Recreational 2

Description

UTD Recreational 2 course is designed to cultivate and integrate some critical skills, while consolidating the essential skills you already had, all necessary to train competent divers who can, safely, dive deeper. Deep diving, night diving, nitrox diving are just some of the new underwater adventures that await you.

The certification allow to a depth of 30 meters and the use of Nitrox 32.

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What you’ll learn

During your UTD Recreational 2 class (or Advanced Open Water Diver class) you will be taken through a series of dives that build upon the basics you learned during your open water training. But now we can focus even more on the more goal-oriented dives, like a deeper dive into navigation and diving with a light for communication, and even the optional night dive. Learn how to use an SMB. You will also be introduced to the first light form of critical skills training where your instructor gives you surprise failures during the dive. You will also learn how to dive with Nitrox and you will push your depth limit to 100ft or 30m. Our aim is really to advance your open-water skills and give you even more confidence to take on more challenging dives.

Duration

The course includes at least 32 hours of theory and practice in the water, spread over at least 4 days.

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

The UTD Recreational 2  course is divided into two sections and some modules. The first section is about personal critical skills. The second section is divided into four modules:

Nitrox (use of enriched air mixes), Deep (extension up to 30 meters depth), Navigation (navigation with and without compass) and Night (night diving).

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.

Requirements

• Minimum age 18 years.
• Hold UTD Recreational Certification 1 or equivalent
• Have made at least 25 dives after obtaining the Open Water certification
• Be able to swim at least 15 meters while holding your breath
• Know how to swim at least 275 meters in less than 14 minutes without stopping

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 Advanced Open water + Nitrox materials)  to be purchased on the UTD website and Nitrox fills.