stephen semmelroth

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Divelog (logbook) supplement pages I designed licensed under the creative commons (see below) (pdf)  print them yourself for free.



Version - Beta 1.53 - September 2008 by Stephen Semmelroth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Frequently asked questions

• certification is for LIFE
• you can cross over to/from padi, naui, ssi, bsat, etc. very easily.
• i am not a part of the usma scuba team, but they put together a great product and i recommend them
• you can take some courses online at padi.com but almost all require open water dives with instructors. this process is called a 'referral'
• i offer private and online classes. email me for more info
• i accept payment in cash, check, money order, and credit card through paypal
• you can buy gear through leisurepro.com, scuba.com, your local dive shop, or through me

Courses Offered

• intro to diving (discover scuba) - try diving out for a day!
• basic open water diver
• adventure diver (intro to advanced)
• advanced
• rescue
• master diver - a very good diver
• divemaster - a very good diver with responsibility for others - professional
• specialty - deep - dive up to 40m/130ft
• specialty - nitrox (EANx) - go shallower but stay down much longer and feel better after the dive.
  • now nitrox certification requires NO dives! you can get certified in the classroom!
  • minimum class size 3 people, $80 per person
• specialty - aware fish identification (ID)
• specialty - coral reef conservation
• specialty - underwater naturalist
• specialty - peak performance buoyancy
• specialty - wreck
• specialty - altitude
• specialty - murky diver (low visibility) *coming soon!
• specialty - underwater digital photography

Scuba links

• andrej belic underwater photography - friggin sweet photographer
• dutch springs, pa - forefront of indland diving
• diver magazine - my favorite scuba mag. shows the cutting edge
• dive training magazine's dive site locator - great way to find dive sites nearby
• divespots.com - limited resource to local diving
• fish id - the industry standard's fish id books. the link is to their online quizes.
• MIT's OpenCourseWare: SCUBA - video lectures and examples from MIT. do you need anything else?
• padi.com - one of the most well known certification organizations
• reef base - great project with a huge database on global reef ecosystems.
• scubaboard.com - great forums that link the community
• shorediving.com - great shore diving log (cheap diving)
• SUDS Diving - soldiers undertaking disabled scuba
• treasure sites - matt mattson's works on waterways and treasure hunting in florida
• UNEP - World Map of Reefs and Mangroves - huge help with projects and vacation planning
• vortex springs - dive here A LOT
• university of washington - dr. kay's dive medicine.