Yes, that's what we are after successfully completing our course book and five cool dives!
Initially a bit disappointed with the "shallow course" work we eventually enjoyed the fact of learning a few new facts about diving. Most interesting of the five topics were the navigation, nitrox and deep dives!
I was surprised about my submerged navigational skills! Yes, you may laugh about women and directions. But I did swim a square and ended up at the point of origin. Square one, so to speak. Quite unexpected was the audience during that dive. A big fat octopus came crawling out his hide out. These creatures are far more yummy than pretty. Anyway, he was cool.
Our deep dive experience brought us to a 30 meter long wreck just a stone throw off the shore. 30 meters underwater we went into this very accessible and open wreck. Just enough to whet my appetite for more wreck diving!
Nitrox (or enriched / mixed air) was the most informative lesson to read up on. While this gas mix doesn't give you nitrogen narcosis you might suffer oxygen toxicity. I guess there is no hiding the fact, that we are simply not designed to live 30 meters below liquid surface. With 32% oxygen in our tanks we had around 40 minutes of air at an average depth of 21 meters.
And, best of all, we have (partially) figured out our camera case (30m) for our underwater camera (10m). At least we got some good snapshots!
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