ClumsyCuttlefish
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Hello everybody!
There is a question I would like to ask. Let me describe the situation.
Last year I went with the group of divers on a diving trip to Curacao. The trip was organized by the diving travel agency/dive shop where I just passed my AOW course. (in Quebec). By the time of the trip I had only 10 dives, all part of my training and, consequently, all with the instructors. I rented all the gear at the shop as I did not have mine. That was my first sea experience and the DM knew that. The depth was 12m in average.
The first day and the first two dives went fine. I was a little bit shocked by the reality. The books said that you never separate from your buddy and you ascend together. My insta buddy was swimming away from me all the time and once I was short on air (yeah, too soon for my first dives in the sea) I thumbed up and he just waved good-by and stayed under the water. But that was not the real problem.
On the second day, while on a boat, shortly after I connected my regulator to the air tank (I did check the o-ring), the air started rushing out of the tank with a loud hiss. The DM (who was responsible of the trip) turned down the valve and suggested changing the tank. I asked him what might have caused the leak and he said that was the o-ring. . I changed the tank and this time asked the other DM to check the o-ring. He checked and said it was fine. Then the same picture again. Air is rushing from the tank ( not a mild leak, but a really noisy one with a fume). The DM came to me and closed the valve again, changed the tank and told me to keep the valve closed until the actual dive. Then he turned away and the issue was over. I felt very nervous and asked what I should do I this happens under the water. He answered that I would lose air quickly, so I just ascend. That was the end of his explanations. I do not need to explain how I felt during the dive. I swam really close to my buddy and did not think about the beauty around but about my tank.. Fortunately, the tank was silent under the water and I ended my dive normally.
I am still not sure if it was right to go underwater with such a problem? Should I have stayed on the boat?
Was it really a problem and what might have caused it?
Was it a normal reaction from the DM?
I would like to know for the future what to do in this situation.
Thanks!
There is a question I would like to ask. Let me describe the situation.
Last year I went with the group of divers on a diving trip to Curacao. The trip was organized by the diving travel agency/dive shop where I just passed my AOW course. (in Quebec). By the time of the trip I had only 10 dives, all part of my training and, consequently, all with the instructors. I rented all the gear at the shop as I did not have mine. That was my first sea experience and the DM knew that. The depth was 12m in average.
The first day and the first two dives went fine. I was a little bit shocked by the reality. The books said that you never separate from your buddy and you ascend together. My insta buddy was swimming away from me all the time and once I was short on air (yeah, too soon for my first dives in the sea) I thumbed up and he just waved good-by and stayed under the water. But that was not the real problem.
On the second day, while on a boat, shortly after I connected my regulator to the air tank (I did check the o-ring), the air started rushing out of the tank with a loud hiss. The DM (who was responsible of the trip) turned down the valve and suggested changing the tank. I asked him what might have caused the leak and he said that was the o-ring. . I changed the tank and this time asked the other DM to check the o-ring. He checked and said it was fine. Then the same picture again. Air is rushing from the tank ( not a mild leak, but a really noisy one with a fume). The DM came to me and closed the valve again, changed the tank and told me to keep the valve closed until the actual dive. Then he turned away and the issue was over. I felt very nervous and asked what I should do I this happens under the water. He answered that I would lose air quickly, so I just ascend. That was the end of his explanations. I do not need to explain how I felt during the dive. I swam really close to my buddy and did not think about the beauty around but about my tank.. Fortunately, the tank was silent under the water and I ended my dive normally.
I am still not sure if it was right to go underwater with such a problem? Should I have stayed on the boat?
Was it really a problem and what might have caused it?
Was it a normal reaction from the DM?
I would like to know for the future what to do in this situation.
Thanks!