Recreational 1

Description

Recreational 1 course is designed to prepare divers for recreational diving using proper equipment and techniques while using Nitrox 32 as a respiratory gas.

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What you’ll learn

UTD Recreational 1 course includes theoretical lessons (physics and physiology of diving, planning, understanding of Nitrox as a respirable gas and studying various underwater environments), practical lessons, (Equipment configuration, bouyancy control, trim, propulsion techniques) exercises and safety procedures (mask emptying, air sharing, SMB deployement). The course teaches you to become a safe and environmentally friendly diver. The use of the UTD/DIR standard ensures that students are taught to the highest standards.

Duration

The course is usually carried out in five days, and includes a total of at least 28 hours of teaching spread between theory, exercises in confined water and in open water up to a maximum depth of 60’/18 m using Nitrox 32 as a respirable gas. When you buy a UTD course, you pay for training not for a “plastic reward for participation”. We will give you the ability to look at your strengths and weaknesses, and during the class, we can expand on your strengths and improve on your weaknesses. Some students might need more coaching or just more time to master certain aspects of the course. You can always do so by seeking out more training outside the curriculum and the time constraints of the standard course layout.

How it’s done

It is a complete course structured in a simple and intuitive way. Exercises and skills are tested in confined water before being performed in open water. Skills include snorkel techniques, buoyancy, trim, propulsion, basic six exercises, air sharing and rescue procedures.

In-water Exercises

The exercises in the water are videotaped so that the students can visually check their behavior and learn to self-evaluate. Dives with decompression and in obstructed environments (caves or wrecks) are excluded. Student to instructor ratio should not exceed 6:1. The instructor could reduce the number of students in particular environmental conditions.

What to expect

In a few days you will discover the charm of the underwater environment and learn the basic techniques to dive safely in this fantastic world.

Requirements

• Be over the age of 15 years old
• Have good health ( you will go through a medical questionnaire )
• Have reasonable fitness
• Be able to swim

Required configuration:

• Single cylinder backmount (rear) or sidemount (lateral) configuration
• Primary regulator with 150 or 210cm long hose and secondary regulator with elastic under the neck
• BCD (buoyancy compensator) with rear bag, harness and plate
• depth gauge and Timer or a diving computer
• Mask and fins
• A cutting tool
• A spool with 30 meters of line
• A closed circuit inflatable marker (Surface Marker Buoy)
• Wetsuit suitable for the diving environment

Note: at Argentario Divers you will find all the equipment you will need for the course. Contact your UTD instructor before purchasing equipment.

Optional extensions

• Sidemount (if the course was carried out in Backmount configuration)
• Backmount (if the course was carried out in Sidemount configuration)
• Nitrox
• Dry suit

Included: some extra-course materials, equipment rental, certification and dives.

Not included: teaching material (Includes Open water + Nitrox materials)  to be purchased on the UTD website and Nitrox fills.