Missing Diver Off Vandenberg?

[Dody]

We both have Dive Alerts so if one somehow can't find the other at least we can communicate that fact.

What is it please?

 

[Kimela]

Not even close to perfect even if one sacrifices the dive to watch the other so the comments like " where was the buddy?" are often childish.

Assuming your number of dives is accurate, you two are still in the stages of trying to figure out your 'rhythm' in the water. I remember some heated post-dive arguments with my husband - and honestly, I was the bigger offender, chasing sharks or turtles. Hopefully, you'll figure out a system that works for both of you soon. If you're a vacation diver it can be even harder as you don't have a lot of opportunity to practice being aware of one another's presence/place in the water. I've learned that if I can't find my husband it's usually because he's directly above me, saving his no deco time - but we dive much more slowly/leisurely than we did in the beginning.

 

[Steelyeyes]

What is it please?

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[Dody]

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I plan to buy two nautilus lifeline next time I go back to Europe. As fr the power whistle, I thought that it is more for the surface not for underwater.

 

[Steelyeyes]

I plan to buy two nautilus lifeline next time I go back to Europe. As fr the power whistle, I thought that it is more for the surface not for underwater.

It does both. I'm afraid to use it on the surface, it's pretty loud...enough to damage your hearing. Underwater it's more of a quacking sound

 

[Dody]

It does both. I'm afraid to use it on the surface, it's pretty loud...enough to damage your hearing. Underwater it's more of a quacking sound

Can you easily locate the source of the sound underwater? When I hear a surface engine, I feel like it is all over the place.

 

[Robbyg]

If I want to to keep my wife with me, she dives in front of me. In this case, I cannot lose her.

Yep it worked for me. I took my freshly certified Niece out diving and the first thing I did was that I took her to a place I was very familiar with and the second was that I sacrificed my Dive so that I could keep my eyes on her every second.

 

[Wookie]

Can you easily locate the source of the sound underwater? When I hear a surface engine, I feel like it is all over the place.

When you hear the Quack Quack underwater, it means you start looking. As you mention, the direction of the source may be hard to follow, but you should know about where your team mate is, remember to look in 3 dimensions. The hardest thing to teach new divers is to not use the underwater quacker unless you really need help. I've been on countless dives where divers were banging and honking and quacking and tapping all to show the person (who wasn't paying a lick of attention) some flamingo tongue or something.

You use a signaling device when you can't find your teammate. That's all.

We could start a whole thread on how to look for a missing team mate.

 

[Dody]

Assuming your number of dives is accurate, you two are still in the stages of trying to figure out your 'rhythm' in the water. I remember some heated post-dive arguments with my husband - and honestly, I was the bigger offender, chasing sharks or turtles. Hopefully, you'll figure out a system that works for both of you soon. If you're a vacation diver it can be even harder as you don't have a lot of opportunity to practice being aware of one another's presence/place in the water. I've learned that if I can't find my husband it's usually because he's directly above me, saving his no deco time - but we dive much more slowly/leisurely than we did in the beginning.

Problem is that after about 40 dives together and AOW, she had to move for professional reasons to a place where she can't dive. Now, I have about 70 dives + Stress and Rescue thus Master Diver. And I will continue my education with Tech diving while she is idle. Our next dive together will be fun . I guess that I will be the Watcher... if she accepts it

 

[Kimela]

Problem is that after about 40 dives together and AOW, she had to move for professional reasons to a place where she can't dive. Now, I have about 70 dives + Stress and Rescue thus Master Diver. And I will continue my education with Tech diving while she is idle. Our next dive together will be fun . I guess that I will be the Watcher... if she accepts it

That does make it harder to be in sync. My advice - not that you asked - is for both of you to go slower than you think is necessary, give one another lots of time to explore and agree on what distance you are both comfortable being apart. Some people dive holding hands and others are ok as long as they can see one another's bubbles. As long as you both agree on a plan you'll be more likely to follow it, you'll stay more aware of one another and not argue afterwards. Good luck!