Diver Scares Golfer... News at 11

[Scuba Jerm]

Just another funny story from a recent golf ball collecting day... enjoy.

I was at a really nice golf course in St. Geroge Utah, the approach shot for the golfer required them to hit the green or hit the water, since this was mostly an island green... the back portion of the green dropped off to the water.... where I was collecting balls and consequently scared the crap out of 1 golfer.

I had been down in this water hazard pond for about 10 minutes just making a complete mess of the bottom. (after you pick up 1 ball the dust is just unmanageable so your hands need to revert to the sonar pick up style). So every once in a while I would surface to get a bearing of where I was in relation to this putting green. On this particular ocassion I came up and saw 4 golfers setting up for their putts. Now you need to understand what I looked like. I had on a black hoody, black mask, black wetsuit, not really looking 100% human. I took out my reg for a moment, looked towards my next collecting area, placed my reg back in my mouth (which needed to be cleared of water) cleared the reg... when I did that it made the normal high pitched sound which completely freaked out one of the golfers.... He swung around in this very clenched, startled stance and starred in my direction.... obviously trying to figure out what he was looking at. Once I saw that he was looking at me I could've done 1 of 2 things. 1: wave at him so he knew I was human.... or 2: slowly sink back under the surface like the Penguins on the movie Madagascar "you didn't see annnyythingggg!" So I choose option #2, and left him bewildered... ever wondering what he saw that day. Awesome... just awesome.. How do you continue putting after seeing that?

I'm interested to hear what you've all done to scare an unsuspecting victim while diving.

 

[mike_s]

I'm interested to hear what you've all done to scare an unsuspecting victim while diving.

On a shore dive in North Carolina, we were coming back to the beach. The waves were pounding pretty hard. enough that people were surfing.... and we're diving in it.

To keep from being pounded on the way back in, we went under the waves on our bellies in the sand, with one fin on and one off using the fin-less foot to push in the sand. As a wave would come over, we'd hold tight to the sand and work our way in...

well, when we got in about 3-4 feet of water, my dive buddy gives the 'up' signal so we can stand up as the waves aren't as bad now.

So here two people in full gear stand up about 5 feet in front of this couple that is wading into the water, scaring the living **** out of both of them. I thought it was pretty funny.... but it really surprised them.

It would have been even funnier if we stayed under another 5 feet and was able to grab their ankles

 

[Scuba Jerm]

Still Laughing over here! I would've loved to see that..... however since I surf as well, I can feel some sympathy for those floating on the surface

Awesome story, thanks

 

[Jeff Toorish]

you could also pop up and ask directions...that would be a little freaky.

J

 

[Allison Finch]

:lol:

Diving in Pensacola, Fl in the 70's. We were diving on the Russian Freighter. Lotsa snapper fishing lines from one of the boats moored there. If you're not familiar with snapper lines, they have lotsa hooks on them. Well, I took a couple of beers in cans down with me....I bend the tabs up.....attached them to hooks on one rig.....put the shaft of my pole spear in one hook.....swim like heck, pulling out the line.......when the fisherman starts reeling in.......I release the line......line, hooks, and beers all disappear topside!!! I wish I could have seen the look on that guys face as he reeled in a couple of ice cold beers. I cut my (and my buddy's) dive really short we laughed so hard.

 

[wilkie]

:lol:

Diving in Pensacola, Fl in the 70's. We were diving on the Russian Freighter. Lotsa snapper fishing lines from one of the boats moored there. If you're not familiar with snapper lines, they have lotsa hooks on them. Well, I took a couple of beers in cans down with me....I bend the tabs up.....attached them to hooks on one rig.....put the shaft of my pole spear in one hook.....swim like heck, pulling out the line.......when the fisherman starts reeling in.......I release the line......line, hooks, and beers all disappear topside!!! I wish I could have seen the look on that guys face as he reeled in a couple of ice cold beers. I cut my (and my buddy's) dive really short we laughed so hard.

Now that's what I call good clean fun! How about a can of sardines?:lol:

 

[Guba]

My partner and I were diving the Comal River, the shortest river in Texas. It runs through New Braunfels (near San Antonio) and is a popular tubing destination. It's not that deep, but it's spring-fed and very clear, by Texas diving standards. My buddy and I had cruised with the current for about 15 minutes and decided to surface to survey the surroundings. When we did so, there was a family consisiting of a couple and two small boys in tubes. The mother saw us and exclaimed, "Thank heavens you came up when you did! My four year old thought we were being chased by sea monsters!"
If I had been feeling really mean, I would have replied..."You are! They're right behind us!"
....and then immediately slid below the surface.

 

[kchFLA]

I think I've done that tube trip. It was long enough ago that I didn't remember the name of the river. Do remember being near New Braunfels. Must be it. Thanks for the memory.

 

[wreckchick]

I was diving on the Busch with 2 other instructors and all of our various piles of guides/students. When one of the instructors came through from one cargo hold to the other he was turned around checking on everyone and I was right above him. As he turned back over to keep swimming I swam down and grabbed his tank valve and gave it a vicious shake. He flipped over all bug-eyed, looked at me, gave me the "you're number one!" hand signal and proceeded to invite me for a dance. Did a minute or so of ballroom and we continued on with our dives.

Rachel

 

[Charlie99]

In Maui I usually stay submerged until in 3-4' of water, but there most swimmers and waders don't freak out. I did manage to totally freak out a boogie boarder one time though.

The swells were high, but not crazy when I went in; but really pounding 90 minutes later as I exited a site called White Rock that isn't very heavily dived. As I swim through about 10' depth, I notice boogie boarders above me (the skilled, local guys that use duck fins to catch waves rather than standing in surf).

I ascend to ask them to give me a couple minutes to go through the surf without getting run over by them. Without thinking about it, I reached up and grabbed his board to hold him in place for a second to talk to him.

As I popped my head up, he was screaming, then swearing away like crazy. It turns out that his first thought was that a shark had just hit his board. :banana:

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It's not quite the same as Scuba Jerm freaking out golfers, but a popular sport with divers at Black Rock on Maui is to sneak up underneath unsuspecting snorklers, and then purge your reg.