Everything worked out great and now we're REALLY scared!

[fisheater]

No. It's "Here white tip oceanic! Here white tip oceanic!"

 

[bada3003]

That was not the case when we did it. The DM saw my wife being negatively buoyant, hanging on the end of the line as far down as she could be. He even swam down to her. Maybe they changed their briefing and practices from last year.

The fault was on us for not being prepared for the dive. We didn't have the skills for the dive; we also didn't know what skills we were missing. We had taken the AOW course a few days earlier from the dive op that offered the dive and we talked to them about whether we were properly prepared. They said we were. They were wrong.

It's a great dive for those that are ready for it. I think we are now and I hope to do it again sometime.

- Bill

Thanks for sharing your experience. The above seems to be the most sensible assessment.

Also, your wife should clearly understand that when you, a DM, or any dive buddy signals let's go up, this is to be unconditional. A number of times a buddy signals let's surface (or head back), I check my SPG and it's 1800+ PSI, I accept their request unconditionally. I don't ask what their air is, etc. As with defensive driving, when you see a stop sign, you stop. It doesn't matter that there are no other vehicles around.