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Scuba - Day 4

Day four found the Scuba Squad learning how to navigate underwater and how to fill and measure the O2 levels in their air tanks.  During the classroom sessions, the group learned how higher levels of oxygen in air tanks mixes allow divers to stay underwater longer but restricts the depth of their dives.

 Dive instructor, Carmen, shows a small group how to measure the oxygen levels in their air tanks. As a safety precaution, divers should always check their own tanks!

Compressed air is filled on top of the pure oxygen in the tanks to create a “mix”.

 Alumni, Hugh Hare ‘87, instructs the group on how to read dive tables to identify maximum operating levels for specific mixes of oxygen (aka Nitrox).

Matt and Liv measure tanks that they used to see what oxygen mix they used on our 100 foot dive! 

The Scuba Squad completed their 9th and final dive today. Due to decompression limits, there is a 24 hour rule before flying. However, the students loved their underseas adventuring that scuba diving allowed! Below, Tommy swims above a reef at a max depth of 100 feet below sea level.
The dive boat, the Aqua View.

Emma gives a thumbs up as the current pulls her along the reef!

Scuba - Day 3

Day 3 of the scuba trip gave the group some time for a slow start in the morning. With projected rough seas in the AM, the group was allowed to spend the morning on the beach with hopes that the strong currents would pass.  The students had time to review their Nitrox and Advanced diving handbooks while they relaxed in the sun before a friendly game of soccer broke out and soon turned into a full 3 set match of volleyball!

After a picnic lunch, it was time to pack up the ship with gear and air tanks to head out to the ocean for a deep dive.  This was a requirement for the advanced diver training. The seas were rough with 2-5 foot swells as the group headed out to the reef of their 7th dive of the week! Spirits were high as everyone loaded up for the trickiest dive of the week.  

During the dive, the students saw 2 8-foot sharks, lion fish, massive lobsters, moray eels, and countless other species of fish. The group perfectly executed a rough water exit and headed back to shore with only one last checkpoint to pass on Thursday to complete their certifications!

Scuba - Day 2

The second day for the Scuba group was a full 4 hours of diving! Before the dive boat left its mooring, Vadim attached his BCD (buoyancy control device) to his air tank containing compressed air at 21% oxygen mix. NHS alum, Hugh Hare ‘87, was leading the dive group and showed the students some of the tricks to defog goggles prior to entering the water. The crew completed 2 dives in the morning before returning to the shore to refill tanks.

On each dive, the group explored coral reefs...part of the third largest reefline in the world!  The fourth and final dive of the day featured the Copenhagen, a ship that sunk when it collided with the reef more than 20 years ago!

In between dives, divers need to meet “surface” requirements.  These gaps of time hanging on the boat are frat opportunities to share stories and hang out with each other.a

At the end of the day, the students were rightfully exhausted, but were so pumped about their progress as advanced adventure divers!

Scuba - Day 1

After a 3 hour flight delay in Boston, the Scuba crew arrived in sunny (and HOT) South Florida ready to go! After a quick stop at Publix to get the highly-anticipated “Pub Sub” that had been the topic of many meetings, the group was fueled and ready to get to diving! The crew stopped at the Underseas Sports Dive Shop where the entire crew was surprised with individualized diving bags and gear already laid out and ready to go! Check out the Husky bag tags below!!

Each groupmember got to choose their mask, fins, and snorkel to complete their bag of gear. Emma (pictured below) opted for a blue option, while others got creative with their color combinations! The group also learned about Nitrox diving, which enables a diver to stay below for longer periods of time even though it limits the total depth that a diver can go down to in a single dive.

Once fitted with gear, it was time to head to the lake to get reacquainted with diving protocols before taking on the ocean tomorrow. While underwater, the group practiced skills, such as neutral buoyancy, removing ones’ mask, and buddy-sharing air supply in case of emergency.  As the group moved around the lake bottom, they enocoutnered multiple sunken site, including a sunk prop-plane, the bow of an aircraft carrier, as well as multiple swimming obstacles that required individuals to swim through underwater hoops. Getting out in the sun was definitely a highlight after starting the day in blizzard-like conditions!

Scuba Ready to Explore the Oceans

The kids were excited and ready to go for an early flight to Fort Lauderdale this morning! Although it is snowing in Boston, everyone is still hopeful to feel the sunshine on their faces and get their navigation and team-building dives done this afternoon!