WanderLust68
Contributor
Greetings -
as a fairly new diver I'm having issues equalizing and my last two attempts at diving in Cozumel have not gone very well. My concern is that if I do take 5-10 minutes to equalize during a descent on a drift dive, that I will out-pace the rest of the group, get separated, etc.
Someone had suggested that I ask the dive operator to allow me to use a descent line (I seem to have better luck equalizing using that) which again would potentially split me from the rest of the dive group, at least I would be behind the group than above and in front of.
Can anyone give me suggestions on how I should handle a planned slowww descent on a drift dive - will dive operators allow a descent line?
Thank you for any input!
as a fairly new diver I'm having issues equalizing and my last two attempts at diving in Cozumel have not gone very well. My concern is that if I do take 5-10 minutes to equalize during a descent on a drift dive, that I will out-pace the rest of the group, get separated, etc.
Someone had suggested that I ask the dive operator to allow me to use a descent line (I seem to have better luck equalizing using that) which again would potentially split me from the rest of the dive group, at least I would be behind the group than above and in front of.
Can anyone give me suggestions on how I should handle a planned slowww descent on a drift dive - will dive operators allow a descent line?
Thank you for any input!