Thinking of Roatan for newish divers

[nldunn]

You absolutely would not be the first diver without AOW to touch the sand at the wreck. In part because the water is usually so clear ‘newer’ divers and ‘new to warm water’ divers don’t always realize how deep they are.

Ah, interesting!! They don't obsessively check their dive watches for depth and their air gauges like I do? LOL!

 

[CathyE]

Ah, interesting!! They don't obsessively check their dive watches for depth and their air gauges like I do? LOL!

No apparently we are the exception.

 

[dmaziuk]

No apparently we are the exception.

Our DM did say "it's deep so watch your gas" as I recall; having a DM with a clue and listening to the dive briefing is presumably the exception too.

 

[CathyE]

Our DM did say "it's deep so watch your gas" as I recall; having a DM with a clue and listening to the dive briefing is presumably the exception too.

At the last occurrence The DM did warn the OW divers to watch their depth, did get the attention of the errant diver and send him up. They also discussed it topside. The diver was very apologetic and more careful on subsequent dives.

 

[Allen-1]

At the last occurrence The DM did warn the OW divers to watch their depth, did get the attention of the errant diver and send him up. They also discussed it topside. The diver was very apologetic and more careful on subsequent dives.

EAN 32 has MOD of 112. It’s possible on that dive to go deeper. I was at 103 for a bit and watching my depth

 

[CathyE]

EAN 32 has MOD of 112. It’s possible on that dive to go deeper. I was at 103 for a bit and watching my depth

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This particular diver was on air, he was in no physical danger, just diving beyond his training without an instructor.

 

[nldunn]

Our DM did say "it's deep so watch your gas" as I recall; having a DM with a clue and listening to the dive briefing is presumably the exception too.

Oh, wow!! I hang on every word like my life depends on it. Because it does!!
Now, I understand that is because I'm new and don't have my own experiences to fall back upon. I'm sure if I had hundreds of dives in all sorts of conditions, I would have seen enough to handle most situations.

 

[nldunn]

No apparently we are the exception.

I know I'm obsessive because I'm new, but I think I would be regardless. I'm not a very brave person physically. I have a wild imagination and can write you a story about 1000 ways almost anything could go wrong!

 

[nldunn]

EAN 32 has MOD of 112. It’s possible on that dive to go deeper. I was at 103 for a bit and watching my depth

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I'm about to buy a dive watch and that looks so complicated, my brain kind of blanks. So if your SAC is .57 on the surface and you did a really shallow dive, that would give you 140 minutes on the bottom? I think I understand the rest!
Can you explain what EAN and MOD are? ETA: I just looked it up!

 

[Allen-1]

I'm about to buy a dive watch and that looks so complicated, my brain kind of blanks. So if your SAC is .57 on the surface and you did a really shallow dive, that would give you 140 minutes on the bottom? I think I understand the rest!
Can you explain what EAN and MOD are? ETA: I just looked it up!

That's NOT a dive computer, that's Sub-Surface on my PC...

I'm using a ScubaPro G2 as dive computer, with Suunto D5 as backup. I can import data from either/both into Sub-Surface.