Lack of light discipline

[dive_lover88]

Hi guys &gals, I just came back from a dive trip. I went on a night dive with a group of trainee AOW students and they seriously had not much light discipline. So here i was happily finning looking for critters and when i looked around for my buddy, i got "flashbanged" by those guys shining their torches around like nobody's business:shakehead . And it was not only 1 person but about 6 of them. My buddy and i also got slapped in the face by them when they couldn't control their boyancy.The place was nice,but the experience was bad.

 

[Vie]

What did you expect? The divers were, in your own words, "trainee AOW students" and probably don't have many night dives under their belt... Maybe they were on their first night dive.

 

[dive_lover88]

I was expecting them to have at least some control of their boyancy. Maybe my expectation was higher because they were Naui trained(i'm Padi trained).

 

[Sharkbaithawaii]

Key word is training AOW's. You should have been watching out for them.

 

[Vie]

I was expecting them to have at least some control of their boyancy.

Weren't you a new diver once? Practice makes perfect, as you know. Perhaps the divers you encountered began their NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver training straight after completing a NAUI Scuba Diver course and are very new divers - who knows (it's not uncommon for new divers to attempt to "fast-track"). Perhaps the next time you encounter inexperienced divers, you could lead by example and demonstrate your superior buoyancy skill, light discipline, etc...

 

[dive_lover88]

Ok,i was too harsh on my critique of them. yes i am still a new diver and not so experienced one too. Sorry for ranting down here.Another reason i was harsh was that they were the one who gave me the impression that they were good and kept bashing my training with Padi.My apologies to all.
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[diverdan214]

Anyone who thinks that letters on their c-card or after their name makes them a better diver/person is more than likely an idiot.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people on these boards are perfect divers and have been since their first dive.

 

[H2Andy]

light discipline on night dives is awful. i've been blinded more times
than i can count.

even in caves, when divers SHOULD know what they are doing, i've had exiting
teams shine their lights right at me (like, why?).

now with the proliferation of "miniature sun" lights, 700 watt supernovas contained
in a vaccum field, the problem is much worse. those things can blind you from
quite a long way away.

 

[dive_lover88]

I have to admit that i sometime become like an idiot...Hmm...looks like Andy was in worst situations then mine...i only had halogen lights blinding me.

 

[cowboyneal]

...and here I was thinking I was entering a soft porn thread (Lack of light discipline)...oh well....