Marivan377
Contributor
As a very new diver I’ve had my first incident. This weekend I was diving with two buddies I’ve never dove with before. The dive started fine we descended and began dive. At about the 20 min mark is where it kinda got interesting. We stop check our air situation and decide to turn the dive. The lead guy takes off and basically leaves me and the other guy behind. Now the other buddy starts to get away trying to catch the first buddy. During this chase I became winded. I was able to get to the guy in front of me to let him know I got to ascend. The reg couldn’t keep up with my breathing and I began gasping. So now little air and I’m taking in water. I basically forgot what I had been taught about stopping and getting my breathing right. In between getting little air and swallowing and purging water from my mouth. I surfaced. How does one handle an inconsiderate buddy who basically leaves you behind. I know I’m never chasing down anyone ever again. I didn’t realize the implication of breathing to hard.