certification level

[Gavin Smith]

name..................Gavin

from...................Warwickshire

years diving..........passed OW in 1989, restarted in 2004

number of dives.....50ish when first started, 40 since Nov 2004

max depth dived....27m

solo dived.............a couple of times

courses undertaken. PADI OW + Nitrox, BSAC SD, DIR-F

coldest dive...........3°C Stoney Cove, Leics, UK

warmest dive.........22°C Tenerife

[divegyrl]

name..................Blanaid

from...................Derry, live in Sutton Surrey with the DO of Kinky Divers!

years diving..........6 next month

number of dives..... 448

max depth dived....68.8m on the Prince of Wales in the South China Seas

solo dived.............only at the end of dives, coming up before my buddy or after them! Always like to go down with someone but happy to get out on my own

courses undertaken....PADI up to AI, plus a load of specialities, like Mark most of them was to get to something else, TDI extended range and normoxic trimix, SAA OWI, VHF ticket
Important ones: O2 admin, EFR

coldest dive...........4° Wraysbury 5° in the sea out of Littlehampton diving the Iron Ore Wreck

warmest dive.........29° South China Seas

any other bits of info:- Hope to do boat handler course some time this year, was supposed to have done it in January, but the course I was on was cancelled
toying with the idea of a YBOD, so will probably do the course and see how I feel after that.

[tiewrapdiver]

name.................. Tim

from................... Walsall

years diving..........3

number of dives.....211

max depth dived....66.8m

solo dived.............yes

courses undertaken.
All BSAC dive levels to Advanced Diver
BSAC IFC, OWIC, TIE, PIE and NXI
BSAC SDC's Boat Handling, O2, PRM, FFM, SAR, Comp Operator
TID Adv Nitrox, Deco Proc, Nitrox Gas Blending.
RYA Level 2 Powerboating, RYA Short Range Marine Radio

coldest dive...........3°C Blithfield Reservoir, New Years day, hangover cure and a half.

warmest dive.........26°C Sharm

any other bits of info:- hoping to do trimix next year and get on a rebreather.

[LisaR]

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name..................Lisa Robinson

from...................Lancashire

years diving..........5

number of dives.....200ish

max depth dived....47m

solo dived............. not intentionally

courses undertaken.PADI OW/AOW TDI NITROX

coldest dive...........4 degs

warmest dive.........red sea?

any other bits of info:-

[Janos]

Name..................Janos

From...................Yorkshire, now London

Years diving..........First dive in 1984, second in 1999

Number of dives.....300ish

Max depth dived....50m.

Solo dived.............Yes.

Courses undertaken. PADI OW + AOW, BSAC SD, DL, AD, OWI, Nitrox Instructor, O2, PRM, First Aid, S&R, ERD, LS, VHF, BH

Coldest dive...........2°C in Stoney, although the coldest I've been on a dive was in the Carribean when I had too thin a suit on.

Warmest dive.........The SETT.

Any other bits of info: Chairman of Hellfins SAC and 4* Aquanaut

[Phoenix]

name..................Ian

from...................Glasgow

years diving..........3

number of dives.....360+

max depth dived....101m

solo dived............. Yes thanks

courses undertaken.PADI OW/AOW/RD/Nitrox/Deep/Video/Photo/Drysuit
DM/OWSI (Instruct: Deep/DPV/Photo/Video/Nitrox)
TDI Adv. Nitrox/Deco Procs/Extended Range
ANDI Trimix
IART CCR Mod1 (Inspiration)

coldest dive...........5 degs

warmest dive.........31C

any other bits of info:-

[JStop]

just to get an idea of certification/experiance levle of the people who use the forum

name..................Jstop

from...................Brighton

years diving..........28

number of dives.....800-1000 at a guess

max depth dived....78m

solo dived.............300+

courses undertaken.
BSAC First Aid, Boat handling, PRM, Search & Recovery Oxygen Admin, ITC, AIC, Lifesaver, compressor operation;
HSE Diver First Aid
EATD Nitrox, Tech Nitrox
Awarded IANTD Nitrox and Tech Nitrox
Awarded TDI Nitrox and Tech Nitrox and Extended range
TDI Trimix Diver; Inspiration CCR diver
IANTD Advanced Nitrox Instructor
Awarded TDI Nitrox Instructor

coldest dive...........3-4C

warmest dive.........28C

any other bits of info:-
Ran dive technical dive school, ex-Director of TDI

[up 4 it]

just to get an idea of certification/experiance levle of the people who use the forum

name..................Steve Pearson

from...................Chorley, Lancs

years diving..........18

number of dives.....300+

max depth dived....56m

solo dived.............Yes

courses undertaken.BSAC Advanced Diver, Advanced Instructor, Boat Handling, VHF Radio, Advanced Nitrox, Lifesaver, O2 admin, PRM, Outboard Maint, Search & Recovery,

coldest dive...........1 degree at Salthouse Docks Liverpool,

warmest dive.........28 degrees, Sharm-El-Sheik

any other bits of info:- BSAC North West Regional Conference Co-ordinator, Currently doing BSAC First Class Diver Qual.

[Andy M]

name..................Andy M

from...................Cambridge

years diving..........13 (Sept 1992)

number of dives.....1000+ (gave up logging)

max depth dived....75m

solo dived.............naturally

courses undertaken.BSAC Advanced Diver, BSAC Diver Coxn, IANTD Adv Nitrox, TDI Trimix, IANTD CCR Diver plus a whole load of BSAC SDCs

coldest dive...........1 degree at Stoney Cove, in 1996, surface temp -15 degrees
warmest dive.........31 degrees, Subic, Philippines

[Jim Shaw]

name..................Jim Shaw ( 37 )

from...................Minster-on-sea, Kent, ( born and brought up near Glasgow )

years diving..........Sept 2001

number of dives.....98, ( of which about 80ish are warm water, the rest Stoney & Wraysbury ) booked to do my first UK sea in 3 weeks time Thanks to Mark Powell for organising it, and Sean for agreeing to buddy me and my other half on our first UK sea dive

max depth dived....43m, Rosalie Muller, Red Sea

solo dived.............No, and don't plan to either

courses undertaken.PADI, Open Water,
PADI, AOW,
PADI, Rescue Diver,
PADI, Drysuit speciality
PADI, Deep Diver speciality
PADI, Nitrox speciality

coldest dive...........3°C Stoney Cove, Leics, UK

warmest dive.........31°C Maldives