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Dive Logs for Vance Stevens PADI open water scuba instructor #64181 Dive 442-443 June 28, 2002 Abu Dhabi Old Cement Barge and Bateen Box

Diving with: Blue Dolphin
Dive buddies: Mike Parry and Sandra Bushnaq
Others in dive party: Kathleen and her students
Conditions: almost calm
Visibility: 4 meters
Wetsuit: Black Bear .5 mil skin
Weight:10 kg, overweight to accommodate novice divers
Diving from:Blue Dolphin boat

My 442nd Logged Dive since 1991

Dive site: Old Cement Barge
Training conducted: Sandra Bushnaq refresher dive; Mike Parry's 2nd Open Water training dive

Data from dive computer:

Interval on computer from previous dive: nil

Time down on dive computer: 10:37
Max depth: 10.2 meters
Time started up from chart: 40 min
Dive time from computer: 40 min
Min Temp: 32° C
Nitrox 21% (normal air), no deco

PSI/Bar in: 220
PSI/Bar out: 100 bar

Pressure group out, from tables or wheel: n/a

Description of dive:

First dive was to Cement Barge. The atmosphere was hazy so we didn't have the usual transits visible from shore and we had to go on GPS and finding the boat from the surface, and all our GPS readings were out by any number of meters. The Blue Dolphin boatman and Kathleen, instructor who works for them sometimes, did a good job of finding the boat and anchoring right on it. Vis was not great. Sandra had the usual ear problems on descent but we took it slow. On the bottom not much on the wreck aside from the usual fish. I found a couple of nudibranchs which made it seem interesting. It was a nice dive actually, back and forth over the wreck and down in the sand for exercises. Sandra, first dive for several years, balked at her mask remove and clear and hover, but Mike did a compass out and back as I recall. When Mike went low on air it was back over the top and to the anchor. The anchor got fouled and couldn't be hauled and I made a second dive to retrieve it.

Surface interval: 62 min
Pressure group at start of repetitive dive: on computer, n/a

My 443rd Logged Dive since 1991

Dive site: Outside Breakwater to Bateen Box
Training conducted: Sandra Bushnaq's final Open Water dive for certification; Mike Parry's 3rd Open Water training dive

Data from dive computer:

Time down on dive computer: 12:55
Max depth: 7.9 meters
Time started up from chart: 44 min
Dive time from computer: 44 min
Min Temp: 32° C
Nitrox 21% (normal air), no deco

Pressure group out, from tables or wheel: n/a

Description of dive:

Second dive was outside the breakwater. Visibility was better there, pleasantly clear actually. We descended with Sandra having ear problems early in the dive. So we took her to the rocks and she kept above us as Mike and I explored the boulders. We rounded the corner and made it to the Bateen Box, and at that point I coaxed her down in the sand where she managed to get the mask off, just, and no trouble getting it back on again. Hovering was not excellent, but her buoyancy is fine in general, so it was good enough. Mike did his dive three exercises, no worries. We swam back around the breakwater and decided to head out over the sand. When we passed under the shadow of the boat and Sandra indicated that her ears were bothering her, so we ascended to the boat. Mike seemed to remember this as a good dive, with clear conditions.