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| Thanks for considering CRC Diving for your SCUBA training needs. We provide a complete package for diving education. We provide many types of scuba diving classes. That range from our basis discover scuba, open water diver all the way up to PADI professional divers like dive master and assistant instructors. |
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Our instructors are Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI) certified, HSA (Handicapped SCUBA Association) Instructors,and Divers Alert Network (DAN) members. Check out our site to learn more about us, or visit diver education page for information on available classes. In addition, if you have any questions or concerns about the sport of SCUBA please feel free to contact us via this site. We have staff on site to assist you with your diving needs. Our dive lessons will get you prepared for any warm water or cool water diving.
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This phenomenon can cause the diver to experience a sence of euphoria and diminished psychological stress and can result in inappropriate behaviour and the abandonment of normal caution. The experience is often referred to as the "Martini effect" being, in some cases, similar to the feeling of consuming alcohol. What could be better, thought I, experience the wonders of the underwater world and have a couple of Martini's along the way. Given the option my tipple of choice is a pint of Guinness but in a pinch I would not refuse a Martini. The course itself involves a number of deep dives plus the theory element we have become familiar with on all PADI courses. The aim of the dives is to highlight the effect of the deep water on the diver and the experience of the underwater environment. Colours disappear gradually as you descend and any flexible container will reduce considerably in size, only to expand again as the diver ascends to shallower depths and reduced pressure. The most surprising and interesting effect is on the ability of the diver to concentrate at depth. The required dives took place at two different locations off the west coast of Thailand. The King Cruiser wreck a Phuket diving site was the site of the mental challenges and I chose to ignore the comment regarding the extent to which I was challenged by this portion of the course. On this very popular site I was also asked, by the instructor, to lead the group for a portion of the dive. The route was carefully planned at the surface and I was scheduled to relinquish my leadership at a smoke stack on the main deck of this large wreck. I was feeling very pleased with myself as I negotiated the way along the predestined dive path but my confidence began to evaporate when the objective landmark failed to materialise. If anyone knows the hand signal for "where the bloody hell is the smoke stack?" please let me know. At the surface the instructor explained that the stack had collapsed since his last dive on the wreck a week previously, a reminder that all wrecks are in a constant state of change and decay. |
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