Giant Stride Entry
The Giant Stride entry is one of the safest and most comfortable entries when you are scuba diving from a bigger boat. It depends on the size and hight of a boat what entry you choose. The Giant Stride entry is one of the best options especially if you are nervous to enter the water for the first time.
Giant Stride Entry
Usually when you scuba dive from the beach we just walk into the water using the sloping bottom contour. When we dive from a small boat we roll backwards into the water or put the dive equipment on in the water. When we are on a larger boat the some people prefer to enter backwards, however we found out that in most cases the Giant Stride Entry is much better.
You first will practice the Deep Water Entry in the PADI Open Water Course. Many Diving Instructors like to teach the Giant Stride in confined water first.
You first will practice the Deep Water Entry in the PADI Open Water Course. Many Diving Instructors like to teach the Giant Stride in confined water first.
How to do a Giant Stride Entry
1. Add air into your BCD (70%ish full)
2. Stand on the side of the pool or boat, with your toes on the side and your fins going over
3. Put your left hand on your weight belt and hold the buckle (if you have a weight belt)
4. Make sure you have your scuba mask on you face and your regulator in your mouth
5. With your right hand hold your regulator and mask in place (regulator in the palm of your hand and 2 fingers on your scuba mask
6. Look down and check if nothing is in the water and you are clear to enter
7. When everything is ok, look straight forward to the horizon
8. Make a big step (not jump) forward (Giant Stride) into the water
9. When you surface keep holding the regulator into your mouth and you scuba mask on your face
10. first fully inflate the BCD
11. Then you can take out your regulator (remember mouth piece down)
12. Switch to your snorkel
13. Give an ok signal to anyone that looked after you entering the water
14. Swim away so other scuba divers can also enter the water
Check out the Giant Stride skill video:
2. Stand on the side of the pool or boat, with your toes on the side and your fins going over
3. Put your left hand on your weight belt and hold the buckle (if you have a weight belt)
4. Make sure you have your scuba mask on you face and your regulator in your mouth
5. With your right hand hold your regulator and mask in place (regulator in the palm of your hand and 2 fingers on your scuba mask
6. Look down and check if nothing is in the water and you are clear to enter
7. When everything is ok, look straight forward to the horizon
8. Make a big step (not jump) forward (Giant Stride) into the water
9. When you surface keep holding the regulator into your mouth and you scuba mask on your face
10. first fully inflate the BCD
11. Then you can take out your regulator (remember mouth piece down)
12. Switch to your snorkel
13. Give an ok signal to anyone that looked after you entering the water
14. Swim away so other scuba divers can also enter the water
Check out the Giant Stride skill video:
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Next Skill: BCD Inflate & Deflate
Marcel van den Berg
PADI Platinum Course Director
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