UNL Campus Rec offers scuba lessons
By Mike Kluck
Staff Reporter
Although the best open water
scuba diving area in Nebraska is over
300 miles from Lincoln, students at
the University of Nebraska are still
able to learn how to scuba dive.
A scuba class taught by “Big Mac”
Scuba and Sail of Lincoln is being
offered through UNL to students and
Lincoln residents. The class is being
sponsored by the Office of Campus
Recreation.
Brent Johnson, an Advanced Open
Water Instructor, said the class was
set up in 1986 with “Big Mac” and
Campus Recreation and is controlled
by the Campus Recreation Depart
ment.
Johnson said Lake McConaughy
in Nebraska is the best area for open
water diving but added that there are
many other areas in Nebraska avail
able for diving.
“Virtually anywhere there is water
a person can dive,” Johnson said.
Scuba diving has increased in
popularity in Lincoln, Johnson said,
because it isn’t difficult to learn and a
person can dive almost anywhere.
He said there are between 400 and
500 scuba divers in Lincoln and “Big
Mac” has trained over 200 new divers
across Nebraska so far this year.
Johnson said the class is divided
into a classroom and pool session two
nights a week for three weeks. After
that time students spend a weekend at
Lake McConaughy where they take
four to six open water dives under the
supervision of an instructor.
He said “Big Mac” teaches stu
dents with many instructors at the
beginning of the course but gradually
cuts back on instructors as students
become more accustomed to diving.
Johnson said by the last dive the stu
dents dive on their own with one
instructor on the shore.
“The program we have is a very
educational system, jonnson saiu.
“It is an actual learning system where
we will cover an aspect of diving five
to seven times before actually div
ing.”
Johnson said the program “Big
Mac” teaches is sanctioned through
Scuba Schools International. The
program uses many different forms of
multi-media equipment in the class
room, including video, lectures, text
books and workbooks.
The program can be completed in
sections, Johnson said.
“Because we have locations all
over the world a person can complete
the classroom part of the course here
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Johnson said once students com
plete the course they are certified as
an open water diver.
Although students are certified in
open water diving, Johnson said it is
still best to take an Environmental
Orientation Dive if they want to dive
in a different environment. He said an
average scuba class at the University
has around eight to 12 students.
The cost of the class is $150 per
person. Classes meet every Monday
and T uesday from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at
Mabel Lee pool. The sessions are July
4-19 and July 25-Aug. 9.
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