Bahamas Liveaboards and Sea Sickness
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robint
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yeah, those little boats rocking in the waves bother me more than a liveaboard.
The only time I have "fed the fish" is on a little boat in the Keys 6 yrs ago diving the Duane (deep water, open ocean..), we had to wait at the surface for one diver for 15 minutes with diesel fumes blowing in our faces, the boat had no cover so sun was killing us, and we had 3'-4' waves rocking the boat. I was really sick as were most of the other people... but I learned a big lesson from it. #1... stay out of sun (and ice pack on my neck would have been great, thanks Cappyjon for that idea), #2... stay out of fumes, #3... get busy talking to others and distract yourself from the rocking, #4... ginger tablets and lots of water would have helped. The only beverage offered on that boat was little CapriSun pkgs, not great for hydration!
Liveaboard diving is waaaay different than that experience for me. Just the fact you can be in the open breeze, under a cover, and walk around is sooooo nice.
And I am now down to double-digits on my countdown! Woo Hoo!
robin
The only time I have "fed the fish" is on a little boat in the Keys 6 yrs ago diving the Duane (deep water, open ocean..), we had to wait at the surface for one diver for 15 minutes with diesel fumes blowing in our faces, the boat had no cover so sun was killing us, and we had 3'-4' waves rocking the boat. I was really sick as were most of the other people... but I learned a big lesson from it. #1... stay out of sun (and ice pack on my neck would have been great, thanks Cappyjon for that idea), #2... stay out of fumes, #3... get busy talking to others and distract yourself from the rocking, #4... ginger tablets and lots of water would have helped. The only beverage offered on that boat was little CapriSun pkgs, not great for hydration!
Liveaboard diving is waaaay different than that experience for me. Just the fact you can be in the open breeze, under a cover, and walk around is sooooo nice.
And I am now down to double-digits on my countdown! Woo Hoo!
robin
yeah, those little boats rocking in the waves bother me more than a liveaboard.
The only time I have "fed the fish" is on a little boat in the Keys 6 yrs ago diving the Duane (deep water, open ocean..), we had to wait at the surface for one diver for 15 minutes with diesel fumes blowing in our faces, the boat had no cover so sun was killing us, and we had 3'-4' waves rocking the boat. I was really sick as were most of the other people... but I learned a big lesson from it. #1... stay out of sun (and ice pack on my neck would have been great, thanks Cappyjon for that idea), #2... stay out of fumes, #3... get busy talking to others and distract yourself from the rocking, #4... ginger tablets and lots of water would have helped. The only beverage offered on that boat was little CapriSun pkgs, not great for hydration!
Liveaboard diving is waaaay different than that experience for me. Just the fact you can be in the open breeze, under a cover, and walk around is sooooo nice.
And I am now down to double-digits on my countdown! Woo Hoo!
robin
I don't know the physiological mechanism for how/why ice applied to the neck or wrist works, but I've seen it work for many divers. There must be something to it...
Let us know how your Nekton trip goes-the Pilot was my home for almost 10 years.
robint
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we will have a trip report, videos, photos, etc. to share when we get back!we spent half the day yesterday packing, today we are just finishing up things like the camera & video gear, cleaning lenses, etc.
robin
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