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Dive Logs for Vance Stevens PADI open water scuba instructor #64181 Dives 495-496 July 24, 2003 Offshore Abu Dhabi: Sir Bu Nuwair

Diving with: ADHFC
Dive buddies: -
Others in dive party: -
Conditions: -
Visibility: -
Wetsuit: -
Weight: -
Diving from: sheikh' boat

July 24, 2003

My 495th Logged Dive since 1991

Dive site: Sir Bu Nuwair
Training conducted: Kareem and Ronan and Rola and Nasr 3rd Open Water Dive.

Interval on computer from previous dive: -
Pressure group in, from tables or wheel: -

Time down on dive computer: 12:26
Max depth: 7.9 meters
Time started up from chart: 49 min
Dive time from computer: 49 min
Min Temp: degrees 32 centigrade
No-stop time left on computer: 99 min
Nitrox 21% (normal air), no deco

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Description of dive:

Long boat ride, a couple of hours. We anchored shallow off the west of the island. Started with surface work, ended with a pleasant dive. Nothing much to see on the dive, site not particularly alluring.After a 12 min interval in which I conducted surface work I took Nasser on an ESA (below)

Pressure group out, from tables or wheel: -

My 496th Logged Dive since 1991

Dive site: Sir Bu Nuwair
Training conducted: Kareem and Ronan 4th Open Water Dive for certification;

Interval on computer from previous dive: 35 min
Pressure group in, from tables or wheel: -

Time down on dive computer: 14:24
Max depth: 8.7 meters
Time started up from chart: 58 min
Dive time from computer: 56 min
Min Temp: degrees 33 centigrade
No-stop time left on computer: 99 min
Nitrox 21% (normal air), no deco

Description of dive:

I had Alex move the boat to slightly deeper water and we anchored in more coral similar to the previous. Nasser and Rola were knackered so only Ronan and Karim and I went in for the second dive.We went a long way before finding slightly deeper water, then turned around and headed back. At some point we surfaced, saw we'd missed the boat at an angle, took a bearing on it, and came up just short of it.

The beginning divers were not appreciative of the slightly varied underwater terrain at SBN considering how tiring it was to reach the site, and next time must come with divers who can handle depth as it's possible to get quite deep here and find more interesting life and variety of corals.

Pressure group out, from tables or wheel: -