sbl212
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I got my OW at a resort in Honduras the beginning of this year.
I was there for three weeks diving and for two of the three weeks I the same dive master/guide. I got to know him a bit but I've noticed a couple things about him (the things he did while diving) that seemed odd to me.
First let me say I thought and still do think that he is a great diver as I'm sure he has been diving longer than I've been breathing.
So the first thing I noticed was that he had excellent buoyancy (which I'm sure comes from being a seasoned DM) but what puzzles me is that I later noticed he never connected his BCD to his tank. At first I noticed this on the boat and just assumed he took it off after the dive but I, being the curious, eager diver I am, decided to follow and watch him closely during the dives. He never connected his pressure hose to the BCD. He had air in the BCD but he never needed to adjust the amount of air whether he was at 30ft or 100ft.
So my question is, does his years of experience allow him achieve perfect buoyancy without any adjustment or is he part fish?
I just don't see how he can be (seemingly) neutrally buoyant regardless of depth.
Also, I noticed he seems to have a SAC rate that defies logic. During one dive we had to try to stay stationary identifying sponges in strong current (I was told ~4 knots, this was after a large storm). All of us were in for about 20min at 30ft starting with 3000psi and came out with less than 500 while he came out with around 2000psi while sharing air with another member of our group who had ran out of air during the safety stop.
Oh, did I mention he wears fins that are too small for his feet? One of those full foot fins, he has to wear them with the heel of his feet sticking out.
Keep in mind I'm just a "noob" diver so it might be that case that all divers who have been diving for 20+ years can do this.
I was there for three weeks diving and for two of the three weeks I the same dive master/guide. I got to know him a bit but I've noticed a couple things about him (the things he did while diving) that seemed odd to me.
First let me say I thought and still do think that he is a great diver as I'm sure he has been diving longer than I've been breathing.
So the first thing I noticed was that he had excellent buoyancy (which I'm sure comes from being a seasoned DM) but what puzzles me is that I later noticed he never connected his BCD to his tank. At first I noticed this on the boat and just assumed he took it off after the dive but I, being the curious, eager diver I am, decided to follow and watch him closely during the dives. He never connected his pressure hose to the BCD. He had air in the BCD but he never needed to adjust the amount of air whether he was at 30ft or 100ft.
So my question is, does his years of experience allow him achieve perfect buoyancy without any adjustment or is he part fish?
I just don't see how he can be (seemingly) neutrally buoyant regardless of depth.
Also, I noticed he seems to have a SAC rate that defies logic. During one dive we had to try to stay stationary identifying sponges in strong current (I was told ~4 knots, this was after a large storm). All of us were in for about 20min at 30ft starting with 3000psi and came out with less than 500 while he came out with around 2000psi while sharing air with another member of our group who had ran out of air during the safety stop.
Oh, did I mention he wears fins that are too small for his feet? One of those full foot fins, he has to wear them with the heel of his feet sticking out.
Keep in mind I'm just a "noob" diver so it might be that case that all divers who have been diving for 20+ years can do this.