PADI VERRYKTE LUG DUIKER (NITROX) SKUBADUIK KURSUS KAAPSTAD – INLEIDING

Jy duik by een van jou gunsteling skubaduik plekke en jy kyk na jou rekenaar en besef dat dit tyd is om jou duik af te sluit – jou geen-dekompressie tyd is amper verby! Dit is so jammer, want jy geniet jouself gate uit en jy het buitendien nog 100 bar oor in jou sillinder!

Verleng jou geen-dekompressie tyd deur met Verrykte Lug te duik! Jy sal nie net langer onder die water kan bly nie, maar jy sal ook meer energiek en verfris voel wanneer jy uit die water kom as met vorige duike met gewone lug.

Vinnige oorsig van die PADI Verrykte Lug Skubaduik Kursus in Kaapstad

  • Jy moet jou PADI Oopwaterskuba sertifikasie hê
  • Duur: 1 dag
  • Minimum ouderdom om te skubaduik: 15 jaar
  • Die skubaduik-kursus sal tussen vier en vyf ure duur. Dit fokus op die spesiale vereistes van verrykte-lug toerusting, verskillende lugmengsels, om die PADI Verrykte Lug RDP (PADI Enriched Air RDP – EAD) te gebruik, om suurstofblootstelling te bestuur, spesiale toepassing van Verrykte Lug Duik en om noodgevalle te hanteer wat verband hou met Verrykte Lug Duik
  • Bring jou swemklere, sonbrandroom, handdoek en ‘n versnappering

PADI VERRYKTE LUG SKUBADUIKKURSUS STRUKTUUR

Die PADI Verrykte Lug Kursus word normaalweg in die middag of aand gedoen, hier by die Into the Blue Skubaduik-sentrum in Kaapstad. Alhoewel ons net die teorie doen in hierdie kursus, is daar ‘n opsionele skubaduik wat ook gedoen kan word. Hierdie skubaduik word normaalweg op ‘n ander dag as die teorie gedoen. Jy sal die volgende leer:

Teorie

Dit bestaan uit twee dele:

  • Kyk van die PADI Verrykte Lug Duik video
  • Lees, voltooi en hersien die PADI Verrykte Lug Duikhandleiding en kennisbesprekings

Prakties

  • Suurstofanalise
  • Om Verrykte Lug sillinders vol te maak
  • Die gebruik van GLD, Gelykstaande Lugdiepte-formule (Equivalent Air Depth – EAD)
  • Suurstof parsiële druk-formule

PADI VERRYKTE LUG DUIKKURSUS – GEREELDE VRAE

1. Hoekom sal ek die Verrykte Lug Duikkursus wil doen?

Dit verleng jou duiktye deur jou nie-dekompressie limiete te verleng, wat jou dus in staat stel om vir langer dieper te duik. Dit beteken dat jy jou duike meer kan geniet omdat jy meer sal kan verken van jou gunsteling duikplekke sonder om bekommerd te wees dat jou lug gaan opraak.

2. Is dit moeilik?

Met die goeie opleiding wat jy uit hierdie kursus gaan kry, is dit nie moeilik nie. Jy sal verskillende verrykte lugmengsels, behoorlike hervulling en suurstofanalise-tegnieke kan verstaan. As jy eers die teorie agter dit verstaan kan dit net so maklik wees soos gewone duik.

3. Is dit gevaarlik om verrykte lug te gebruik?

Nee, dit is nie gevaarlik nie, as gevolg van die uitgebreide opleiding wat jy ontvang met hierdie kursus wat jou leer om binne veilige limiete te duik. Die kursus beklemtoon ook spesiale noodgevalprosedures vir Verrykte Lug, so jy is dus altyd voorbereid vir watookal na jou kant toe mag kom.

4. Hoe lank kan ek onder bly?

Verrykte lug verleng jou nie-dekompressie limiete so dus sal dit jou totale tyd verleng wat jy onder die water kan bly. Met hoe lank jou duiktye verleng word, verskil van persoon tot persoon en hang af van jou lugverbruikkoers en baie ander faktore.

5. Wat beteken EANx32 en EANx36?

EANx32 en EANx36 is die mees algemene tipes verrykte lugmengsels wat mens kry. Die nommers 32 en 36 verteenwoordig die persentasie suurstof wat in die mengsel is. Dus, in EANx32 het jy 32% suurstof in die lugmengsel, teenoor die gewone 21% in normale lug.

6. Sal mens dekompressie stoppe moet hê?

Nee, met die PADI Verrykte Lug Duikerkursus verleng jy net jou nie-dekompressie limiete en dus hoef jy nie dekompressie stoppe te maak soos Tec Duikers nie.

Wat het ander gesê oor in die blou Duik Sentrum?

Globetrekker Oxford

“Top marks for safety and professionalism”....

The reason for giving five stars is not because my dive day was good - it was horrible, a complete washout, no viz, unpleasant swell, just all round yucky conditions.

However, that's nature, and dive operators can do nothing about it. What all dive operators should do is be as professional and customer-focused as the guys from ITB diving.

First thing to note is that ITB is considerably cheaper (by almost 1000.- Rand) than Simonstown operators, which is baffling considering that they also have the transport cost from Cape Town to budget for.

DMs, Instructors and Shopfloor staff are all super friendly and helpful; I even got picked up from my Cape Town digs and dropped off afterwards, free of charge.

On the boat, I saw all the emergency and redundancy gear I like to see: twin engines (VERY important!), Oxygen, comms gear, flares, the lot. Briefings were thorough, and buddy check was insisted on.

The trip to Seal Rock in the RIB was fun in the swell, but when we got there the captain did not let us dive because of the unsafe conditions. Disappointing as this was, he was totally right. Low tide and heavy swells are a dangerous combination this close to the rocks, and as for trying to get back into a RIB in seas like this....
We then tried the PMB wreck, where zero viz and nasty vertical swell separated the group and forced us out of the water after 25 minutes.

The captain did offer to try another spot but was honest enough to tell us that in his opinion it was going to be rubbish everywhere, and so we called it a day.

Back at the dive shop, we were all offered a re-schedule, but as I'm out of time I was given half my money back. I know from experience that this is not the norm in the industry, sadly.

Into the Blue is a top notch outfit that does things by the book, with a strong safety focus and very customer centered, on top of offering reasonable pricing and a fair refund policy. You'll have a hard time to find a better operator anywhere around. They'll definitely be my first choice when I pass through next, and for doing my IDC sometime this year.

Just hope mother nature will be in better mood then.

Visited April 2017

 

Carina Koenig

Epic experience with the greatest team!�Thank you so much!

Jacques Vermeulen

Best dive shop ever! People are friendly and helpful!...

Cape Town diving for the win!