{"id":88,"date":"2007-10-24T22:17:04","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T03:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/scuba-diving\/"},"modified":"2007-10-24T22:17:04","modified_gmt":"2007-10-25T03:17:04","slug":"scuba-diving","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/blog\/scuba-diving\/","title":{"rendered":"Scuba Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tI became a PADI certified Open Water Diver on September 9th, 2007 with <a href=\"http:\/\/belowh2o.com\/\">Below H2O Scuba<\/a>. Since then, I have been working to further my training. Here&#8217;s the current list of my certifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/padi\/en\/kd\/openwater.aspx\">Open Water Diver<\/a>, September 9, 2007<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/padi\/en\/kd\/advancedopenwater.aspx\">Advanced Open Water Diver<\/a>, October 7, 2007: Underwater Navigation, Deep, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Wreck dives<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/padi\/en\/kd\/enrichairdiver.aspx\">Enriched Air Diver<\/a>, January, 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emergencyfirstresponse.com\/english\/\">Emergency First Responder<\/a>, December, 2007<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/padi\/en\/kd\/rescuediver.aspx\">Rescue Diver<\/a>, May 19, 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/scuba\/padi-courses\/diver-level-courses\/view-all-padi-courses\/wreck-diver\/default.aspx\">Wreck Diver<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/scuba\/padi-courses\/diver-level-courses\/view-all-padi-courses\/underwater-navigator\/default.aspx\">Underwater Navigator<\/a>, December 9, 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/scuba\/padi-courses\/diver-level-courses\/view-all-padi-courses\/dry-suit-diver\/default.aspx\">Dry Suit Diver<\/a>, December 9, 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/scuba\/padi-courses\/diver-level-courses\/view-all-padi-courses\/deep-diver\/default.aspx\">Deep Diver<\/a>, December 18, 2008<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/scuba\/padi-courses\/diver-level-courses\/view-all-padi-courses\/master-scuba-diver-rating\/default.aspx\">Master Scuba Diver<\/a>, January 13, 2009<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/scuba\/padi-courses\/professional-courses\/view-all-professional-courses\/divemaster\/default.aspx\">Divemaster<\/a>, January 21, 2009<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/scuba\/padi-courses\/professional-courses\/view-all-professional-courses\/open-water-scuba-instructor\/default.aspx\">Open Water Scuba Instructor<\/a>, April 2009<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/emergencyfirstresponse.com\/english\/\">Emergency First Responder Instructor<\/a>, April 2009<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/scuba\/padi-courses\/professional-courses\/view-all-professional-courses\/master-scuba-diver-trainer\/default.aspx\">Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT)<\/a>, November 2010<\/li>\n<li>Currently certified to teach 11 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.padi.com\/scuba\/padi-courses\/diver-level-courses\/most-popular-speciality-courses\/default.aspx\">specialty certifications<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li>Multilevel Diver<\/li>\n<li>Dry Suit Diver<\/li>\n<li>Underwater Photographer<\/li>\n<li>Enriched Air Diver<\/li>\n<li>Boat Diver<\/li>\n<li>Wreck Diver<\/li>\n<li>Deep Diver<\/li>\n<li>Underwater Navigator<\/li>\n<li>Digital Underwater Photographer<\/li>\n<li>Search &amp; Recovery Diver<\/li>\n<li>Night Diver<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My gear inventory\/wish list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mask, fins, snorkel, boots, purchased early August, 2007<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scubapro.com\/#,en_US;contenthandler,8222,\">Scubapro Knighthawk BCD<\/a>, purchased October 5, 2007<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqualung.com\/us\/content\/view\/442\">Aqualung Legend LX ACD Regulator<\/a>, purchased December 2007<\/li>\n<li>Aqualung ABS Octopus, purchased December 2007<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suunto.com\/en-us\/Products\/Diving\/Suunto-Vyper-Air\/\">Suunto Vyper Air<\/a> dive computer, purchased March 2009<\/li>\n<li>Hood &amp; gloves, purchased May 2008<\/li>\n<li>Wetsuit, currently own 3mm shorty, 3mm, 5mm and 7mm full suits<\/li>\n<li>Dry Suit, purchased January 9, 2009<\/li>\n<li>Dive light, purchased October 5, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Dive slate, purchased October 5, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Surface signaling sausage, purchased October 5, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Dive knife, purchased October 8, 2007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Places wish list and past visits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haighquarry.com\/\">Haigh Quarry<\/a>: a lot of visits&#8230;mostly for training<\/li>\n<li>Cozumel: 14-18 Dec 2007<\/li>\n<li>Monterrey, CA: several charters on the <a href=\"http:\/\/beachhopper2.com\/\">Beachhopper II<\/a> (highly recommended &#8211; great boat and people); go dive Point Lobos with this charter and you won&#8217;t be sorry!<\/li>\n<li>Lake Michigan, several trips on the R\/V Aquatica with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windycitydiving.net\/\">Windy City Diving<\/a> (highly recommended)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.2dive.com\/btm.htm\">Bonne Terre Mine<\/a> &#8211; great dives and lots of fun<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florida-keys.fl.us\/diving.htm\">Key Largo<\/a> &#8211; several trips, including my instructor training with <a href=\"http:\/\/floridakeysdivectr.com\/\">Florida Keys Dive Center<\/a> (highly recommended &#8211; tell them Dan Norris referred you too!)<\/li>\n<li>Cay Sal Bank live aboard on the Nekton Pilot (which went out of business in early 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Turks &amp; Caicos:\n<ul>\n<li>Explorer Ventures Turks &amp; Caicos Explorer II live aboard in October 2010<\/li>\n<li>Another trip planned in a few months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bonaire<\/li>\n<li>Roatan<\/li>\n<li>Utila<\/li>\n<li>Great Barrier Reef<\/li>\n<li>Truk Lagoon<\/li>\n<li>Belize<\/li>\n<li>Galapagos<\/li>\n<li>South Africa, Great White cage diving<\/li>\n<li>Hawaii, during January when whales are there<\/li>\n<li>Bahamas (shark diving!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I became a PADI certified Open Water Diver on September 9th, 2007 with Below H2O Scuba. Since then, I have been working to further my training. Here&#8217;s the current list of my certifications: Open Water Diver, September 9, 2007 Advanced Open Water Diver, October 7, 2007: Underwater Navigation, Deep, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Wreck dives &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/blog\/scuba-diving\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scuba Diving&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-88","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dannorris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}