Semita
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Hola,
This Saturday we were out diving of the Coast of Honduras in the Bay of Cortes. Specifically in La Picuda (short for Barracuda).We were four divers....instructor and student and myself and another diver who was an assistant instructor.
I have dived the site in many occasions and I was asked to lead the assistant instructor out to the wall(his first time diving La Picuda). I determined a dive profile, reviewed hand signals, etc. We planned a 70 foot max depth for 15 minutes then gradually work our way back to the boat that was anchored at 35 feet. Everything was ready and visibility, water and dive site looked great..
As we jumped into the water the "Assistant" was having trouble with his bouyancy...he mentioned that it was a brand new BCD and after a couple of minutes added 4 more pounds to his gear. Everything looked good so we started diving...
From the beginning he was up and down....diving down to 90-100 feet then coming up to 70 - 75....he constantly pushed ahead of me....and I remember asking him once to keep a level depth several times.
At almost 25 minutes I checked my air and I was close to half a tank....I had kept very calmed and I figured he should have less than half a tank....I asked him how much air he had and he could not communicate back to me...he just pointed to his gauge and gave me an OK signed......
He was ahead of me at this point and I told him I was at Half a Tank and that we were turning around. He understood and we headed back towards the boat. Here he continued to dive all over the place.
At almost 37 minutes into the dive and at a depth of 40 feet I suddenly feel a pull in my fins...I turn around and he gives me the Out of Air signal as he is rushing to the surface.....visibility was great and I was able to follow his EXODUS to the surface from 40-35 feet.
As he reached the surface I am now at 20 feet he gives me the OK sign again and starts swimming to the boat. I decide to follow him at 15 feet to complete my Safety Stop.
After my safety stop I surface next to him and we climb the boat.
As we are taking our gear off he starts bragging that he has over 500 logged dives and that he is an assistant instructor. To me, he was nothing but a careless and dangerous diver.
My concern is that he is working on becoming an instructor...what is he going to teach his students if he does not follow any type of standard diving rules?
I am almost tempted to say his name but I do not think it is allowed...He does work in a dive operation in Costa Rica.
This Saturday we were out diving of the Coast of Honduras in the Bay of Cortes. Specifically in La Picuda (short for Barracuda).We were four divers....instructor and student and myself and another diver who was an assistant instructor.
I have dived the site in many occasions and I was asked to lead the assistant instructor out to the wall(his first time diving La Picuda). I determined a dive profile, reviewed hand signals, etc. We planned a 70 foot max depth for 15 minutes then gradually work our way back to the boat that was anchored at 35 feet. Everything was ready and visibility, water and dive site looked great..
As we jumped into the water the "Assistant" was having trouble with his bouyancy...he mentioned that it was a brand new BCD and after a couple of minutes added 4 more pounds to his gear. Everything looked good so we started diving...
From the beginning he was up and down....diving down to 90-100 feet then coming up to 70 - 75....he constantly pushed ahead of me....and I remember asking him once to keep a level depth several times.
At almost 25 minutes I checked my air and I was close to half a tank....I had kept very calmed and I figured he should have less than half a tank....I asked him how much air he had and he could not communicate back to me...he just pointed to his gauge and gave me an OK signed......
He was ahead of me at this point and I told him I was at Half a Tank and that we were turning around. He understood and we headed back towards the boat. Here he continued to dive all over the place.
At almost 37 minutes into the dive and at a depth of 40 feet I suddenly feel a pull in my fins...I turn around and he gives me the Out of Air signal as he is rushing to the surface.....visibility was great and I was able to follow his EXODUS to the surface from 40-35 feet.
As he reached the surface I am now at 20 feet he gives me the OK sign again and starts swimming to the boat. I decide to follow him at 15 feet to complete my Safety Stop.
After my safety stop I surface next to him and we climb the boat.
As we are taking our gear off he starts bragging that he has over 500 logged dives and that he is an assistant instructor. To me, he was nothing but a careless and dangerous diver.
My concern is that he is working on becoming an instructor...what is he going to teach his students if he does not follow any type of standard diving rules?
I am almost tempted to say his name but I do not think it is allowed...He does work in a dive operation in Costa Rica.
