The essentials of IANTD - The source of diving

Discover a new IANTD program for recreational and technical divers.

New Essential Instructor and New Megalodon Instructor

June was very interesting month, I traveled to Mexico.

I was pleased to find good peoples, and a professional staff with the Oceanos Dive shop in Guadalajara.

We have now a new IANTD Megalodon Instructor and a New Essential Instructor.

Congratulation to

- Alberto Ruiz Gaytan: Megalodon Instructor, Essential Instructor

- Marimar Ponce Limon: Essential diver

-Hector Gil: Essential diver

- Augustin Cervantes: Essential diver

-Alejandro Gomez: Megalodon diver

- Juan Perez: Megalodon diver

Safe dive to all

New IANTD Trimix divers

We have just finished a Trimix diver class yesterday.

We have followed IANTD standards for the certification of our students, plus we add dives, not because the students were not skilled enough but only because this is WDT's philosophy.

We had 4 lectures sessions, a long confined water session and a total of 6 dives at 80, 130, 160, 200, 230, 240 fsw plus a long confined water session. This good progression helped Rick and Alex to get their Trimix diver certification. They were GUE tech 1 with a strong foundation and a very good attitude.

They earned their Trimix diver certification

Safe dives guys.

Georges Gawinowski

Technical, Cave, CCR, Instructor training for the spring

Spring is coming and we are happy to share our schedule with you. Please feel free to contact us for any questions regarding our spring scheduled classes.

Practice is Essential. "you dive like you train"

Georges Gawinowski

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April 3th to April 5th

Class: Essentials Diver

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April 17 to April 23

Class: Technical Cave diver

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CCR trimix Instructor

I would like to thank Klaus, our new IANTD CCR trimix and essential Instructor, Pasi new CCR Trimix normoxic and ccr wreck diver, Anri, Jenni for their good job in the Essentials diver training program.

Thank you also to Rj diving, Horizon divers, and Avid divers for theirs support during our class.

Safe dive to all.

GG

SCUBA DIVING CALENDAR ACTIVITIES

Train with Georges Gawinowski in January 2011.

January 2011

CCR Trimix diver class and CCR Trimix Instructor.

Location: Miami FL

Dates: January 12 to January 21

Picture Credit @ Brigitte Leccia

Offices to better serve you

IANTD HQ has a nice and well organized office to better serves theirs instructors and Dive master. We can appreciate their work everyday and thanks them.

Tom Mount office "Ki-survival Systems" is also located in the same area, he provides quality teaching in Teck diving, Qigong, Martial art and health.

WDT, the scuba diving facility, specialized in Technical diving, and mostly Cave diving. Georges Gawinowski organizes trips to the caves in North Florida, Closed Circuit Rebreather, Trimix and wreck classes and excursion in south Florida, like Miami, Key largo, Pompano beach.

You can find them at:

2124 NE 123 street

"Sans Souci Plaza"

North Miami FL 33181

We have been busy this summer...

We have been busy this summer, after a great CCR megalodon training in the Caymans during Inner Space at Dive Tech (thanks to Marc and Allison witch our new CCR diver on a Megalodon).

We have certified 3 IANTD Open water scuba instructors, Henry Gomez in Miami Hialeah ,, Tomar and Elaine Ferritto from California, They earned their certifications with a great attitude and good understanding of the IANTD procedures and philosophy.

It was a pleasure to work on the new IANTD Essentials program with Shareef in cave country. we were also happy to organize an IANTD instructor update 2010. (contact IANTD for more)

We thanks also for their support Horizon diver in Key Largo, 40 Fathom in Ocala where we were able to teach an Advanced Recreational Trimix and advanced nitrox and a trimix diver courses, so Congratulation to Thierry for is Trimix diver certification and Marc for his Deep diver and Advanced recreational trimix diver.

We are getting ready for a Technical diver indian summer...

Georges Gawinowski

So, you want to become a cave diver? Train with Georges Gawinowski

Becoming a Certified Cave Diver
The NSS-CDS breaks the process of becoming a fully-certified cave diver down into four steps. These steps can be taken as individual courses, or combined into four-, six- or eight-day programs. With each step, students’ knowledge, abilities and experience grow. So, too, do the limitations imposed on them, as the following chart shows:


Cavern Diver: 2 days 4 dives 30 m/100 ft max depth 60 m/200 ft Daylight Zone; max penetration No Restrictions
Basic/Intro Cave Diver: 2 days 4 dives 30 m/100 ft max depth 1/6rd of Doubles No Decompression
Apprentice Cave Diver: 2 days 4 dives 40 m/130 ft max depth 1/3rd of Doubles Limited Deco; No Circuits or Traverses
Cave Diver: 2 days 4 dives 40 m/130 ft max depth 1/3rd of Doubles No Staging or Scootering

SANTI DRY SUITS "Quality suits for Tech divers"

I remember my first dry suit.. It was a latex suit with no OPV, no power inflator, as a "kid" we tough it was enough for us to stay dry and be protected by the cold Mediterranean waters. I almost passed out, was white as an Aspirin and the squeezes marked by body for days. Since then I have tried almost all the Dry suit I could, Started with Spirotechnique Trilaminate, Poseidon 7mn Neoprene, Top Star Neoprene (famous suit in the French Cave diver community) Beuchat Trilaminate and Neoprene, Scubapro Trilaminate, Northern Diver (one of my best), DUI TLS 350, and then the SANTI E-space.
I am impressed by some nice feature of the suit, it is light streamline and well adjusted to my body, it is very well finished, the construction is unique, first the parts are joined together, then inside, they are glued by hand with a 1-1/4 inch wide tape. this process make the suit strong and durable with a 600gr/sqm cordura/Butylen/Polyester. two smart utility pockets with D-ring.
the suit has a 3 year limited warranty.
I think it will fit very well US and EU Tech divers.
Contact me for brochure or more explanations.
Safe Dive
"You dive like you train"
Georges Gawinowski
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