Sentences with phrase «of open water»

The vast areas of open water in 2007 and 2008 increased the amount of summer ocean heat storage.

A fair portion of the theory can be done at you own pace and prior to your holiday and start of the open water course.

The team's early results show that the ocean retains areas of open water in the tropics, even when glaciers cover much of the land mass.

This opens up a whole new world of dive sites that are out of the reach of open water divers.

You'll find the absolute largest waves where there are large stretches of open water and steep land, giving the tide ample time to accumulate energy and force the wave upward.

If diving, you will have to provide proof of open water certification from a nationally or internationally recognized organization, along with photo identification.

You will then jump on the afternoon 2 tank shallow reef charter to complete the first session of your open water training dives.

A cloud front can be seen in the lower left, and dark areas indicate regions of open water between sea ice formations.

As ice cover retreats, areas of open water absorb heat that the ice normally reflects.

The remarkable expansion of open water there last summer was as much a result of old thick ice moving as it was of melting, as I wrote last fall.

Wind gained strength over ever - larger sections of open water, adding to land loss.

After successful completion of your open water training dives you will become a Certified Diver.

In autumn, when air temperatures drop, many areas of open water also begin to cool.

A boating first date provides the serene environment of open water and gives you plenty of things to talk about.

Following a 15 - hour course of instruction, participants complete a number of open water dives to obtain their certifications.

These sessions enable you to gain practical experience as an instructional assistant and a supervisor of open water diving activities, both as a coordinator and as an underwater dive guide.

The practical training will take place over 3 days; 1 afternoon of confined water training and 2 mornings of open water training dives.

Two times of open water training will be executed before the lunch is served in the middle of the day.

The continuation of open water training is the first step to review the entire lesson that you have learned.

In the false - color scheme, land is green, black is indicative of open water, and ice is a light turquoise.

The ice in this region of approximately 100 kilometers in diameter is always thinner than the surrounding regions, and small areas of open water are common year - round.

A science reporter for the New York Times wrote that a couple of scientists on a tourist icebreaker cruise in the Arctic had seen a large patch of open water at the North Pole, possibly the first such occurrence in thousands of years.

I've been to the Arctic three times for the newspaper since 2003 — visiting the North Slope, North Pole, and Greenland to examine what mix of human and natural forces is driving the warming and ice retreats and the implications of having increasing amounts of open water in summers in a region increasingly seen as a resource trove and shortcut for shipping.

The vast extent of open water in the Pacific influences wind and pressure patterns over it, and climatic conditions in the southern and eastern Pacific — where the steadiness of the trade winds and the westerlies is remarkable — are the most uniform on the globe.

As part of the Open Water Course, we also offer the ability to complete your certification by way of referral from you local dive center or via eLearning on the PADI website.

The Scuba Diver Course covers the first 3 chapters of the Open Water Manual which should be read before hand or completed via PADI's e-learning or Open Water Diver Touch.

Independently guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a ratio of two student divers per certified Divemaster.

It takes 2 days and involves you self studying three chapters of the Open Water manual and watching the accompanying videos.

Proof of open water SCUBA certification from a nationally or internationally recognized organization must be provided, along with photo identification.

Finally, narwhals scan vertically as they dive, which could help them find patches of open water where they can surface and breathe amid sea ice cover.

This course is designed to polish your buoyancy control beyond the level of the Open Water Diver.

Coral reefs and sand banks in front of the open waters of the Caribbean Sea protect the San Blas Islands.

Habitat The bald eagle explores sea coasts and other large bodies of open water with an abundance of fish as well as rivers, large lakes, and mountainous open country.

This equates to the first half of the open water course and is perfect for those who don't have time to complete the full open water or are not confidant swimmers but would still like to get certified.

They are assuming that a 2C rise in global temperatures will occur, sometime between 2015 and 2052, and this will affect particularly the sea ice extent, winds and the amount of open water on which these colonies depend.

Polynyas are regions of open water surrounded by sea ice.

9:00 am: Richard J. Caselli of the Mayo Clinic; Adam Gazzaley of UC San Francisco; Mary Lou Jepsen of Open Water; Sanjay Gupta of CNN

We camp on the lakeshore in the heart of the thermalactivity, taking advantage of the open water for cooking and drinking.

Paulk, a litigation partner in the Virginia firm Hirschler Fleischer, is about to dive into the final stretch of ocean to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.

At the beginning of July, ice concentrations in the region remain high, 9-10/10, with some small areas of open water along the southern route.

By looking at the platelets of open water fish under the microscope, the team found that the platelets align well on vertical axes, allowing fish to reflect the predictable downward direction of light in the open ocean.

The Environment Agency has been involved in warning children about the dangers of open water, following a number of reports of children playing on weirs.

Participants will need a minimum of Open Water Certification.

For the Adventurous as you conquer the challenge of open water jetsking experiencing the Whitsundays amazing offshore islands and waterways.