Dive #155 - Dampier Strait - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Yellow Fever
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/09/17
Time: 10:38 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 1:15
Max Depth: 22.4 m
Visibility: 30 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 107:41
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Last dive, finally saw a hidden octopus!

Dive #154 - Dampier Strait - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Sardines
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/09/17
Time: 7:37 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 0:53
Max Depth: 24.6 m
Visibility: 30 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 106:26
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Mantas, Black tip reef sharks

Dive #153 - Dampier Strait - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Crazyzoo
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/08/17
Time: 4:08 pm
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 1:13
Max Depth: 27.7 m
Visibility: 30 m
Temperature: 31°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 105:33
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Sandy bottom searching for critters (crabs, cuttlefish, leaf fish...)

Dive #152 - Dampier Strait - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Blue Magic
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/08/17
Time: 12:36 pm
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 1:01
Max Depth: 23.8 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 104:20
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Swimming Wobbegong, Mantas, Pregnant Pygmy Seahorse

Dive #151 - Dampier Strait - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Cape Kri
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/08/17
Time: 8:23 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 0:55
Max Depth: 32.8 m
Visibility: 30 m
Temperature: 25°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 103:19
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Multiple sharks and stingrays, dogtooth tuna and a sleeping turtle

Dive #150 - Penemu - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Melissa's Garden
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/07/17
Time: 11:42 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 1:12
Max Depth: 21.3 m
Visibility: 30 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 102:24
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Wobbegong Shark (swimming), Black Tip Reef Shark, had really bad ear pain!

Dive #149 - Penemu - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: My Reef
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/07/17
Time: 8:00 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 0:59
Max Depth: 30.4 m
Visibility: 20 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 101:12
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Wobbegong Shark, Ribbon Eel

Dive #148 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Misool - Saggoff
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/06/17
Time: 3:40 pm
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 0:59
Max Depth: 29.8 m
Visibility: 20 m
Temperature: 30°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 100:13
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Wobbegong Shark

Dive #147 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Misool - Magic Mountain
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/06/17
Time: 10:01 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 1:04
Max Depth: 23.2 m
Visibility: 20 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 99:14
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Mantas, Dolphins, Hermit Crab

Dive #146 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Misool - Juliet
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/06/17
Time: 7:10 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Rental Computer
Total Dive Time: 1:24
Max Depth: 19.5 m
Visibility: 20 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 98:10
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Pygmy Seahorse, Banded Sea Snake, Turtle, Barracuda

Dive #145 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Boo Fiabacer - Boo Window
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/05/17
Time: 4:19 pm
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%)
Total Dive Time: 1:13
Max Depth: 27.9 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 96:46
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Sharks, Turtle

Dive #144 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Boo Fiabacer - Nudi Rock
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/05/17
Time: 12:27 pm
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), Drift
Total Dive Time: 1:17
Max Depth: 20.1 m
Visibility: 20 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 95:33
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Nudibranch, Shark, Lobster

Dive #143 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Wayil - Magic Mountain
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/05/17
Time: 8:58 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (29%), reduced weight
Total Dive Time: 1:16
Max Depth: 20.8
Visibility: 20 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 94:16
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4 kg

Description: Mantas, Wrasse (Napoleon), Potato Cod, Black Tip Reef Shark, Turtle

Dive #142 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Wayil - Wayil
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/04/17
Time: 6:54 pm
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (30%), Night
Total Dive Time: 1:04
Max Depth: 16.1 m
Visibility: 20 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 93:00
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 6 kg

Description: 

Dive #141 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Wayil - 4 Kings
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/04/17
Time: 2:46 pm
Dive Type: Boat Dive, Nitrox (30%), Pinnicle
Total Dive Time: 1:01
Max Depth: 24.4 m
Visibility: 20 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 91:56
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 6 kg

Description: 

Dive #140 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Wayil - Hangover
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/04/17
Time: 11:09 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive 
Total Dive Time: 0:50
Max Depth: 30.7 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 90:55
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 6 kg

Description: 

Dive #139 - Misool - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Wayil - Wedding Cake
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/04/17
Time: 7:47 am
Dive Type: Boat Dive 
Total Dive Time: 1:05
Max Depth: 19.3 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 90:05
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 6 kg

Description: 

Dive #138 - Sorong - Raja Ampat

Dive Location: Red Light District
Dive Center: White Manta (Blue Manta Liveaboard)
Dive Date: 04/03/17
Time: 3:14 pm
Dive Type: Boat Dive 
Total Dive Time: 0:57
Max Depth: 15.9 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 89:00
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 6 kg

Description: Check out dive at the start of a week long dive trip in Indonesia with Laura and Andy. 

Dive #137 - Scapa Flow - Orkney Islands

Dive Location: Third Churchill Barrier

Dive Center: Scapa Scuba

Dive Date: 06/06/16

Time: 2:33pm

Dive Type: Shore (dry suit)

Total Dive Time: 0:45

Max Depth: 8.8m

Visibility: 5m (not very good)
Temperature: 9°C

Cumulative Dive Time: 88:03

Buddy: Jenny Gossett

Weight: Don't remember

Description: Still cold!

Dive #136 - Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands

Dive Location: Third Churchill Barrier

Dive Center: Scapa Scuba

Dive Date: 06/06/16

Time: 11:29am

Dive Type: Shore (dry suit)

Total Dive Time: 0:42

Max Depth: 10.5m

Visibility: 5m (not very good)
Temperature: 9°C

Cumulative Dive Time: 87:18

Buddy: Jenny Gossett

Weight: Don't remember

Description: Cold!

Dive #135 - Bermuda

Dive Location: Bermuda (their version of the blue hole...)

Dive Center: Fantasea

Dive Date: 03/19/16

Time: 4:02 pm

Dive Type: Reef 

Total Dive Time: 0:41

Max Depth: 12.0m

Visibility: 20m
Temperature: 21°C

Cumulative Dive Time: 86:36

Buddy: Jenny Gossett

Weight: 24lbs (3mm wetsuit plus 5mm top suit)

Description:

Dive #134 - Bermuda

Dive Location: Bermuda (can't remember the name of the wreck)

Dive Center: Fantasea

Dive Date: 03/19/16

Time: 2:41 pm

Dive Type: Wreck 

Total Dive Time: 0:44

Max Depth: 16.0m

Visibility: 20m
Temperature: 21°C

Cumulative Dive Time: 85:55

Buddy: Jenny Gossett

Weight: 24lbs (3mm wetsuit plus 5mm top suit)

Description: Wreck dive on ferry that was sunk by the Bermuda government heading roughly north out of Dockyard

Dive Master

After more than two years of screwing around, I've finally received my PADI Dive Master certification. Now I have the joy of feeding PADI over a hundred dollars a year!

The annoying thing is that in the certification pack that I received from PADI, 90% of the stuff was marketing material. PADI is really not endearing itself to its professional members.

Assisted with Open Water Class (Open Water Dive 1-3)

Date: 03/21/15
Students: Keith Gaff and Eric Pape
Location: Monterey Bay - Breakwater

Assisted with Open Water Class (Confined Water Dive 4)

Date: 01/28/15
Students: Keith Gaff
Location: Oakland High School pool

Dive #133 - Puerto Vallarta

Dive Location: Las Majahuitas

Dive Center: Local Diver of Puerto Vallarta - Leslie Cruz

Dive Date: 01/05/15

Time: 1:31 pm

Dive Type: Boat dive close to shore on southern end of bay. 

Total Dive Time: 0:50

Max Depth: 17.9m

Visibility: 10m
Temperature: 25°C (23°C at depth)

Cumulative Dive Time: 85:11

Buddy: Jenny Gossett

Weight: 14lbs (5mm wetsuit)

Description: Same as before but this time we saw a played with an octopus. 

Dive #132 - Puerto Vallarta

Dive Location: Las Majahuitas

Dive Center: Local Diver of Puerto Vallarta - Leslie Cruz

Dive Date: 01/05/15

Time: 11:43 am

Dive Type: Boat dive close to shore on southern end of bay. 

Total Dive Time: 0:42

Max Depth: 20.7m

Visibility: 10m
Temperature: 25°C (23°C at depth)

Cumulative Dive Time: 84:21

Buddy: Jenny Gossett

Weight: 14lbs (5mm wetsuit)

Description: Many rays, eels, puffer fish, sea urchin, star fish, grouper, trumpet fish. 

Assisted with Open Water Class (Confined Water Dive 3)

Date: 12/08/14
Students: Keith Gaff
Location: Rossi pool, San Francisco 
Activities:

Assisted with Open Water Class (Confined Water Dive 2)

Date: 11/19/14
Students: Keith Gaff
Location: Oakland High School Pool
Activities:

Assisted with Open Water Class (Confined Water Dive 1)

Date: 10/15/14
Students: Keith Gaff
Activities: Completed all activities per cue card for 1st confined water dive as part of the PADI Open Water class with additions based on new material (correct lifting techniques, weight removal and weight drop... etc)

Dive #131 - DL Bliss, Lake Tahoe

As part of my Dive Master training I was assisting with an Advanced Class. 
Assisted with the Navigation Dive and also used lift bag to recover a submerged object as part of the Search and Recover skill for the Dive Master program.

Dive Location: D.L Bliss, Lake Tahoe
Dive Date: 09/07/14
Time: 1:08pm
Dive Type: Shore dive leading a Navigation Dive
Total Dive Time: 0:44
Max Depth: 18.7m
Visibility: 15m
Temperature: 18°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 84:52
Description: Used sloping sand bank as navigational aid and large log as marker point. Lifted log using a lift bag (with partial success since bag had a hole in it).

Dive #130 - DL Bliss, Lake Tahoe

As part of my Dive Master training I was assisting with an Advanced Class. 
Simulated Discover Local Diving by giving a dive briefing and leading the dive.
Second part of the dive was simulating the 2nd Open Water dive of a Discover Scuba Diving intro course.

Dive Location: D.L Bliss, Lake Tahoe
Dive Date: 09/07/14
Time: 10:31am
Dive Type: Shore dive leading a Discover Local Diving group
Total Dive Time: 0:29
Max Depth: 20.3m
Visibility: 15m
Temperature: 18°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 84:08
Description: Had very ornery 'students' for the simulated Discover Scuba Diving section of the dive. The viability was great though and I was surprised how many fish we observed. 

Dive Master Equipment Exchange Completed

Date: 07/07/14

Completed Dive Master Final Exam

Date: 06/24/14

Assist with Open Water class (DSD Program)

Date: 05/20/2014
Simulated Discover Scuba Diving program

Classroom to go over PADI Dive Master Material

Date: 05/08/14

Classroom to go over PADI Dive Master Material

Date: 04/24/14

Assist in PADI Rescue course

Date: 03/23/14

Rescue

Dive #129 - Whitsundays, Queensland

Dive Location: Black Island Reef, Whitsundays

Dive Center: Samurai Yacht

Dive Date: 10/01/14

Time: 9:04am

Dive Type: Boat dive on Black Island fringing reef

Total Dive Time: 0:52

Max Depth: 10.7m

Visibility: 6m

Temperature: 28°C

Cumulative Dive Time: 83:39

Buddy: Jenny Gossett

Weight: 3kg (stinger suit)

Description: Better dive then yesterday. Saw a turtle, eel, nudibranch and plenty of fish. Some cool coral swim-thrus as well.

Dive #128 - Whitsundays, Queensland

Dive Location: Blue Pearl Bay, Hayman Island
Dive Center: Samurai Yacht
Dive Date: 09/01/14
Time: 1:35pm
Dive Type: Boat dive on Hayman Island fringing reef
Total Dive Time: 0:31
Max Depth: 11.3m
Visibility: 4m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 82:47
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 3kg (stinger suit)
Description: Poor visibility and not a great dive

Dive #127 - Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Dive Location: Lotties Lagoon

Dive Center: Ningaloo Reef Dive

Dive Date: 18/12/13

Time: 1:18pm

Dive Type: Boat Dive

Total Dive Time: 0:59

Max Depth: 8.9m

Visibility: 5m

Temperature: 25°C

Cumulative Dive Time: 82:16

Buddy: Jenny Gossett

Weight: 4kg (3mm wetsuit)

Description: Saw a few reef sharks

Dive #126 - Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Dive Location: Asho's Gap
Dive Center: Ningaloo Reef Dive
Dive Date: 18/12/13
Time: 9:45am
Dive Type: Boat Dive
Total Dive Time: 0:52
Max Depth: 10.2m
Visibility: 5m
Temperature: 25°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 81:17
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 4kg (3mm wetsuit)
Description: Good first dive on Ningaloo Reef although the visibility wasn't the best

Dive #125 - Aqaba, Jordan

Dive Location: First Bay South
Dive Center: Red Sea Dive Center
Dive Date: 04/11/13
Time: 1:05 pm
Dive Type: Shore dive
Total Dive Time: 0:50
Max Depth: 14.7m
Visibility: 20m
Temperature: 24°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 80:25
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 5kg (3mm full wetsuit - I was slightly heavy)
Description: Great dive. One pinnacle towards the end was covered in brightly colored fish and several lion fish.

Dive #124 - Aqaba, Jordan

Dive Location: First Bay North
Dive Center: Red Sea Dive Center
Dive Date: 04/11/13
Time: 11:22 am
Dive Type: Shore dive
Total Dive Time: 0:44
Max Depth: 19.6m
Visibility: 20m
Temperature: 24°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 79:35
Buddy: Jenny Gossett
Weight: 5kg (3mm full wetsuit - I was slightly heavy)
Description: Great dive. Lots of bright coral and fish.