Last October I have been diving in Boracay in a diving center called Milky. The shop is nice, right on the beach and staff is friendly.
Cut a long story short, after all my 3 dives, I left the water with a very painful headache, nausea and I ended up vomiting right after my dive (three times out of three).
My air consumption was very low (as it has always been) and the first thing I thought was carbon dioxide accumulation. From the second dive on, I force myself to breathe deeper and more continuously and move less: the problem did not solve, it got worse. After three dives, I left.
One of the instructors told me that air in Boracay is not always good and that he had been feeling sick at times. Milky did not have a compressor, he got his tanks from somewhere else.
Two weeks later, I went diving again, somewhere else, deep demanding dives and my same breathing pattern did not cause any headache, pain, nausea or vomiting. I was just fine.
I am 90% sure that carbon monoxide (or some other crap) was in those tanks. I have no CO tester, so I cannot prove it.
If any of you happen to be in diving in Boracay (or anywhere else for that matter), please check if the dive shop has a compressor and if they do things properly.
dive safely,
Luca
Cut a long story short, after all my 3 dives, I left the water with a very painful headache, nausea and I ended up vomiting right after my dive (three times out of three).
My air consumption was very low (as it has always been) and the first thing I thought was carbon dioxide accumulation. From the second dive on, I force myself to breathe deeper and more continuously and move less: the problem did not solve, it got worse. After three dives, I left.
One of the instructors told me that air in Boracay is not always good and that he had been feeling sick at times. Milky did not have a compressor, he got his tanks from somewhere else.
Two weeks later, I went diving again, somewhere else, deep demanding dives and my same breathing pattern did not cause any headache, pain, nausea or vomiting. I was just fine.
I am 90% sure that carbon monoxide (or some other crap) was in those tanks. I have no CO tester, so I cannot prove it.
If any of you happen to be in diving in Boracay (or anywhere else for that matter), please check if the dive shop has a compressor and if they do things properly.
dive safely,
Luca