NAUI Open Water at Brown University
NAUI Open Water at Brown University |
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Please contact the Athletic
Center for administrative details at 863-2074 or 863-1949. Or feel free
to stop by the pool during class hours to talk to the instructors and students.
When:starting near the beginning of every semester, once a week on Tuesday or Thursday from 7pm to 10pm, for approx. 9 weeks Where:Smith Swim Center classroom in the Athletic Complex at Brown University How much:In addition to the class fee of $300, students will be responsible for a mask, fins, snorkel, and neoprene boots after the first nights lecture. Durring first night of class students will need to purchase class text which is around $45.00. Fee Includes:Instruction; use of regulators, tanks, BC's, and weight belts; 3 days of open water diving and some extras |
The class usually is divided into one and a half hours of lecture and one and a half hours of pool work. The lecture part goes thoroughly discusses everything you need to know to be a safe diver from equipment to physics and physiology of diving to dive tables and dive planning. The pool work prepares students for the open water by emphasizing specific diving skills.
The class has about ten students although that number varies from year
to year. Because of all the assistant intructors, each student receives a
lot of individual attention. Sometimes, people who have taken the class before
will also stop by to help out.
Fall Syllabus
Spring Syllabus
A students first open water dive is always fun and exciting. You've gone through all the pool work, learning all the skills, and now is when you get to use them in one of the greatest diving areas north of the Mason-Dixon line.
The first time out, the instructor's take the students snorkeling just so they can get used to the waters of New England. Those who take the class in the spring will get the warm air but the cold water. They usually dive in late April, just before finals. For those of you who'd like to take the class in the fall, you will do your diving around the end of October.
Weather permitting, the instructors like to go to
Ft. Wetherill
in Jamestown, RI.
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One of the nicest things about the class as any past students will tell you is "Roy's truck". It is used to carry all the tanks and equipment, provide hot water for the wetsuits, a stove for a hot lunch, and a heater for those colder days. Impressive. Most impressive. |
Over all, they take very good care of their students in this class.
The only thing the student has to do, really, is show up with a wetsuit.
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