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The ACUC Open Water Diver (OWD) is the first mandatory level on the ACUC training ladder. Parts of this coursecan be assisted by any ACUC Divemaster or higher, under direct supervision of at least an ACUC instructor with the
level of Entry Level Instructor, and must be evaluated and certified by an ACUC Entry Level Instructor or higher level.
The main characteristics of this course are that candidates who successfully complete the course are theoretically
trained to dive, without supervision, accompanied by divers of any level, to the maximum depth allowed in recreation-
al diving, which is 40 meters / 130 feet. However, Open Water Divers should not exceed, once certified, the recommended depth of 18 meters / 60 feet. ACUC reminds Instructors and divers that those who do not wish to be trained as deep, can opt for the ACUC Scuba Diver course (see ACUC Scuba Diver standards). To respect RSTC
standards, OWD who wish to dive deeper are recommended to take the ACUC Advanced Diver course or the ACUC Deep Diver course.
This is an ACUC International standard and therefore is always subject to the different national or local legislations.
In cases where legislations exist that differ from this standard, the ACUC country or area delegation if it exist, must request in writing to the ACUC main office a “Deviation” from this standard to satisfy the legislation of the area, supporting their request with the appropriate documentation. Deviations, if requested, to be considered valid, must appear at the end of each specific standard document. In cases where the local or national legislations are more restrictive than the ACUC Standard, then the local legislation will prevail, but if the ACUC Standard is more restrictive, then the ACUC Standard will prevail, because by complying with the more restrictive ACUC Standard, logically the
local legislation will be also complied with.
Regarding required training hours, none are specified because these could vary depending on many factors (number
of candidates, diving environment, etc), therefore the training hours needed are dependant on the fulfilment of learning objectives. In the ACUC manuals and documents where hours are specified, these are only to be considered recommendations
Please note with reference to bottom times: the ISO standards for this level indicate that a minimum bottom time per dive of 15 minutes and a cumulative bottom time of 80
minutes is necessary to obtain certification. ISO standards do not differentiate with respect to water temperature. If you add the ACUC recommended bottom times for cold water, you will see that they add up to a total of 75 minutes. Therefore, if you do these
course dives in cold water, take this into consideration and increase bottom time as necessary to meet ISO standards. ACUC recommends that if you have to do this, you do it on the first and/or second dive.
Instructors can perform more skill checks if they wish, however, the four listed dives must be performed and the defined skills must be checked, following the defined difficulty increase process. Also note that while reaching the listed minimum depths at some point during the dive on dives 2, 3 and 4 is mandatory, reaching the listed maximum depths is not mandatory.
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Dates & Times:
May 11th Class: 1pm-4:30pm (Rec & Tek SCUBA Classroom)
Pool: 5pm-8pm
May 12th Pool: 9am-12 noon
Class: 1pm- 3pm (Rec & Tek SCUBA Classroom)
Open Water Exit Dives: June 1st & 2nd 2024 at 8:00am both days.
Rec & Tek SCUBA Inc.
529 Upper Sherman Ave.
Hamilton Ontario L8V 3L9
Ph/Fax (905)385-0300
http://www.recandtekscuba.com
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