getting back to diving after nearly a year off

[admikar]

Definitely, my biggest fear isn’t absolutely sucking. It’s the embarrassment of my dive buddy seeing how bad I may be and knowing I suck LOL. So a divemaster is less likely to judge, an experienced one has likely seen it all

Just be honest beforehand if you go with a buddy. We were all beginners once

 

[kaylee_ann]

Recommending apnea traing - especially to someone who is medically compromised is unwise. That type of traing without direct and professional supervision has killed healthy people.

Oh this would be totally safe for me to do. I have no lung issues. But thanks for pointing the risk out!

 

[Orihimef]

I hope you have fun diving again! I'm still land locked but I'm hoping to take a trip to Japan sometime soon so maybe I'll get the chance! In the meantime I will still practice in the pool haha.

 

[RobPNW]

Expect to see you on the Bonaire crew list

 

[johndiver999]

Oh this would be totally safe for me to do. I have no lung issues. But thanks for pointing the risk out!

No actually it is very unsafe for anyone to do aggressive apnea training without full supervision, but swimming and snorkeling in the pool is definitely beneficial

 

[dmaziuk]

No actually it is very unsafe for anyone to do aggressive apnea training without full supervision, but swimming and snorkeling in the pool is definitely beneficial

25 yards is "aggressive apnea training"? You learn something every day...

 

[johndiver999]

25 yards is "aggressive apnea training"? You learn something every day...

The specific advice was to go as far as she could [presumably up to a maximum of 25 yards/meters). Glad my comments served to enlighten you!

 

[Akimbo]

Recommending apnea traing - especially to someone who is medically compromised is unwise.

Working up to swimming the length of a pool underwater on one breath isn't even close to "apnea training".

 

[johndiver999]

What term would you think appropriate to describe swimming underwater without breathing for a distance as far as a person is able?

It should be mentioned that your advice was to swim continuously with no stop or rest and incorporate pool length breath hold swims between surface swims.

I was never a good freediver and am considerably weaker now, but doing 25 yards on top and 25 underwater used to be somewhat challenging to me after about 300 yards unless I was really going super slow on the surface. It would be very stressful for me now.

Of course my buddy used to be able to do 25 yard underwater swims continuously with no break and only one breath at the pool end for many laps, so personal abilities vary greatly.