I have been a member of this forum for a while now, im fairly new to scuba diving although I ve been freediving/spearfishing since I was young. I do feel I should share my experience on what probably would have been the stupidest accident ever.
The following happened to me during my last dive of OW training.
All my dives were on the same beach and all involved walking up to a flat rock which was pretty level with the water and diving in/out from there. the first 2 dives were on really calm seas. On the thrid dive the sea was rough plenty of waves/surf. upon exiting the 3rd dive I saw my DM do something really cool. He let the surf take him to the rock, he pulled his legs up and sort of jumped up on the rock. when the surf retreated he was standing on the rock.... Glorious. I thought I'ld do the same and did so successfully. Strong surf got me to the rock, I pull my feet up, when surf left I was standing there, pretty cool. On the 4th dive seas were even rougher and the dive was pretty bad since low vis and current. I couldnt wait to get out of the water. upon exiting the dive I saw my DM do the same cool trick so not to be outdone, I copied.
this time though things didnt went to plan. i got up to the rock alright but the exiting surf draged my feet back in the water.that had as an immediate effect of slamming my head/hips/elbows/knees and anything else that stuck out on the rock. needless to say I was in sheer agony but that was the least of my problems. soon realised that reg wasnt in my mouth and I was one fin short. Chocked and caughed a bit. Mind went to overdrive (thankfully didnt panic, I was probably too embarassed to allow myself to panic) and was ready to dump weights but to my rescue came the next surf which took me again close to the rock and I got hold of DMs hand who pulled me out like a pile of dead weight.
moral... dont copy other peoples actions..... aerobatics have no place at sea.
I hope that my story will help people avoid doing the same mistake I did.
The following happened to me during my last dive of OW training.
All my dives were on the same beach and all involved walking up to a flat rock which was pretty level with the water and diving in/out from there. the first 2 dives were on really calm seas. On the thrid dive the sea was rough plenty of waves/surf. upon exiting the 3rd dive I saw my DM do something really cool. He let the surf take him to the rock, he pulled his legs up and sort of jumped up on the rock. when the surf retreated he was standing on the rock.... Glorious. I thought I'ld do the same and did so successfully. Strong surf got me to the rock, I pull my feet up, when surf left I was standing there, pretty cool. On the 4th dive seas were even rougher and the dive was pretty bad since low vis and current. I couldnt wait to get out of the water. upon exiting the dive I saw my DM do the same cool trick so not to be outdone, I copied.
this time though things didnt went to plan. i got up to the rock alright but the exiting surf draged my feet back in the water.that had as an immediate effect of slamming my head/hips/elbows/knees and anything else that stuck out on the rock. needless to say I was in sheer agony but that was the least of my problems. soon realised that reg wasnt in my mouth and I was one fin short. Chocked and caughed a bit. Mind went to overdrive (thankfully didnt panic, I was probably too embarassed to allow myself to panic) and was ready to dump weights but to my rescue came the next surf which took me again close to the rock and I got hold of DMs hand who pulled me out like a pile of dead weight.
moral... dont copy other peoples actions..... aerobatics have no place at sea.
I hope that my story will help people avoid doing the same mistake I did.
...sometimes we have to make sacrifices to look cool, just so long as it doesn't kill someone. Along the same line: 
