My offshore dive was cancelled due to weather today, so I took my newly certified OW daughter to an inland site 2-1/2 hours from home.
22 minutes into the dive, she signaled that she was cold and gave me the thumbs up. We ascended and called it a day.
Afterwards, she was apologetic about the fact that we drove five hours for 22 minutes of diving, but I shut that line of thinking down. We accomplished the primary mission of getting everyone back safe. It was, by definition, a good dive.
I think one of the hardest skills for new divers is learning to resist social, peer, or family pressure to dive or to continue diving when they aren't comfortable.
I was glad she had the confidence to call the dive. I felt better about that than I did about her reduced arm sculling from last week.
22 minutes into the dive, she signaled that she was cold and gave me the thumbs up. We ascended and called it a day.
Afterwards, she was apologetic about the fact that we drove five hours for 22 minutes of diving, but I shut that line of thinking down. We accomplished the primary mission of getting everyone back safe. It was, by definition, a good dive.
I think one of the hardest skills for new divers is learning to resist social, peer, or family pressure to dive or to continue diving when they aren't comfortable.
I was glad she had the confidence to call the dive. I felt better about that than I did about her reduced arm sculling from last week.