Randalls back …. for 6 months!!

So the end of Week 1 in my 6 month stay at Mermaid diving, and it is already going great.
I completed my 8 week Divemaster Internship last September and after a brief visit back for some actual recreational dives earlier this year I’m now back for my Pre IDC with Melissa and then the IDC and IE ……..and work experience.

My first day this year and we headed off to Radazul, a first for me as this is a new Dive Site for Mermaid Diving.  Radazul has a lovely marina and is a fabulous dive site, we did 2 dives there with an old intern Zippy (see none of us old interns can stay away) and his dad Ian.  We had two great dives and I am looking forward to going back there again.

The second day I stayed in the shop and revised for my IDC with Melissa. Lots of study required, but we focused on Physics and the RDP, all good practice.  In the afternoon it was good fun to watch the EFR course that Patrick was teaching his first ever! I am definitely looking forward to that treat…..
A nice early start and off into the pool with Melissa and Flounder to see how my skills were after a few months without practice.  It was also good to watched Patrick teach the new intern Buzz for his PADI Open Water Course.  More study..

After another pool sessions for Buzz to complete his PADI Open Water Confined sessions, then Patrick Flounder and I headed down to complete the PADI Rescue Diver Exercises.  It was good experience to be able to assist Patrick on the course as obviously soon it will be me!!    it was tons of fun, and I got to try to drown him . Flounder did really well, and we did some practice stamina assessments for him.

We all headed off to Abades with Buzz and Patrick to complete his Open Water dives, Flounder and I went exploring on the reef and had two great mapping dives….. looking forward to seeing Flounders map

Most of my week was revision, I am looking forward to being an instructor and working for the summer.