I've only gone and done it ...

That's right folks - I've done it !!!

I'm a PADI PRO !!!

I'm a Divemaster. 

Many thanks to everyone who helped me throughout the course - you know who you all are - too many to name here. 

I said way back in January that I wanted to get it sorted by the time I go to Bali (Nov. 2013). And I have !!  

D(M) Day

Well tomorrow (Oct 12th 2012) is D-Day. Hopefully after a hard long slog I will become a divemaster !!

Just have to navigate my way through the skills circuit then I'm done - and on course for my deadline of November 9 (when I'm off to Bali)

I shall blog more after I'm a DM (with all the thanks etc !!!). 

EAP

I cheated a little on my Emergency Action Plan - I used the EAP I used for my Resuce Course (but obliviously added more detail to it)

I was impressed !!!

Assessments

Part of the DM Course I had to have several assessments of a variety of things

Assisting with OW students in confined water

Assisting with OW students in OW

Leading certified divers,just to name 3. 

I learnt a lot from these especially the OW students in OW as we were in Stoney Cove and the viz was shockingly sh*te (under 1m in places). I has to be on the ball there !!

Waterman Skills

Ok the biggest things I wasn't looking forward to were the waterman skills

400m swim

800m swim

15 minute tread

But I passed all them with ease !!!

The swims weren't as bad as I thought and the last 45 seconds in the tread were the worst !!!

Other skills were 100m tired diver tow and kit exchange whist buddy breathing.