waterdogs
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Question for the experienced diver out there. Our first dive will be in July, after OCW in March, my question is: How do we act so we don't ruin a dive experience for the old timers.
I may not have said that right but I've read some things on here about "newbies" and experienced divers reactions on the boat and during dives. WE ARE NEW, we can't help it and I know the experienced divers out there have all gone through the same thing at one time or another, but we don't want to be too green where the old timers look at us and say, "stay away from these folks". We are hoping to learn from the oldtimers, not be shunned by them.
Any advice, do we stay quite and just let dive master know or do we hang a big sign or yellow strip on our suites and stipulate "any comments would be appreciated".
I've read where the old timers feel that if a newbies on board they feel compelled to look after them a little and it sometimes ruins there dive.
As a select group "divers in general" it is comforting to knew that the experienced divers do atleast pay attention to us, but as newbies we don't want to ruin their dive either, we just want to learn from them.
waterdogs'
I may not have said that right but I've read some things on here about "newbies" and experienced divers reactions on the boat and during dives. WE ARE NEW, we can't help it and I know the experienced divers out there have all gone through the same thing at one time or another, but we don't want to be too green where the old timers look at us and say, "stay away from these folks". We are hoping to learn from the oldtimers, not be shunned by them.
Any advice, do we stay quite and just let dive master know or do we hang a big sign or yellow strip on our suites and stipulate "any comments would be appreciated".
I've read where the old timers feel that if a newbies on board they feel compelled to look after them a little and it sometimes ruins there dive.
As a select group "divers in general" it is comforting to knew that the experienced divers do atleast pay attention to us, but as newbies we don't want to ruin their dive either, we just want to learn from them.
waterdogs'