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Polen övertrumfer Italien med "dykardagis"
Världens djupaste konstgjorda dykpool är nu Deepspot, som öppnade i den polska staden Mszczonow, 25 mil från huvudstaden Warszawa, den 21 november.
På 45.5 m slår poolen den tidigare rekordhållaren, som också finns i Europa – Deep JoyY-40 i Montegrotto Terme i Italien är 42.5 m djup.
Providing another confined-water environment for advanced scuba and freediver utbildning, Deepspot includes five layers of artificial caves and a Mayan chamber for overhead-environment work, as well as a small boat. The main pool section descends to 20m.
Poolen rymmer 8000 kubikmeter vatten – mer än 20 gånger så mycket som den genomsnittliga simbassängen på 25 meter. Bygget tog två år och kostade motsvarande 8 miljoner pund. Det finns planer på att ta emot besökande dykare på ett intilliggande hotell där de kan titta på undervattensaktiviteterna genom 5 meters djupa fönster.
Unlike Polish swimming pools the Deepspot complex has been able to open to the public during the coronavirus pandemic because it is classed as a utbildning centre for divers. Only about a dozen used it on the opening day, however, including eight on an instruktör course. One described the facility as a “kindergarten for divers”.
24 November 2020
Besides the public, firefighters and military divers are set to use the facility for utbildning ändamål.
A one-hour slot costs from £67 for one and £105 for two divers with an instruktör, £75 for two divers and £146 for two instructors.
Deepspot-webbplatsen verkar ofullständig än men kan hittas här.
****** IN OTHER UTBILDNING news, NAUI says it is extending its offer to all diving instructors of a free instruktör crossover course along with five free certifications. Including ÖPPET VATTEN, Advanced, Rescue, Nitrox and other specialities, these certifications can be mixed and matched.
Smakämnen utbildning agency has also decided to freeze membership fees for instructors crossing over or restarting in 2021, in a bid to help “kick-start” an industry that it says has severely suffered as a result of coronavirus. Details from Simon Lodge (Southern UK Rep, simon@europe.naui.org) eller Craig Warner (Representant i norra Storbritannien, cwarner@europe.naui.org).
