How I Became An Advanced Open Water Diver | Discover Sabah, Borneo | Sailing & Diving Ep 281

A last minute cancellation at the dive school meant Jamie could take the PADI Open Water Dive course with Big Fin Divers at Kota Belud. Oh yeah…

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00:00 A new dawn, a new day
01:20 Big Fin Dive Resort
04:11 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
04:33 Day 1 – Navigation
06:16 Peak performance buoyancy
08:25 Liz on her own aboard SY Esper
09:12 Night dive
11:56 Day 2 – Deep dive
14:56 Fish identification
16:30 Theory, finish, fun

Big thanks to Maman of BIG FIN for the excellent tuition and many laughs.
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