fisherdvm
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And how you dealt with. About dive 10, I was invited to join 3 other young soldiers to go on a boat for lobsters at night. To an unknown reef with the wives on the boat. None of us had lobster experience. Boat anchor was too short so it drifted off. I got sick, threw up underwater, used too much air and surfaced. We were much deeper than we expected with no gps guidance, I was near sighted and can barely see the boat. Bought prescription goggles soon after. Got no lobsters as we were on sand bottom with a few rocks. About dive 7 on my AOW night dive, insta buddy wanted to see the exhaust tube at the electric plant at Electric reef in Oahu. I reluctantly stayed near but got caught in the vacumn and blown out to sea. It was like swimming in a rip current to get back. Insta buddy was on the surface with the group.... again, if it was not for the lights on the electric plant, I would not know how to find the group. Lesson learned, stay away any moving current, there is a vacumn that pulls you in. Dive 60 or so, TSA disassembled my bc and did not reattached the hose well. I jump in with BC deflated but it emptied by itself. Dove with problems. Surfaced scared to death and kicking like mad, but made it back. Should have dumped weight, but did not want to pay for loaned ones. Dive 60 or so... back entry on a sixpack boat without fins. Fortunately no currents. Dive 100 or so, played with the valve while waiting for a group of students, swam to the group, signalled ok and enterred the water. 4 breaths later, no air! Kicked to the surface and turned the air on. Some of us never made mistakes.. and other, like myself, make them all the time .... and I agree with the GUE philosophy. But most experienced divers learn from mistakes. That is why we ask stupid questions on SB and get flammed for should have known better!