New Open Water, Stress & Rescue, and Search & Recovery Divers

Congratulations to all the brand new Open Water Divers certified this past weekend at Husker Divers' private sandpit lake near Kearney! After two days of dives, exploring the lake, showing their newly acquired skills, and seeing the HUGE crappie and bass, we now have a new crop of divers and dive buddies certified and looking forward to wetting their fins again soon.

While the Open Water Divers were doing their thing, another group of divers was completing their SSI Stress & Rescue and Search & Recovery classes. Congratulations to you guys, too! These are two separate specialty classes, but when combined, the skills of each can be used to complement the other, making for a truly valuable training experience. SSI's Stress & Rescue course can be taken right after the Open Water Diver course, so if you're a newly certified diver or have never taken the Stress & Rescue course, you can get the book anytime, along with the Search & Recovery book if you'd like, and sign up for the next class. We'll be holding these two classes again on July 25th and 26th.

New Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Katie Shoemaker on earning her Open Water Diver certification today! Katie is one of the 13 students in the Union College scuba class this semester. Because of a scheduling conflict (she leaves for her home in Ohio on Friday), Katie did her open water dives yesterday (Sunday, May 3rd) and today. She did a great job and especially enjoyed the compass navigation part of the dives.

One highlight of the day that both Katie and her instructor enjoyed happened on the surface of the lake. They were putting their fins on in the water in preparation for their second dive of the day when a bald eagle came swooping out of the sky about 40 yards away. It flared its wings, stuck its legs out ahead of it with talons spread wide, and snatched up a fish. Then it flew away, landing in a tree on the far side of the lake to enjoy its meal.

Again, congratulations, Katie!

Top 10 Ocean Adventure Movies Revealed

When you think of an ocean-related movie, what leaps to your mind? "Jaws?" "Finding Nemo?" "Open Water?" Well, the list is official. Sort of. Click here to see the list of the top 10 ocean adventure movies. Is your favorite on the list? If so, or if you have another movie you'd nominate, leave a comment and let us know! Movie marathon, anyone?

Two New Instructors Certified

Husker Divers now has two brand new instructors! Dan Stalder and Beth Sorensen completed their Instructor Training Course and Instructor Evaluation today, February 12th. Both said they enjoyed the course very much, but were also significantly challenged by it. They're looking forward to working with new Open Water Diver students!

Congratulations to New Divers in Training!

We had some new divers-in-training wrap up their pool work this past weekend. Their next step: open water certification dives, then certification as SSI Open Water Divers and a whole new lifestyle of underwater exploration and fun!

Congratulations to Danielle K., Steve K., Rich K., and Bruce B. on completing your academic and pool requirements!

Also, Ken M., a previously certified diver with another agency, completed a total review and update of his scuba skills. We look forward to diving with Ken in the open water, too!

Way to go, all! Well done!