Gidds
Contributor
I just went diving in the pool! Lotsa fun! The instructor did not run screaming from the building, try to drown me or himself so I think I did pretty well. I even did the dreaded evil, horrible, rotten, no good, awful MASK SKILLS :11: without freaking out or gagging. Did some basics; put your gear together correctly, which I did and managed not to put the tank on backwards etc., did regulator recovery, CESA, and some bouyancy stuff. Basically the instructor just sat there and watched me because I pretty much remembered everything from 8 YEARS AGO :11: I am really pleased with myself for not being a freak about my mask skills.
I rented a weight integrated SeaQuest BCD that I really liked because it didn't squeeze me and was otherwise comfy. He had be put on 19lbs when I usually wear 16lbs to snorkel and I feel that I was a tad overweighted because I was in the deep end attempting to fin pivot and my stupid feet were floating so I decided to see if I could just hang in mid-water sort of kneeling and I REALLY had to inhale to go up and sank like a rock when I exhaled. I found that I could achieve close to neutral bouyancy with a little air in my BCD which also makes me think 19lbs is just a bit much for me. After I did my skills to the instructor's satisfaction I just swam around the pool for 45 minutes. I have decided that maybe I want a BCD like that one and that I do NOT like my current mask. Does anybody else ever get the feeling that thier head is floating? I think it's from the air in my mask but who knows. My body was unamused when I first got in the water and did the whole "you are a mammal you are NOT supposed to be breathing under here" thing but it went away pretty quickly. All in all very fun and worth the time and money.
Now yer all in trouble because I'm back in the water!
I rented a weight integrated SeaQuest BCD that I really liked because it didn't squeeze me and was otherwise comfy. He had be put on 19lbs when I usually wear 16lbs to snorkel and I feel that I was a tad overweighted because I was in the deep end attempting to fin pivot and my stupid feet were floating so I decided to see if I could just hang in mid-water sort of kneeling and I REALLY had to inhale to go up and sank like a rock when I exhaled. I found that I could achieve close to neutral bouyancy with a little air in my BCD which also makes me think 19lbs is just a bit much for me. After I did my skills to the instructor's satisfaction I just swam around the pool for 45 minutes. I have decided that maybe I want a BCD like that one and that I do NOT like my current mask. Does anybody else ever get the feeling that thier head is floating? I think it's from the air in my mask but who knows. My body was unamused when I first got in the water and did the whole "you are a mammal you are NOT supposed to be breathing under here" thing but it went away pretty quickly. All in all very fun and worth the time and money.
Now yer all in trouble because I'm back in the water!