Padi Open water task list

[dbarlow]

Here is a condensed list that I pulled out of the book with out re-writing the whole thing word for word…too long.

Keep in mind I am no instructor and am just taking info from the GO DIVE book I am sure that we have many qualified instructors that will be giving a better overview of the skills and it will vary by cert organization…this is PADI

Pool skills: 

Confined water dive one
· Assemble and don equipment
· Inflate and deflate bcd
· Compressed air breathing in shallow
· Clear regulator
· Recover regulator
· Clear partially flooded mask
· Swim underwater with scuba..maintain direction and depth equalize ears
· Locate and read pressure gauge
· Breath from an alternate air source
· Demo and under stand hand signals
· Demo proper accent

Confined water dive two
· Pre dive safety check
· Demo deep water entry
· Clear snorkel
· Exchange snorkel and regulator
· Swim a distance of at leas 50 yards with scuba doned
· Demo 5 point decent
· Remove mask and clear it.
· Breath under water 1 min with out mask
· Response to leaking inflator
· Orally inflate bcd at surface
· Adjust to proper weighting
· React to out of air with signal
· Demo 5 step accent
· Remove weights at surface…quick release
· In water remove scuba

Confined water dive three
· Independently achieve neutral buoyancy
· Swim 10 yards maintaining neutral buoyancy
· Demo cramp removal
· Perform tired diver tow
· React to out of air with signal and them breath from buddy alternate air source
· Breath from free flowing regulator
· Simulate a controlled emergency swimming accent

Confined water dive four
Skin dive skills
· Hyperventilation with snorkel
· Dive vertically
· Clear and breath from snorkel
Scuba skills
· Without mask swim under water for 50 ft. replace and clear mask under water
· Using buoyancy control only hover for 30 sec
· Buddy breath sharing a single air source for a distance of at least 50 feet. (Optional)
Similar skill in the spring when she does her check out skill dives.

Hope this helps

Doug