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Surface Buddy

SCUBILITY SURFACE BUDDY DIVER PROGRAM

The Life Waters Scubility Surface Buddy Diver Program is designed to provide suitably qualified surface assistants for the physically disabled diver.
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Who this course is for:
  • The individual who wishes to become acquainted with techniques and qualified to assist individuals with physical disabilities to suit up with their scuba equipment as well as enter and exit the water
Course prerequisites:
  • Minimum age 18/ 16 with parental consent
  • Demonstrate comfort and adequate swimming skills
What you can expect to learn:
The LW Scubility Surface Buddy Diver Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:
  • History of diving
  • Aquatic environment
    • Marine environment
    • Marine life
  • Physics and physiology
    • Buoyancy
    • Pressure
    • Air spaces
    • Breathing air under pressure
  • Scuba equipment
    • Mask, fins and snorkel
    • Exposure protection
    • Buoyancy compensator device (BCD)
    • Regulator
    • Cylinders
    • Weight systems
    • Underwater instruments
    • Submersible pressure gauge (SPG)
    • Accessories
    • Dive flag
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:
  • Equipment assembly/disassembly and adjustment
  • Weight system assembly/adjustment with proper weighting
  • Suiting up and de-suiting
  • Dive check of buddy
  • Use of mask, fins and snorkel
  • Entries
  • Equipment – Suiting-up of diver in the water
  • Equipment removal in the water
  • Exits
  • Tired diver tows
  • Surface communication, assistance
  • Dive planning – help with use of personal dive computer (PDC) and logging of dives
What’s in it for you?
  • This is a non-diving qualification; the LW Surface Buddy certification card is available after graduation. This program is designed to provide suitably qualified surface assistants for the physically disabled diver
LW Scubility Surface Buddy Diver minimum requirements:
  • Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution ​
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