You will be required to demonstrate all Open Water Diver scuba and snorkeling skills. Scoring at least a 3 on each skill and scoring at least 82 points total, with at least one underwater skill to a 5. Your instructor will review and demonstrate every skill prior to assessment.
Scoring Criteria
Score 5: Exercise performed correctly, slowly and with exaggerated movement – appeared easy. Demonstrate skill while neutrally buoyant.
Score 4: Exercise performed correctly, and slowly enough to adequately exhibit or illustrate details of skill.
Score 3: Exercise performed correctly, though too quickly to adequately exhibit or illustrate details of the skill
Score 2: Exercise performed with significant difficulty or error.
Score 1: Candidate unable to perform exercise.
Dive Skills
1. Equipment assembly, adjustment, preparation, donning and disassembly
2. Predive safety check (BWRAF)
3. Deep-water entry
4. Buoyancy check at surface
5. Snorkel-regulator/regulator-snorkel exchange
6. Five-point descent, using buoyancy control to stop descent without contacting the bottom
7. Regulator recovery and clearing*
8. Mask removal, replacement and clearing*
9. Air depletion exercise and alternate air source use (stationary)
10. Alternate air source-assisted ascent
11. Free flowing regulator breathing
12. Neutral buoyancy, rise and fall – using low pressure inflation
13. Five-point ascent
14. Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent
15. Orally inflate BCD to hover for at least 60 seconds
16. Underwater swim without a mask
17. Remove and replace weight system underwater
18. Remove and replace scuba unit underwater
19. Remove and replace scuba unit on the surface
20. Remove and replace weight system on the surface
21. Head-first surface dive, snorkel out of mouth
22. Disconnect low-pressure inflator
23. Re-secure a loose cylinder band
24. Perform an emergency weight drop