I just remembered a really bad experience. We were on a lovely dive in Cayman Brac, great conditions, beautiful reef, friendly groupers, it looked to be a nice time. But suddenly the strap on my husband's mask broke for unknown reasons. I tried to fix it but failed so he handed me his camera and strobe while he tried to fix it. He finally gave up and I held on to him while he held the mask to his face while we surfaced and headed back to the boat. When we got near the boat I realized that I no longer had his camera. After he got back on board I went back down to look but couldn't find it.
The other passengers on the boat were very kind and they agreed to dive the same site again for our second dive (we were in the shallower area of the dive when it happened) so that we could all look for the camera, but we never found it. The divemasters managed to fix his mask strap and my husband joined the search but came up empty-handed. My husband is a great guy and he never blamed me, but I felt terrible about it - I still do.
For the rest of the week the divemasters asked the other boats and divers to keep an eye out for his camera, but it never turned up. I regret that dive.
The other passengers on the boat were very kind and they agreed to dive the same site again for our second dive (we were in the shallower area of the dive when it happened) so that we could all look for the camera, but we never found it. The divemasters managed to fix his mask strap and my husband joined the search but came up empty-handed. My husband is a great guy and he never blamed me, but I felt terrible about it - I still do.
For the rest of the week the divemasters asked the other boats and divers to keep an eye out for his camera, but it never turned up. I regret that dive.
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