Negative Entries

[Jafo19D]

When you are in the learning process, I wouldn't call that "screwing up," I would call that "learning!" Hats off to you for recognizing that you needed to learn and actively asking for the training!

Yeah well you didn’t see a video of my finning. Was horrified to see myself screwing that up too with bicycle kicks. But that’s for a different thread. LOL.

 

[Wookie]

Yeah well you didn’t see a video of my finning. Was horrified to see myself screwing that up too with bicycle kicks. But that’s for a different thread. LOL.

As an aside, Cavalry Scout?

 

[Jafo19D]

As an aside, Cavalry Scout?

Scouts Out!

 

[Jafo19D]

As an aside, Cavalry Scout?

You know what JAFO means right? Just Another F&@“$@&$ Observer

 

[Wookie]

Scouts Out!

I took my live aboard dive boat to San Andreas for diving Quito Sueno, Roncador and Serranos banks for research. We hosted a large number of 22-24 year old Colombian marine biology students on the vessel. That was fine, and we got the chance to stop at Providencia on the way back to Texas. It was a highlight of my career.

 

[Wookie]

You know what JAFO means right? Just Another F&@“$@&$ Observer

Ah. In the Navy it means Just Another ******* Officer.

 

[scubadada]

Hi @Jafo19D

Make sure you have all the air out of your BC. You probably will have some air in it from your last surfacing. I will often suck the air out through the inflator, after draining the water out of the hose. To make sure, you can give your butt dump a pull once you are head down at he start of the descent. I often get a burp of air out of my BC

As @rongoodman pointed out, if you are properly weighted, you will be 5+ pounds heavy at the start, from the gas you will consume on the dive (0.0807 lb/cu ft)

 

[jadairiii]

Understand that you need to be completely squared away prior to entering the water when doing entries like this. We call it "bombing". The risk is that your air/gas is off or just partially on or your b/c inflator hose is not connected (or both) and these oversights become significant problems when they are hard to resolve.

 

[Jafo19D]

Understand that you need to be completely squared away prior to entering the water when doing entries like this. We call it "bombing". The risk is that your air/gas is off or just partially on or your b/c inflator hose is not connected (or both) and these oversights become significant problems when they are hard to resolve.

Yeah I triple checked that the air was on before each attempt. And in fact I was thinking today that I need to practice turning on the air after getting suited up.

 

[Jafo19D]

I took my live aboard dive boat to San Andreas for diving Quito Sueno, Roncador and Serranos banks for research. We hosted a large number of 22-24 year old Colombian marine biology students on the vessel. That was fine, and we got the chance to stop at Providencia on the way back to Texas. It was a highlight of my career.

Unfortunately Providencia is still not available for tourists because of the hurricane. Did my AOW there and it was awesome.