agilfox
Registered
I am still a newer diver, in my case I had (1) aborted and (2) never got in the water.
1. Cozumel Drift diving, there was one day the current was hauling.I was struggling to stay with the group, found myself starting to panic a bit towards the end. Then realized at the rate I was breathing, which even though I had tried to calm myself back down had already put myself at the point I needed to start my ascent process now to not run out of air. Let the guide know I was going up to safety stop, he shot up SMB for the boat, I just hung out on the surface floating for a bit till boat picked me up. Rest of the crew continued the dive for another 15 min. This was my first ever ocean dive trip, I had all of 5 dives when I stepped foot on that boat. I had an amazing time and the crew we had was fantastic.
2. Next morning, chose to sit out. Rash on my arms and a bit mentally wonky from the day prior, just needed to breathe. Got on the boat and went for a ride with the gang. 15 min into dive 1 of the morning I was kicking myself, but as always said "Rather be on the boat wishing I was in the water than in the water wishing I was on the boat. I was raring to go for dive 2 that morning. Finished the trip with an amazing dive
3. San Carlos, day 1, dive 3 started getting a headache. I had been trying to pay attention to breathing and well yea screwed myself up. Back to shore for some people swap and back out for dives 4 and 5. Dive 4 I was fine for a bit, finished the dive but chose to sit out dive 5. Some Dramamine and a nap and I felt fine. Though I picked the good dive to not bother gearing up, the group I was with 2 newly minted students and the instructor (good friend of mine) had a gear malfunction and they were back on the surface in about 15 min.
Each and every trip out I learned something. The San Carlos trip for me was a long training weekend. Did dives for Navigation and Deep SSI certifications. I hope to continue to learn and better myself with each situation I am faced with on each dive.
Total of 27 dives now.
1. Cozumel Drift diving, there was one day the current was hauling.I was struggling to stay with the group, found myself starting to panic a bit towards the end. Then realized at the rate I was breathing, which even though I had tried to calm myself back down had already put myself at the point I needed to start my ascent process now to not run out of air. Let the guide know I was going up to safety stop, he shot up SMB for the boat, I just hung out on the surface floating for a bit till boat picked me up. Rest of the crew continued the dive for another 15 min. This was my first ever ocean dive trip, I had all of 5 dives when I stepped foot on that boat. I had an amazing time and the crew we had was fantastic.
2. Next morning, chose to sit out. Rash on my arms and a bit mentally wonky from the day prior, just needed to breathe. Got on the boat and went for a ride with the gang. 15 min into dive 1 of the morning I was kicking myself, but as always said "Rather be on the boat wishing I was in the water than in the water wishing I was on the boat. I was raring to go for dive 2 that morning. Finished the trip with an amazing dive
3. San Carlos, day 1, dive 3 started getting a headache. I had been trying to pay attention to breathing and well yea screwed myself up. Back to shore for some people swap and back out for dives 4 and 5. Dive 4 I was fine for a bit, finished the dive but chose to sit out dive 5. Some Dramamine and a nap and I felt fine. Though I picked the good dive to not bother gearing up, the group I was with 2 newly minted students and the instructor (good friend of mine) had a gear malfunction and they were back on the surface in about 15 min.
Each and every trip out I learned something. The San Carlos trip for me was a long training weekend. Did dives for Navigation and Deep SSI certifications. I hope to continue to learn and better myself with each situation I am faced with on each dive.
Total of 27 dives now.