Have you called/ended a dive? Why?

[undrwater]

It's a good way to find a good buddy.

 

[kathydee]

I'd much rather be top side sharing a laugh with a happy partner than down below with one of us feeling uncomfortable for any reason. Have called dives for many reasons, equipment malfunction, leaking drysuits, thermal comfort, deteriorating conditions, personal and partners comfort, etc.

 

[requin02]

Any diver can call a dive at any time for any reason, no questions asked until back onshore. If u call a dive on me for a "poor" reason (like boredom, yes it happens), it will usually cost u a drink but that is it. I have often called dives because my profile didnt matched my buddies, especially after a series of dives. Some get angry but quickly calm down back on shore.

Remember that it is better being up here wishing you where down there than down there wishing you were up here.

 

[TSandM]

The first dive I can remember calling that made an impression on me was on a cave diving trip to Florida. Early in the dive, I lost a fin, and my buddy had to put it back on me. Then the flow was really strong, and I was leading . . . I got to a certain place where I was going to have to swim hard, and I realized I just didn't want to be there. I felt awful, because my husband was with me, and we had come a long way to do these dives -- but I didn't want to be where I was any more; I wanted to go home. I turned the dive, to the evident surprise of my companions, and we went out. A few minutes rest in the open water, and my composure returned, and we went back in and had a lovely dive.

I've had buddies call dives on me, twice, because they got jellyfish stings and they HURT. My husband called a dive one night because he wasn't feeling well, and thought there was something wrong with his gas. I've called a fair number of dives because I was cold, in the old, pre-heated-vest days. And a funny one was diving a cave called Calimba, which twists and turns like a big boa constrictor. I got about an hour and a half into the dive, and looked in front of me and just didn't have the stomach to sort out how to get through the next complex tight place. When we surfaced, my buddy grinned at me and said, "You called that dive on one too many geometry problems, right?"

 

[DCM711]

Thanks for sharing and for the great advice. This seems to happen a lot more than I expected. So far no one has had a poor reaction to a dive ending sooner than expected; curious to hear about those.

Again, thank you for sharing your experiences.

Dan

 

[oldogre]

Two extra ones, my buddy had problems equalising (we snorkelled instead), on another I was bitten. By a turtle (my buddy looked at me an called the dive).

 

[chs8084]

I called a dive when my buddy's cam band slipped off and he did not realize his tank was flapping around or why I was hanging onto him very closely.


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[fjpatrum]

I've ended a couple of dives due to boredom and being cold. My buddy ended one dive because he was tired and cold. All of these have been with scubaboard instabuddies. The message was received differently each time but always had a thumb.

 

[DivemasterDennis]

My dive buddy/wife/coauthor Debbie and I have called dives earlier than planned for each of the following reasons: one of us is cold; current is making the dive more work than fun; more rapid air consumption than anticipated ( often related to current ); mask leakage; navigation flaw resulting in surfacing to see where we are and then not re-descending. She and I communicate very well on dives, and there has never been any dispute or negative reaction to ending a dive when either of us calls it. I noted all of these in my log book. When diving with someone other than Debbie, I noted dives ended earlier than planned due to some additional reasons, including: 1st stage malfunction; injury ( small bite from small eel - photographer (me) too close with a macro lens ); general feeling of "queasiness." I am an amiable buddy, and there has never been an argument or ill will when a dive has been called with any buddy with whom I have dove. (so far).
DivemasterDennis

 

[miketsp]

We had just hauled ourselves down the anchor line to the wreck against a ripping current when I noticed that my buddy was at a funny angle. I grabbed her just as she let go of the line and got her to hold back on the line while I tried to see what was wrong. Sure enough - one of the integrated weight pockets was empty. So back up.
This was a second dive and conditions were really rough so we had geared up side by side in a sitting position at the platform and I couldn't see the other side of her.
Conditions at the surface were so bad that she didn't notice the extra effort to haul down the line - a few missing kg was nothing.
Lesson learned - now we never haul down a line without checking that our weights are in place. It could have been a nasty incident.