Likes2Cruise
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My wife an I completed OW training about 6 weeks ago. The week after that we were on a cruise where we completed 4 dives in the western carribean, 2 shore dives and 2 boat dives (to about 65'). None of those dives produced any ill effects for my wife.
The past 2 weekends we did a shore off of Bradenton Beach on the west coast of Florida. Both dives were in less than 25' but were plagued with low viz - 5-10'. On the first dive we encountered a lot of jellyfish, but didn't see any on the second dive (although at 5' viz might have swam right past them).
On both of these dives, my wife experienced extreme nausea after about 20min on the bottom causing us to abort the dive at that point. It was so extreme on the 2nd dive that she vomited after returning to the surface. The effects cleared up after a couple of hours.
As a note, she is prone to motion sickness and was wearing a seasickness patch while on the dives for the cruise.
Would the low viz be a key factor in triggering a vertigo condition?
There was some surge on the 2nd dive, but not the first. And she reported feeling less nauseous when close to the bottom (where she could actually see the bottom).
The nausea got better after we surfaced, despite a minor chop that kept us bobbing - which I thought would make things worse.
Would like to figure this out so we can have more enjoyable dives, as she's actually enjoying this new hobby I dragged her in to.
The past 2 weekends we did a shore off of Bradenton Beach on the west coast of Florida. Both dives were in less than 25' but were plagued with low viz - 5-10'. On the first dive we encountered a lot of jellyfish, but didn't see any on the second dive (although at 5' viz might have swam right past them).
On both of these dives, my wife experienced extreme nausea after about 20min on the bottom causing us to abort the dive at that point. It was so extreme on the 2nd dive that she vomited after returning to the surface. The effects cleared up after a couple of hours.
As a note, she is prone to motion sickness and was wearing a seasickness patch while on the dives for the cruise.
Would the low viz be a key factor in triggering a vertigo condition?
There was some surge on the 2nd dive, but not the first. And she reported feeling less nauseous when close to the bottom (where she could actually see the bottom).
The nausea got better after we surfaced, despite a minor chop that kept us bobbing - which I thought would make things worse.
Would like to figure this out so we can have more enjoyable dives, as she's actually enjoying this new hobby I dragged her in to.
