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 Diving with
Sherry, Dallas, Texas
Welcome to our
website! We offer PADI scuba
diving lessons and specialty classes, CPR and First Aid classes, EFR
Instructor level classes, DAN classes, and DAN Instructor level classes in the
Dallas, Texas and the Dallas Metroplex Area and scuba
diving trips to Cozumel and other scuba diving destinations. We
are PADI, EFR and Dan instructors located in the Old Lake
Highlands area of Dallas, Texas.
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Phone:
214-505-0713 Fax: 214-321-6684
Email:
info@divingwithsherry.com
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PADI Instructors:
Sherry Baldwin
Ken Steck
Kip Parker
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updated:
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Search and Recovery Diver (a 4 dive specialty)
Counts toward the
Master Scuba Diver
Certification
What you need to start :
Must be at least 12 years old and be an Advanced Open Water Diver,
Junior Advanced Open Water Diver or be an Open Water Diver, Junior Open
Water Diver and an Underwater Navigator Specialty Diver.
Price with Materials - $145
includes 4 dives under our supervision, a manual, picture for certification card, certification card,
and 4 dives under instructor supervision. Add
$23.96 if you want to purchase the DVD. If you have done a search
and recovery dive in connection with your Adventure Diver or Advanced
Open Water Diver certification, provide us with a copy of the Adventure
Log book page signed by your instructor evidencing that you have turned
in the knowledge review and completed the dive. We will
subtract $25 from the cost of the specialty.
Why take the Search and Recovery Diver Specialty:
Have you ever dropped something in the water? Are you
looking for lost treasure? The Search and Recovery Diver Specialty
course will teach you effective ways to find objects underwater and
bring them to the surface.
Materials Needed: Search and Recovery Diver Specialty
Manual (included in course price. Recommended:
Video/DVD.
What you will do: Read the Search and Recovery Special
manual and complete Knowledge Reviews Parts I and II.
You will learn about
planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
search and recovery diving, limited-visibility diving and underwater
navigation techniques, proper techniques and safety considerations for
object location, including the use of various search patterns, lines and
reels, and proper techniques and safety considerations for recovery of
objects using various lifting devices. You will get to
use your new knowledge during the 4 dives done under instructor
supervision. Recommended: Watch the video/DVD.
Click here for informatin on the dives.
How to Get Started:
Call
us at 214-505-0713 or
click
here to email us.
Class Dates: Dives can be done any lake weekend or trip.
Click here for our training
calendar.
Independent Study: You will need to read the Search and
Recovery Specialty manual and complete the knowledge reviews.
You will need to turn in the knowledge reviews
prior to certification. Recommended: watch video/DVD.
Information on the Dives:
Dive One:
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Small area search: Search for and recover a small object (no
bigger than a baseball - smaller if visibility is good) that has been
placed in a pre-determined area (approximately 50 feet by 50 feet)
using a circular/rope pattern search
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Large area search: Search for and recover an object (not
more than 25 pounds negatively buoyant) that has been placed in a
predetermined area (approximately 100 feet by 100 feet or other
dimensions for the same area of search using a U pattern search
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Tie the following knots correctly while underwater: the bow
line, two half hitches and a sheet bend
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Learn how to safely rig and bring to the surface an object not
more than 25 pounds negatively buoyant using an appropriate lifting
device
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Remove object from water
Dive Two:
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Enter the water and mark off the search area with buoys
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Using the expanding square pattern, search for a submerged object
in an area approximately 60 feet by 60 feet or other dimensions for
the same area of search
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Use an appropriate lifting device to safely rig and bring to the
surface an object weighing 25 to 50 pounds
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Remove object from water
Dive Three:
Dive Four:
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Organize, plan and conduct a search and recovery dive for a lost
item with a dive buddy
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Choose a appropriate search pattern and lifting method based on
facts gathered about a lost object prior to a dive
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Using an appropriate lifting device to safely rig and bring to the
surface a lost item
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Remove object from water
For more information or if you have questions,
call us at 214-505-0713 or
Click here to email us
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