anyone who hates diving?
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Jersey
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KN:
Can't tell you how many diving buddies, instructors, etc have ROFLAO after reading THAT story! It was one of the first posts I ever read here, can't even remember how I found SB or that story, but it is printed out & kept in a binder of scuba stuff at my house. I know the LJ area, tides, beaches (& shopping) & can just picture divers hoofing up! (Husband got pinned against the rocks, almost swept out a couple years ago walking on beach, wouldn't listen when I said, 'don't walk up there, the tide is coming in FAST.' Lost a cell phone & digital camera in the process - electronics plus salt water = bad news!)
dub: equipment, like regulators, fail. Or free flow, or mask seaks don't. It happens. Or people mess up - dive in with sunglasses on, or snorkel in mouth, or tanks turned off. Like most things you deal with it & dive on. You practice for these events (well maybe not the sunglasses....)
And yep - you throw up underwater, through your regulator. Quarry dive - no sea sickness was involved. Just very anxious, excited, scared, you name it. Ya throw up, take out reg, rinse it, reinsert. Fish love the chunks. Clean it really good when you get home.
Sounds like I'm not the only one who had inital fears allayed by going out, doin it & having a great time. And sharks & other things - truly surreal. Diving is so amazing to be suspended underwater, seeing things up close that most people do not even get to dream about. (Don't laugh - almost a religious experience) The remains of ships that haven't seen daylight for years. Having schools of fish swirl around you, being escorted around by large grouper, having bass swim right up & look you in the eye, as if to ask who are you & what are you doing down here?? I wanna go diving NOW!;-0
Can't tell you how many diving buddies, instructors, etc have ROFLAO after reading THAT story! It was one of the first posts I ever read here, can't even remember how I found SB or that story, but it is printed out & kept in a binder of scuba stuff at my house. I know the LJ area, tides, beaches (& shopping) & can just picture divers hoofing up! (Husband got pinned against the rocks, almost swept out a couple years ago walking on beach, wouldn't listen when I said, 'don't walk up there, the tide is coming in FAST.' Lost a cell phone & digital camera in the process - electronics plus salt water = bad news!)
dub: equipment, like regulators, fail. Or free flow, or mask seaks don't. It happens. Or people mess up - dive in with sunglasses on, or snorkel in mouth, or tanks turned off. Like most things you deal with it & dive on. You practice for these events (well maybe not the sunglasses....)
And yep - you throw up underwater, through your regulator. Quarry dive - no sea sickness was involved. Just very anxious, excited, scared, you name it. Ya throw up, take out reg, rinse it, reinsert. Fish love the chunks. Clean it really good when you get home.Sounds like I'm not the only one who had inital fears allayed by going out, doin it & having a great time. And sharks & other things - truly surreal. Diving is so amazing to be suspended underwater, seeing things up close that most people do not even get to dream about. (Don't laugh - almost a religious experience) The remains of ships that haven't seen daylight for years. Having schools of fish swirl around you, being escorted around by large grouper, having bass swim right up & look you in the eye, as if to ask who are you & what are you doing down here?? I wanna go diving NOW!;-0
He was 21 when he was first certified. Needless to say, I'm older than I look (34) and he's a bit older than me
I can guarantee that SCC is cheaper! I can't believe how much WSU is charging per credit hour now (I graduated in 1996) and the scuba class is 2 credit hours + lab fee + buying mask/fins/snorkel. Then the certification is a separate fee because you can take the class and pass it without going for certification. SIGH!
The 5 1/2 week course might not be too bad, if there summer quarter is anything like ours the class might be small (I think last summer there were 2 students at WSU).
Ber
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My mother doesn't even like to get her face wet. She doesn't know how to swim, and refuses to learn, she is so afraid of water.
When I had e-mailed her and told her I wanted to be a scuba diver, she almost started crying, the poor thing! She was so deathly afraid that I was going to drown that I decided not to give her too many details of my training experiences.
Now when I talk to her about it, she still says it scares her to think of me under the water. I've tried to explain the details of how SCUBA works, but I usually don't get very far. LOL
I've told her that I'd like my father to get certified (he says he's always wanted to), and then he and I could go diving together. That usually creates hysterics, so I am now talking privately with my father about it.......LOL
When I had e-mailed her and told her I wanted to be a scuba diver, she almost started crying, the poor thing! She was so deathly afraid that I was going to drown that I decided not to give her too many details of my training experiences.
Now when I talk to her about it, she still says it scares her to think of me under the water. I've tried to explain the details of how SCUBA works, but I usually don't get very far. LOL
I've told her that I'd like my father to get certified (he says he's always wanted to), and then he and I could go diving together. That usually creates hysterics, so I am now talking privately with my father about it.......LOL
primitivepete
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Hey Dub,
You are going to end up over analyzing this and scare your self out of trying it.
Look at it this way. You are more likely to get hurt driving your car to work.
Just find a good dive shop. Find an instructor that you feel comfortable with. ( some are better with people skills then others).
Then enjoy the course. You will be taught what to do if a problem develops and better yet. You are taught how to avoid and prevent a dive incident.
Once you are certified. You like many others here on the forum can visit and experiance the other 70% of our planet.
(OK, Did I lay it on to thick???????)
You are going to end up over analyzing this and scare your self out of trying it.
Look at it this way. You are more likely to get hurt driving your car to work.
Just find a good dive shop. Find an instructor that you feel comfortable with. ( some are better with people skills then others).
Then enjoy the course. You will be taught what to do if a problem develops and better yet. You are taught how to avoid and prevent a dive incident.
Once you are certified. You like many others here on the forum can visit and experiance the other 70% of our planet.
(OK, Did I lay it on to thick???????)
MercutioATC
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Dub,
I'm pretty good with new situations and although I'd been interested in scuba for a while, I was a little apprehensive about the possibility that maybe I wouldn't feel comfortable with it. On my first confined water dive, I had about 5 seconds of REALLY uncomfortable when we did the mask removal thing. Then I realized that although I couldn't see, I could still breathe just fine. It was a very cool experience. No problems since. Go for it...you'll love it.
I'm pretty good with new situations and although I'd been interested in scuba for a while, I was a little apprehensive about the possibility that maybe I wouldn't feel comfortable with it. On my first confined water dive, I had about 5 seconds of REALLY uncomfortable when we did the mask removal thing. Then I realized that although I couldn't see, I could still breathe just fine. It was a very cool experience. No problems since. Go for it...you'll love it.
You need to give it a chance befor you decide to hang it up for good.
It takes a few dives befor you even become comfortable with the situations.
And next time choose better Dive Partners.
Diving can be great with the right people and a good attitude.
Kat
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My boyfriends sister took a resort course. She got out in the ocean and managed to get to a depth of about 40' then flipped out. Her hubby told us she inflated her BCD & shot to the surface like a rocket. The instructor tried to grab her but was too late. That was it, she knew diving wasn't for her.
TheDarknessLord
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When I made my OW course (five years ago), we were 4 in the classroom, when the pool day arrived, one of the guys, said this is not for me, I don't want even try... everybody was really confused. The guy took his stuff, and quit the course, amazing!
In these five years I'm a very active diver, and I saw many courses and making also many courses, and the worst part for a beginner is when they have to take off the mask! This action, I don't know way, is very critical for almost everyone!
In these five years I'm a very active diver, and I saw many courses and making also many courses, and the worst part for a beginner is when they have to take off the mask! This action, I don't know way, is very critical for almost everyone!
big t-- I guess that makes sense. I don't really have a clear idea of what a regulator is and was thinking water getting in was a leakage problem that would be discovered almost immediately. I wasn't thinking of it being a mechanical problem.
Jana--that is really scary. It is hard for me to imagine something like that going wrong esp if you were at an even greater depth.
svidlano-- i don't really do any swimming or diving now so i doubt i will feel the loss of freedom with the equipment like you do. If anything i will gain more freedom. The equipment being complicated is a concern for me but I won't know til i try.
King Neptune--------I was amused at the beginning of your story but man you had to be livid with that instuctor once it was all over:livid:. esp after his little comments. I would have been so embarrassed if i was that lady. I guess if the conditions were bad for a professional like you, she had reason to freak out. I can't imagine dealing with that for 2+ hours. the vomit alone would have been enough to make me not want to go again.
Jersey--- ewwww-- that just sounds sooo disgusting. I'm just going to try not to think about it and hope no one in my space vomits including myself.
Ber, you do look young! yea i'm going to have to stick with scc or the y then. I can't believe you only had 2 students. that makes me alot more comfortable to know i may be in a small class. I was thinking it would be quite full in the summer.
victoria-- i'm not as bad as you mom with water. I do like to hear the bad with the good tho. I feel it keeps me realistic and cautious. I had a few experiences swallowing water when i was a kid and it does tend to induce panic.
pete-- I agree. If i think enough about terrorism or watch that movie Alive, I will scare myself out of going on planes! hehe I am pretty decided on taking the classes and giving it a try. I just still like to know what i'm getting into and to hear the worst case scenarios. considering how i drive, I am suuuuure I should be more frightened in a car too! hehe
Mercutio-- nice name by the way! I'm in ohio too. where do you usually dive at? I'm not familiar where westlake ohio is. and thanks for the encouragement.
Kat-- so was the girlfriend freaking out the whole way down and it just build up til she jetted to the top or was she fine unless she got that deep? I worry about that. Nervousness at the beginning is understandable but I don't want to freak out suddenly once i'm down there.
darkness-- do they make you take off the mask in the pool only or do you do it during an open water dive? I think I could handle it in a pool.
Jana--that is really scary. It is hard for me to imagine something like that going wrong esp if you were at an even greater depth.
svidlano-- i don't really do any swimming or diving now so i doubt i will feel the loss of freedom with the equipment like you do. If anything i will gain more freedom. The equipment being complicated is a concern for me but I won't know til i try.
King Neptune--------I was amused at the beginning of your story but man you had to be livid with that instuctor once it was all over:livid:. esp after his little comments. I would have been so embarrassed if i was that lady. I guess if the conditions were bad for a professional like you, she had reason to freak out. I can't imagine dealing with that for 2+ hours. the vomit alone would have been enough to make me not want to go again.
Jersey--- ewwww-- that just sounds sooo disgusting. I'm just going to try not to think about it and hope no one in my space vomits including myself.
Ber, you do look young! yea i'm going to have to stick with scc or the y then. I can't believe you only had 2 students. that makes me alot more comfortable to know i may be in a small class. I was thinking it would be quite full in the summer.
victoria-- i'm not as bad as you mom with water. I do like to hear the bad with the good tho. I feel it keeps me realistic and cautious. I had a few experiences swallowing water when i was a kid and it does tend to induce panic.
pete-- I agree. If i think enough about terrorism or watch that movie Alive, I will scare myself out of going on planes! hehe I am pretty decided on taking the classes and giving it a try. I just still like to know what i'm getting into and to hear the worst case scenarios. considering how i drive, I am suuuuure I should be more frightened in a car too! hehe
Mercutio-- nice name by the way! I'm in ohio too. where do you usually dive at? I'm not familiar where westlake ohio is. and thanks for the encouragement.
Kat-- so was the girlfriend freaking out the whole way down and it just build up til she jetted to the top or was she fine unless she got that deep? I worry about that. Nervousness at the beginning is understandable but I don't want to freak out suddenly once i'm down there.
darkness-- do they make you take off the mask in the pool only or do you do it during an open water dive? I think I could handle it in a pool.
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