GoPro Trips

GoPro Dives
Vacations are a great opportunity to incorporate a bit of fun training.
Join Pete on location and spend a morning shooting with him.

Mexico in May:

Cozumel and Playa del Carmen
Pete will be available in Cozumel and Playa del Carmen in May 2016, offering both parts of the GoPro course:

  • The full GoPro course including classroom session and 2 boat dives
  • or just 2 Boat dives for GoPro users.

If any date works for you, drop an email with dates you are available. poita@me.com

INFO:
Dates: Pick any morning for 2 boat dives from the following:

Destinations:
Cozumel:
  Any morning from May 2 – 8
Diving with Aldora Divers

Playa del Carmen:
 Any morning from May 10 – 19
Diving with BlueLife Divers
-cenote dives also possible on request instead of boat dives
-2 tank trips via ferry to Cozumel also an option if you are staying on the mainland

Price:
2 GoPro Dives: Price $99 + standard dive fees Book now
GoPro Classroom session + 2 GoPro Dives: $199 + standard dive fees Book now

In General:
I’ll assign a rough shot list, based on your diving experience, and I’ll observe you underwater and give you tips on how to improve your shooting techniques.
We’ll talk during the surface interval and after the dives about what you do well and how to improve.

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Classroom Session is 2- 3 hrs and covers:

  • Settings
  • All about lights
  • Macro videography
  • Stills
  • Video shooting techniques
  • Dive skills and safety
  • Do’s and Don’ts
  • Workflow
  • Equipment, accessories, products to avoid and ‘must-haves’

The Spree: Florida Live Aboard

A Review of the Spree: Live Aboard Wreck Trek TripThe Spree is a Florida based live-aboard dive boat set up for large and small groups. Captained by Frank Wasson, trips are overseen by Melanie Wasson, who are both experienced divers and really terrific people.

If you choose to take a Wreck Trek trip, you can do some deco diving while you’re the diving the doubles or singles they have available (call ahead), you’ll have access to 50% deco gas (all you can breath for a very reasonable price), bringing your own rigging and regs is obligatory.

CCR diving is welcome. 3L and 2L tanks provided when booked, and bailout tanks 40 or 80, talk to them in advance.
They provide sorb and gas as needed.

Bring:

  • towel
  • gloves for anchor lines

The protocol for my trip was:

  • pool is open before lunch and
  • pool is open after lunch til 6pm.

This differs on the recreational trips where there are set dive times for each dive.

So there’s real opportunity to get some nice long dives in and spend quality time on the wrecks. We visited the Spiegel Grove, the Vandenburg, the Thunderbolt, the Duane, and a couple of others.
You are permitted to dive to the extent of your training, so bring your advanced nitrox card or whatever card proves your qualifications. Fills happened quickly and efficiently between dives. We were on 32% for this trip which was perfect for the depths we were hitting.


The rebreather divers were all taken care of, with no shortage of kitty litter and O2 on hand.

Diving wrecks off the Keys, you will experienced some hefty currents above 1 knot, so gardening gloves and a jon-line were useful tools to have. The Spree puts a zodiac in the water before divers splash, which adds a large safety margin. This is something which the day boats can’t do of course so it’s worth it right then and there to choose the Spree over a hotel and a day boat operation.

Bunks are comfortable and quarters are clean and well maintained as are the bathroom facilities and the galley turned out hearty food three times a day. Sheets and blankets provided, reading lamps, individual curtains enclose the bunks, sleeping about 24 guests. Bring your own towel.

I highly recommend this dive operation.If you are considering wreck diving in Florida, think about doing it as a live aboard: dive with the Spree. I recently went on their Dry Tortugas trip…. Cheak out this blog Income Motivation

Here’s a short video about it.
Remember to watch it in HD

Becoming A DiveMaster

Divemaster

The PADI Divemaster certification is a professional rating which qualifies a diver to work in the dive industry.
A Divemaster can assist instructors teaching classes, lead dives and teach certain PADI courses including:

Prerequisites:

  • 18 Years or older
  • Rescue Diver Certification
  • 1st Aid and EFR
  • 60 logged dives (40 to start the course)

Topics and practical workshops include:

  • The role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster
  • Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers
  • Diver safety and risk management
  • Divemaster conducted programs and specialized skills
  • Business of diving and your career
  • Awareness of the dive environment
  • Dive setup and management
  • Mapping an open water site
  • Conducting dive briefings
  • Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive
  • Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course
  • Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs

The next step after Divemaster training is to become an Assistant Instructor

Here’s the PADI video about becoming a DM

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