Gratulations to Michael #200, and Theis #201.

We had 2 great dives with a nice 8 degree warm water, very good visibility, and the students were very good.

I had the pleasure of diving with my friend Arne, at Trykkerdammen near Helsingør, Denmark.

The air was -5 degree Celsius, the waters surface temperature was about 2 degree Celsius, from 8 meters and deeper the water was a nice 8 degree Celsius warm.

I was using my Twin 10 set, to get more used to diving with it, I did notice a few things I need to adjust for future dives.

I wish you all a merry Christmas
Hope you have a nice evening together with your family, and maybe even get what you wished for

And what is better than a Christmas tree worm

The night dive, navigation and peak performance boyancy we did at Amager strandpark, here:

The deep dive we did on the north eastern side of the Swedish island of Hven, here:

The Boat dive we did just outside Rungsted Harbour, here:

One of the students Siri, was so kind to let me use these pictures:

You can see the gallery of the open water trainings here, taken by Alice a divemaster trainee, the quality is not very high due to bad visibility.

The gallery
Some of the pictures can be seen here:

I had the pleasure of reaching this milestone together with Natalie, who needed a scubareview.

We made the dive at the Knud Rasmussen statue north of Copenhagen, a nice an quite divesite, not very deep, only about 5 meters, but with a lot of things to look at, and very nice for scubareviews.

We went to a place in Helsingør called Trykkerdammen, and had two good dives.

One 36 Minutes long, and the second just 30 minutes long.

I often use this divesite for the last 2 open water dives, when conducting a Padi Open Water course, because it is quite easy to get to around 14-16 meters of depth here, actually the only place around Copenhagen where it is possible without a boat.

Early in the morning we went to Hundested harbour to go onto the boat DKDivers, from the diver center Frank works at.

After about 1 hours of sailing, we arrived at the dive site, about 6 nautic miles north of Hundested.

It was quite funny to dive a huge crane, something new. We saw 2 large nudibranches, but of course I did not bring my camera.

Frank thanks for a great day.

Sorry the video is in Danish, but I am sure you will still be able to enjoy the site.

Features (Borrowed from Waterproof website)

• Latex Wrist Seals – allows the flexibility to use any mfg’s dry-glove ring system.
• Warm Neck – Now we have improved our frequently imitated Warm Neck design to even better performance.
• A separate hood fits underneath the warm neck collar.
• Because of the shaping of the CETUS, there are no seams in the under arm area or in the crotch area, where any wrinkling will cause wearing.
• The boots are extended in the rear calf area, which facilitates an easy step in.
• Reinforced soft boots ensure ultimate strength and flexibility.
• The Boots are cut on an angle to minimize ankle and calf stress while finning.
• Chill Guard. Under the Dry Zip, it not only keeps body heat in, it also keeps your undergarments out of the zipper for trouble free operation.
• A Seat that Grips – Poly-urethane embossing in the back provides a no-slip grip and integrated abrasion protection.
• Knee Guards – PU-injection molded knee guards provide hard-core protection without compromising comfort and flexibility.
• Anatomical Sculpting – with 3 dimensionally sculpted arms and legs Cetus provides an anatomical fit designed for human movement.
• Each suit is tested by an overpressure check.
• SI-TECH valves, swiveling inlet valve and automatic outlet valve.

My termal protection is a 4th Element Xerotherm Arctic very nice and very warm.

Until now I have only been diving in a wetsuit, also a Waterproof model. But I have now been diving in a wetsuit since 2001, and was starting to get annoyed that the water here in Denmark was to cold in the winter. So I ordered the drysuit, custom made for my figure.

Today was the first time I dived in it, together with a diving friend Keld, we went to the harbour in Copenhagen to dive near a power plant the H.C. Ørsted Værket.

We jumped in at the mark, then we dived following the north wall, for about 15 minutes and turned around.

Dive Data:

There wasn’t anything interesting to see, but it was great to dive a Drysuit. Specially after the dive, where i just took it off and was dry, compared to squeeze out of my wetsuit, and being cold and wet.