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Locations & Schedule

The first week of the course is conducted on the mainland. Swim tests and confined water training is conducted at the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) pool, and classroom lectures are conducted at the Southern California Marine Institute (SCMI). Mainland days start at 8:00am and end at 5:00pm, with daily homework assignments. The second week of the course, consisting of open water dive training and completion of classroom lectures, is conducted on Catalina Island at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center. Island days start at 8:00am and continue into the evening with late afternoon and night dives and classroom lectures.

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Sample Schedule

Below is a typical day-by-day schedule for the program. Dates and locations for practical skills training may vary based on weather and conditions.

Mainland

Monday: SCMI – Orientation, AAUS history/standards, OSI policies/procedures lectures

Tuesday: CSULB Pool, SCMI – Swim tests, checkout dive; classroom lectures

Wednesday: CSULB Pool, SCMI – Buoyancy, Task management dives; classroom lectures

Thursday: CSULB Pool, SCMI – Rescue skills/dives; classroom lectures

Friday: CSULB Pool, SCMI – SMB, Life bag, Transect dives; DAN Diving First Aid for Professional Divers

Saturday: Cabrillo, SCMI – Beach skin dive, rescue skills 1; DAN First Aid for Professional Divers

Sunday: Prep & Pack out for transit to Catalina

Catalina Island

Monday: SCMI – transit to USC Wrigley Marine Science Center – Facility Orientation, checkout, rescue 2, night dives

Tuesday: WMSC – Deep, Blue-water, navigation 1 & 2 dives, evening lecture

Wednesday: WMSC – Search & Recovery, Light salvage, data collecting (transects, fish survey) dives; evening lecture

Thursday: WMSC – Deep/simulated decompression, air consumption (SAC rates) dives; evening lecture

Friday: WMSC – Environmental survey (s)

Saturday: Transit to SCMI