Hi All,
Did my first dive in uk waters ( s.coast) yesterday and i am still trying to work out if i enjoyed it or not.
The dive was in 8 m of water out side a harbour wall and my first ever time in a dry suit .We decended the line me another student and two instructors the idea of this dive was to get used to the suit and go through various exercises and drills .When we decended the line i realiised the vis was about <1 m and due to the shoppy waters breaking against the wall a heavy wash of water back and forth .Once i got to the bottom i kneeled on the bottom to calm my self down and to then try an get n.bouyant but due to the wash kept getting knocked over.After i while i got bouyant and started to swim around and and did some exercises but it was very hard due to the only dunp for the suit was on my arm ( wrist) and if i inflated the suit the ascended alittle i started to rise quickly and found it difficult to get the air out of the suit and yo-yoed abouut .We was then asked to do the roll to get yourself out of feet high ascent the other student went first and flounded about and the just dissapeared upwards one instructor went after him and i was thinking god please don't make me do that .Swam about with instructor and then asended up the line.The other student was vomitting at the surface and had to be towed back to the boat . During our SI the other student did not want to get back into the water and was looking a funny colour.
The next dive was inside te harbour to a depth of 18 m and we visited a wreck, water a lot better and vis 2-3 metres but my biggest problem was controlling the bouyantcy of the suit.If i went down one or two metre and added air to take away the squeeze and then asened one or two metres i suddenly start to asend fast and had to right my self and empty my lungs to bring me back down and some times i was unable to get air out of the suit at the arm.This became very frustrating as i spent the whole dive trying to remain boyant and not seeing what was around me.I did the roll exercise well and that gave me alot of confidence.Just as i was getting the hang of things one of the instructors came over and pushed my chest inflate and i shot up but managed to regain myself ,i found it easier to keep my self slightlt neg bouyant .The instuctor said i need to fin more to move up and down but in the dry suit ifelt my feet were just moving around in the boot and not being able to get a good contact with the fin .Next week i have 3 more dives in the dry suit in a quarry and if any one out there can give me some advice on what i am doing wrong or how to improve iwould be grateful.The instructor said i did good for my first time in the various bad conditions but i feel so frustated and it was like i was starting out all again.
Regards,
MAL..
Did my first dive in uk waters ( s.coast) yesterday and i am still trying to work out if i enjoyed it or not.
The dive was in 8 m of water out side a harbour wall and my first ever time in a dry suit .We decended the line me another student and two instructors the idea of this dive was to get used to the suit and go through various exercises and drills .When we decended the line i realiised the vis was about <1 m and due to the shoppy waters breaking against the wall a heavy wash of water back and forth .Once i got to the bottom i kneeled on the bottom to calm my self down and to then try an get n.bouyant but due to the wash kept getting knocked over.After i while i got bouyant and started to swim around and and did some exercises but it was very hard due to the only dunp for the suit was on my arm ( wrist) and if i inflated the suit the ascended alittle i started to rise quickly and found it difficult to get the air out of the suit and yo-yoed abouut .We was then asked to do the roll to get yourself out of feet high ascent the other student went first and flounded about and the just dissapeared upwards one instructor went after him and i was thinking god please don't make me do that .Swam about with instructor and then asended up the line.The other student was vomitting at the surface and had to be towed back to the boat . During our SI the other student did not want to get back into the water and was looking a funny colour.
The next dive was inside te harbour to a depth of 18 m and we visited a wreck, water a lot better and vis 2-3 metres but my biggest problem was controlling the bouyantcy of the suit.If i went down one or two metre and added air to take away the squeeze and then asened one or two metres i suddenly start to asend fast and had to right my self and empty my lungs to bring me back down and some times i was unable to get air out of the suit at the arm.This became very frustrating as i spent the whole dive trying to remain boyant and not seeing what was around me.I did the roll exercise well and that gave me alot of confidence.Just as i was getting the hang of things one of the instructors came over and pushed my chest inflate and i shot up but managed to regain myself ,i found it easier to keep my self slightlt neg bouyant .The instuctor said i need to fin more to move up and down but in the dry suit ifelt my feet were just moving around in the boot and not being able to get a good contact with the fin .Next week i have 3 more dives in the dry suit in a quarry and if any one out there can give me some advice on what i am doing wrong or how to improve iwould be grateful.The instructor said i did good for my first time in the various bad conditions but i feel so frustated and it was like i was starting out all again.
Regards,
MAL..