Thank you for your follow up. I appreciate the clarification. It is always best to call a dive if you are not sure about it and you and your spouse made the wisest decision of all by doing so.
I once did a dive with a DM at a local quarry in Ohio that resulted in me giving him a hand signal that is not very friendly when he started questioning me about my giving him the thumbs up sign. In my world a thumbs up is a statement and not a question. We can discuss it at the top not at 80 feet. In this case I had some issues with my second stage and some water leaking in through the diaphram (sp?). I switched to my octo (a Mares Rebel and a terrible back up--shame on me) gave him the thumbs up and he just put his arms out saying why. I reinforced it twice and he continued to question me. I shook my head, gave him the bird, and did a very slow ascent. At the surf he asked why I called the dive and I politely called him my rear end and asked why he wanted to question me calling a dive. Once he found out why I went up he apologized. I wrote him off my dive list and wont get wet with him again. Not all DM's/DI's are built the same so I understand the frustration and appreciate your clearification.
Take care and don't give up on Kauai diving. There are good people there.
Bus
I once did a dive with a DM at a local quarry in Ohio that resulted in me giving him a hand signal that is not very friendly when he started questioning me about my giving him the thumbs up sign. In my world a thumbs up is a statement and not a question. We can discuss it at the top not at 80 feet. In this case I had some issues with my second stage and some water leaking in through the diaphram (sp?). I switched to my octo (a Mares Rebel and a terrible back up--shame on me) gave him the thumbs up and he just put his arms out saying why. I reinforced it twice and he continued to question me. I shook my head, gave him the bird, and did a very slow ascent. At the surf he asked why I called the dive and I politely called him my rear end and asked why he wanted to question me calling a dive. Once he found out why I went up he apologized. I wrote him off my dive list and wont get wet with him again. Not all DM's/DI's are built the same so I understand the frustration and appreciate your clearification.
Take care and don't give up on Kauai diving. There are good people there.
Bus