Excited Divers Prevail in Pool

Everyone had a challenge today but prevailed!

Straight into OWD pool exercises, we were also joined by a few "review" divers. Scuba Review classes are great and meant for anyone who wants to reinforce their training, get back in the water and get comfortable before a big vacation, or even get aquainted with or try out new equipment.

Speaking of new equipment, we had 4 underwater digital cameras in the water today, and with few camera-less diving subjects, I happened to get this shot... a diver with another new camera! The sinking costs of digital cameras are causing a surge in underwater digital camera use, but don't be fooled, that's not the only reason...

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Maybe its just in case you want to share your experience of feeding Spotted Eagle Rays! This was one of my adventures at the Maui Ocean Center--and luckily I had my camera.

Divers can almost completely (I say "almost" becuase its primarily a shark tank!) interact with all the marine life here at this aquarium--I highly recommend a dive there. (Notice my divemaster giving me Hawaii's "Hang Loose" shaka sign, so I did and fed this little guy a snail! ;-)

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Or maybe you need your camera to catch a shot like this...

Sorry, my idea to inject a laugh here... Either way, training pays off in your diving and in your pictures; and hopefully with these pictures I've showed you a little bit why its worth it. Why not try scuba and the digital underwater photography class??!

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Back to the pool...

Cathy signals "what's so hard about this?" when she finishes decending in the deep end of the pool.

And here, Phallon shows text-book execution of the free-flow regulator exercise! Tilt your head, cover your mouth with your tongue, and breath like normal! No problem...

Students and instructors alike, we all prevailed at the pool today!. See everyone for day two in two weeks!

(More class pics here)