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NAUI Scuba Diver 206 APPENDIX CHAPTER 6 Long-Range Planning 1. a. Plan the objective. b. Select your location. c. Determine the date and time. d. Make travel arrangements. e. Determine equipment needs. f. Determine if you need a refresher. 2. Months. 3. Two weeks. Short-Range Planning 4. Air fills for your scuba cylinders, extra batteries for your dive light or camera, sunscreen, seasickness medication, fishing license, light sticks for night diving, defog for your mask, spare parts. 5. They can summon help if you do not return at the scheduled time. 6. Weather trends, water conditions, tides, long range weather forecast. Preparing to Dive 7. Mask, fins, booties, diving suit, knife. 8. Regulator, buoyancy compensator. 9. Twelve hours. Conducting Your Dive 10. Site survey, emergency plan, activity. 11. Whether it is safe to dive at the site. 12. When to change course, when to begin the return leg, and when to surface. 13. Five minutes. 14. Working. 15. Depth, time, remaining air supply. Diving Your Plan 16. Confusion. 17. Challenge, rewarding. Contingency Planning 18. Alternate site, alternate activity. 19. Alternate exit point. Recording Your Dive 20. Dive number, date, air temperature, water temperature, visibility, starting air supply, ending air supply, average depth, deepest depth. 21. Keep track of your total hours of bottom time. 22. Diving suit and the amount of weight you were wearing, whether you liked the site, what you saw. CHAPTER 7 Diving Situations 1. Rewarm yourself by ending your dive and getting out of the water, getting into warm, dry clothing as soon as possible, drinking warm drinks, taking a warm (not hot) bath, if not excessively chilled. 2. Get out of your exposure suit and get wet to start cooling down, drink cool water to rehydrate your body, stay out of the sun and rest. 3. Stretch and massage cramped muscle, proceed slowly with different kick after recovery. 4. Determine where you are caught and try to get


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