Divergirl4U
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You guys are funny ... shore dives are the perfect place to gain experience.
Have fun .....
KP
Have fun .....
KP
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Geez Kim, I guess you are lucky that you've never had someone have something go horribly wrong on them a few hundred yards out.
They are the perfect place to gain experience...if you have an instructor or other dive leader with you who is willing to take the responsibility for saving your butt!
I've towed a few people back and I gotta tell you, I sure hope I never have to do that again.
In 26 years of shore diving I've had my own problems but dealt with it.
About 18 or so years ago my BC failed. I told my buddies to stick with me and I decided to complete the dive and empty the tank so that it would be more bouyant on the way back. I completed the dive without incident...but I had been a full time instructor for a few years at that time and I was very comfortable in the water. How would a new, inexperienced diver handle it? They could ditch their weightbelt...but, unfortunately, many drowned divers are found with weight belt intact.
More recently my regulator blew up on a dive. Oh well, crap and all that, I came to the surface and inflated my BC and swam back. How would a new, inexperienced diver handle it?
Sure. swimming out to the first reef on a beach where it is close in on a flat calm day is easy for anyone. But things still can go wrong.
They are the perfect place to gain experience...if you have an instructor or other dive leader with you who is willing to take the responsibility for saving your butt!
I've towed a few people back and I gotta tell you, I sure hope I never have to do that again.
In 26 years of shore diving I've had my own problems but dealt with it.
About 18 or so years ago my BC failed. I told my buddies to stick with me and I decided to complete the dive and empty the tank so that it would be more bouyant on the way back. I completed the dive without incident...but I had been a full time instructor for a few years at that time and I was very comfortable in the water. How would a new, inexperienced diver handle it? They could ditch their weightbelt...but, unfortunately, many drowned divers are found with weight belt intact.
More recently my regulator blew up on a dive. Oh well, crap and all that, I came to the surface and inflated my BC and swam back. How would a new, inexperienced diver handle it?
Sure. swimming out to the first reef on a beach where it is close in on a flat calm day is easy for anyone. But things still can go wrong.
Mayte
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I had to respond when I read Conch cuz it was through COnch i met my husband. He literally had his own "Conch Factory" when we met. Once caught, he froze the shell for easy removal of the snail inside. He would then soak the shell in bleach solution. The snail was then cleaned and sorted by meat tenderness (some boiled until tender (pressure cooker works best time depends on the size and quantity of the snails cooked) then he would cook into various dishes: Conch chowder, conch fritters, conch salad and lastly some bits cut sooked and dipped into hot sauce. The shell was removed from the solution a week later shined and decorated with gold paint " Greetings from......." and that my friend is more than you would ever want to know about conch.
Havent dove in Fla yet but I look forward to your posting later.
Mayte
Havent dove in Fla yet but I look forward to your posting later.
Mayte
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Then, just WHAT do you teach your students in terms of what to do if (when) something goes wrong?
I haven't taught diving in several years, so I will let another instructor respond to you, Gary.
Divergirl4U
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Things can go wrong just walking out of your door my friend
Shore dives is one of the few places that I feel comfortable diving with "unknown" divers ... it allows you to check out the skills of a diver before you buddy up on a boat. Most of my first dives where charter boats and I dove 40 to 60 ft sites. I think a nice shore dive(20ft) gives experience and allows the diver more time underwater to work on his/her comfort level.
Things can go wrong just walking out of your door my friend
Well duh but irrelevant.
I'd rather beach dive solo than with someone inexperienced. I feel much safer. A dive boat will have lots of rescue resources including a radio.
If you ever have to tow someone's sorry butt back from a beach dive, you will change your tune, sistah!
Divergirl4U
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You dive with new divers ALL the time on shore dives ...
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tltracy
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Alright girls... play nice!!Similar threads
