Just getting ready to take my DM classes in about 2 months - What are the times required to max on the 400 and 800 meter swims? Just wondering what I'm shooting for.
PADI dm requirments
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 06:19 PM
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 06:38 PM
Hawk-Just getting ready to take my DM classes in about 2 months - What are the times required to max on the 400 and 800 meter swims? Just wondering what I'm shooting for.
Here are the times/points combinations for those 2 swims (assuming PADI):
400 yards:
under 6 min 5 points
6 to 8 min 4 points
8 to 10 min 3 points
10 to 12 min 2 points
more than 12 min 1 point
stopped incomplete
800 yards:
under 13 min 5 points
13 to 15 min 4 points
15 to 17 min 3 points
17 to 19 min 2 points
more than 19 min 1 point
stopped incomplete
Good luck!
Edited by WileEDiver, 15 February 2005 - 06:38 PM.
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 06:41 PM
Good Luck Hawk! Keep us posted! 
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 07:15 PM
Thanks guys - yep it's PADI, and it looks like I got a couple of months to hit the pool. 
I'll let ya'll know how it comes out
I'll let ya'll know how it comes out
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 07:19 PM
Not just the pool but the whole program, right?I'll let ya'll know how it comes out
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 07:36 PM
Good luck, man!!!
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 10:17 PM
Good Luck.. Keep us posted... getting my DM is next on my list.. Started it years ago and allowed the nondiving stuff to get in the way....
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 10:45 AM
Let me know when you're back in the swing with your DM program and if your Instructor is willing, I am happily inviting you to join us on any weekend we have classes up. You can recive credit that way and I'll send you back with signed off evaluations!!Good Luck.. Keep us posted... getting my DM is next on my list.. Started it years ago and allowed the nondiving stuff to get in the way....
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 01:05 PM
Oh man, you have to swim????? I thought swimming was left to the YMCA and are you a guppy or a minnow:-PJust getting ready to take my DM classes in about 2 months - What are the times required to max on the 400 and 800 meter swims? Just wondering what I'm shooting for.
I was just poking around the PADI site yesterday looking on what is required for DM, but their site isn't that informative, or easy to find the info you need. Does anybody have a thorough list of DM requirements? I figure if I am going to get more dives under my belt, might as well make the dives count for certification.
And good luck on getting your DM, let me know what to expect.
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 01:43 PM
I thought swimming was left to the YMCA
YMCA does generally require more swimming than most, but none of ours is timed.
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 03:24 PM
All you need to know is found in this equation:I was just poking around the PADI site yesterday looking on what is required for DM, but their site isn't that informative, or easy to find the info you need. Does anybody have a thorough list of DM requirements? I figure if I am going to get more dives under my belt, might as well make the dives count for certification.
And good luck on getting your DM, let me know what to expect.
-Mike-
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 05:52 PM
no times! I like that. I can swim for hours - just not fast.
Let's not get into the PADI bashing here - that's covered on a few other threads. Knowing my instructor, there won't be any corners cut. He usually demands above and beyond.
Let's not get into the PADI bashing here - that's covered on a few other threads. Knowing my instructor, there won't be any corners cut. He usually demands above and beyond.
Take an SD trip - See old friends you have never met before!
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. - Jean-Paul Sartre
I feel the urge, the urge to submerge! -ScubaHawk - Raptor of the Deep !
WHO DAT!!!!
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. - Jean-Paul Sartre
I feel the urge, the urge to submerge! -ScubaHawk - Raptor of the Deep !
WHO DAT!!!!
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 07:05 PM
I like to hear that! That's how we run it at our shop too! We can't afford to put out unprepared and I-met-the-minimum-requirements DMs up here in the PNW. Our conditions and necessary gear are too demanding for minimums and cutting corners doesn't exist in my world anyway.Knowing my instructor, there won't be any corners cut. He usually demands above and beyond.
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 07:11 PM
Mike, you'll likely not find a comprehensive list of requirements for the PADI DM program online because the program does get updated (so it's constantly changing) and there are actually two ways to move throught the program: internship style and classroom/scenario style. I personally only teach the program as an internship so the DMCs are working with real students. I do have an updated listing of requirements that I have prepared for my DMCs that I would be happy to share with you in an informational sense. Please feel free to PM me if you would like a copy.I was just poking around the PADI site yesterday looking on what is required for DM, but their site isn't that informative, or easy to find the info you need. Does anybody have a thorough list of DM requirements? I figure if I am going to get more dives under my belt, might as well make the dives count for certification.
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Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 07:20 PM
Let's not get into the PADI bashing here - that's covered on a few other threads.
Let's just leave that stuff to other threads and answer real questions here.
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Edited by Dive_Girl, 17 February 2005 - 11:06 AM.
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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