I think it has the opposite effect … you have to work harder to breathe. The easier it is to breathe, and the more you are able to relax, the longer your air will last.
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I think it has the opposite effect … you have to work harder to breathe. The easier it is to breathe, and the more you are able to relax, the longer your air will last.
Get a your whole reg set examined, tested, stripped down and adjusted. Have the tech explain the test results and show the results to you. Have them show you all the controls and what they do.
For sure your regs are not working as expected. It should not be possible to over breath a working regulator fully pressurized.
Congratulations on following your training to resolve to difficult situation. Thank you for sharing!
For sure your regs are not working as expected. It should not be possible to over breath a working regulator fully pressurized.
Congratulations on following your training to resolve to difficult situation. Thank you for sharing!
I've never dived Guam and don't know the sites.
Kudos for making it back alive and sharing your experience.
Equipment issues aside, did you check tide timetables and assess when the best time to dive is on that day?
Kudos for making it back alive and sharing your experience.
Equipment issues aside, did you check tide timetables and assess when the best time to dive is on that day?
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Guam is great. Lots of easy sites to get to...especially with a military ID. Most of the best shore dive sites are on the Navy Base and have great outdoor showers and dive access stairs.
We did check the tide tables. Started the dive about 1.5 hours before high tide that was predicted to only have a difference of 9 inches from the low tide so current should have been near zero and the water clear (it was). We have done dives at that location in the past and swam into what is normally the prevailing current. We have also done boat dives nearby outside the bay and always drifted in the same direction so we thought we were swimming into a light current.
Got the set back from the shop today. Set was tested and adjusted. Found the IP was low and crack pressure was high. Tech opened it up but didn't find any problems. He made adjustments to the proper ranges and we walked through how to adjust the knobs. He let me breath through it at the bench and it did feel a LOT easier to breath. I'll be taking it out this weekend to a place where the max depth is only 20 ft and my buddy agreed to help me check it out. If everything checks out we'll go to a deeper dive site and check it out again.
Glad everything worked out. My last duty station was Guam, before I retired. Just some advice, while you’re there make time to go to Saipan, Truk (Chuuk), Palau etc. It’s so much easier to do when you’re so close. I didn’t do it and I regret it.
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