaces

Lesson Four: Breathing Underwater

Lesson Five: Buoyancy and Controlling Buoyancy

Lesson Six: The Buddy System

Introduction of Equipment

Lesson One: Choosing and Caring for Scuba Equipment

Lesson Two: Dive Masks

Lesson Three: Snorkels

Lesson Four Fins

Lesson Five: Scuba Kit

Lesson Six: BCD (Buoyancy Control Device)

Lesson Seven: Regulators

Lesson Eight: Scuba Cylinders

Lesson Nine: Weight Systems

Introduction of Your Skills as a Diver I

Lesson One: How to Defog Your Mask

Lesson Two: Setting Up Your Scuba Kit

Lesson Three: Inflating and Deflating Your BCD

Lesson Four: Gearing Up With Your Buddy(ies)

Lesson Five: Breathing Underwater

Lesson Six: Hand Signals

Lesson Seven: Regulator Clearing

Lesson Eight: Regulator Recovery

Lesson Nine: Clearing Water Out of Your Mask

Lesson Ten: Managing Your Air Supply

Lesson Eleven: Descending and Equalizing

Lesson Twelve: Swimming Underwater

Lesson Thirteen: Alternate Air Source (AAS) User

Lesson Fourteen: Ascents and Returning to the Surface

Lesson Fifteen: Emergency Weight Drop

Lesson Sixteen: BCD Oral Inflation at the Surface

Lesson Seventeen: Exiting the Water

Lesson Eighteen: After the Dive

Knowledge Review One

Module One Quiz

Course Complete

I'll take you diving!