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Student Diaries - Page 4
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
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| Name(s): | Tin Wing Dorcas Chan | 
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| From: | Hong Kong, China | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 12-13 June 2010 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Steve Leathwood OWSI-477474 |
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| Student comments: |
Great instructor, teaches me a lot of things. Have detail briefing before each dive. I love DPV dive.
Suggest using long sleeve suit else easily sting by jelly fish or scratched by rock/reef. I bring my own cotton long sleeve top and long leggings.
Dive around same island for some dive, dive in different island would be better. Visibility is a bit low and can not see much, what a shame. Group of 3 diving together is a good size for training course. |
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No problems, easy to teach, a pleasure to dive with!
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| Name(s): | William H Speck | 
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| From: | Harlingen Texas, United States | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 28-30 July 2010 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Josh Potter OWSI-493295 |
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| Student comments: |
Excellent course! Easy to follow and be relaxed with equipment, practice buoyancy control/more slow/stay calm.
Shark Point excellent, dive with leopard shark. Racha Yai good fun, lots on sandy bottom. Any wreck is awesome experience, king cruiser best. Take a camera each day if you can! You want picture of the good experience. |
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No problems, easy to teach!
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| Name(s): | Fay J Jackson | 
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| From: | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 27-29 July 2010 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Justin Hartrey OWSI-494797 |
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| Student comments: |
I thoroughly enjoyed the course and my instructor was patient and friendly and very encouraging
The dive sites were beautiful and interesting and the visibility was very good more often than not. I was lucky enough to see a leopard shark. Would definitely recommend Dive The World to friends! |
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No problems, easy to teach!
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| Name(s): | Jason G Jakubas | 
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| From: | Jackson, United states | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 2 September 2010 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Justin Hartrey OWSI-494797 |
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| Student comments: |
Regulator flow was low/re-adjusted then fine. Great instructor, friendly, made the dives enjoyable and relaxed.
Lots of fish!! Moray eel, parrot fish, leopard shark ... no whale shark or manta. Very happy with dives, well run. |
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Jason's years of digging around in the Mississippi mud was a help to him and stood him in good stead - no problems.
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| Name(s): | James M De Wet | 
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| From: | Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 7-8 September 2010 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Justin Hartrey OWSI-494797 |
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| Student comments: |
Absolute pleasure to have Justin as an instructor. Easy to communicate with and simple instruction. No apparent problems.
Best, definitely the wall (Koh Doc Mai). Also enjoyed Shark Point. Great experience overall. Very relaxed diving conditions, warm water!! Great website. |
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When a student listens to what we say and incorporates that into his diving it makes my job very easy. Thank you James and well done.
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| Name(s): | Janine Wenker | 
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| From: | Huerth, Germany | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 17-18 October 2010 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Justin Hartrey OWSI-494797 |
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| Student comments: |
I did the advanced course! It was great to do it at so beautiful places! I enjoyed seeing all these different animals while doing the dives! My instructor was very nice and it was so much fun!
The dive sites I visited were very beautiful! I saw a lot of different animals, like sharks, a turtle, stingray, cuttlefish, seashores, shrimps, sea stars, common porcupine fish and a lot of beautiful colorful fish! I had 2 amazing days! It was so fun and I really enjoyed it. |
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Janine was a very astute student which made the course fun and easy for her. Congratulations Janine!
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| Name(s): | Claudiu Ghimbos | 
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| From: | Hong Kong | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 14-15 November 2010 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Darren Gaspari OWSI-497708 |
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| Student comments: |
The dive sites, the boats and support given by the diving shop and instructor ...
Wonderful! |
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Main problem to overcome was buoyancy and breathing control. Much improved from Open Water course - worked hard to overcome those problems.
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| Name(s): | Daniel Gunn |  |
| From: | South Morang, Australia | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 1-2 October 2011 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Daniel Nichols OWSI-286115 |
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| Student comments: |
Great course and great learning experience, Dan has been a great instructor.
Excellent clarity at Racha Yai, not too good at Phi Phi. |
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Daniel did very well during advanced course.
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| Name(s): | Danielle Jenner | 
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| From: | South Morang, Australia | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 1-2 October 2011 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Daniel Nichols OWSI-286115 |
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| Student comments: |
Dan was great. It was good to stay with Dan for both open water and advanced course.
All good. |
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Danielle had no problem at all and she is really confident in the water.
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| Name(s): | Cyrus K Langrana | 
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| From: | Mumbai, India | |
| Course: | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 8-9 October 2011 | |
| PADI Instructor: |
Daniel Nichols OWSI-286115 |
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| Student comments: |
The advanced open water course done through Dive The World was great, the diving instructor was very good, patient, and above all, his knowledge was immense. Have learnt a lot from him.
Navigation was a little problem for me but Dan got it sorted out. The deep dive was superb; Dan took me down nice and slow. The dive sites were all great but due to weather condition I did encounter bad visibility but that is expected when you dive in the rain. Again, Dan make me comfortable and safe. Just I think not a complain though that the Mask was a little worn out a better one would make thing easier. |
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Cyrus was a good student, he prepared himself for the course and it was very easy going with the weather conditions considering how rough it was, but that will give him good experience for the future.
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| Name(s): | Hayley R McDonald |  |
| From: | Durack, Australia | |
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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver | |
| Date: | 22 October 2011 | |
| PADI Instructor: | Justin Hartrey OWSI-494797 |
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| Student comments: |
Fantastic course + instructor, would recommend to anyone! Was great to have one-on-one instruction, learnt a great deal + was able to challenge myself while still feeling safe. Loved the wreck dive in particular, was amazing to be able to see & explore! Justin was awesome very knowledgeable, helpful, fun; could not ask for a better instructor.
Managed to get 3 days diving with one overnight trip to Koh Phi Phi; every dive was different with range of marine life + attraction: from black tip sharks in school to wreck diving at King Cruiser - all had amazing life + unique beautiful point & interest, could spend days at each site & still not see everything. Really did not want to leave, will definitely be back what an amazing dive trip, topped off by a fantastic Instructor. Thanks |
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Hayley was easy to teach, very confident from the beginning even though she only had 10 dives. Had no problems with reaching any of the requirements of the course. Well done and thanks for 3 easy days at the office. |
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