RonFrank
Contributor
New divers tend to view UW problems as dramatic and life threatening. Being UW all bad experiences are life threatening, but your situational awareness is generally not good as new divers have very little situational awareness. Maybe you can describe the dive, how deep, how long? Some other questions are:
Were there boats in the area?
How fast were you ascending?
Did the instructor prevent a run away ascent?
How deep were you when you started the ascent, and how deep were you when the instructor grabbed you and brought you back down?
How many dives have you done?
Sounds to me like the instructor stopped a run away ascent. This is not a bad thing quite the opposite. He could not have been far away as he was able to get to you quickly. I am betting you likely have little idea if there were other boats in the water or how fast you were ascending.
Sorry if I sound skeptical, but I have seen these types of posts many times over the years. If, or when the other party responds the description of the dive is generally quite different than originally described, and often the new diver has made an error which had to be corrected by the instructor. Generally the instructor has avoided boats or a truly fast/dangerous ascent to the surface. Usually the instructor is not apologizing because there is nothing to apologize for, maybe quite the opposite.
For the new diver everything is exaggerated, but they may not be aware of depth, time, other boats, the ascent rate, or even if they are ascending. My experience with instructors is they are generally good, and helpful. If this guy was evil I apologize.
Were there boats in the area?
How fast were you ascending?
Did the instructor prevent a run away ascent?
How deep were you when you started the ascent, and how deep were you when the instructor grabbed you and brought you back down?
How many dives have you done?
Sounds to me like the instructor stopped a run away ascent. This is not a bad thing quite the opposite. He could not have been far away as he was able to get to you quickly. I am betting you likely have little idea if there were other boats in the water or how fast you were ascending.
Sorry if I sound skeptical, but I have seen these types of posts many times over the years. If, or when the other party responds the description of the dive is generally quite different than originally described, and often the new diver has made an error which had to be corrected by the instructor. Generally the instructor has avoided boats or a truly fast/dangerous ascent to the surface. Usually the instructor is not apologizing because there is nothing to apologize for, maybe quite the opposite.
For the new diver everything is exaggerated, but they may not be aware of depth, time, other boats, the ascent rate, or even if they are ascending. My experience with instructors is they are generally good, and helpful. If this guy was evil I apologize.