socaldiver2
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Last weekend my wife had a near miss. We were on a wreck dive in our drysuits and the dive went great. During the briefing we were told to climb up the ladder with our fins on and to remove them once we got on the deck. She was diving with 20lbs on a weight belt due to al tank and thick undergarments.
She got to the deck fine and was balancing herself while she was pulling a spring strap off her foot and the DM reached over and unclipped the strap from her fin. This immediately threw her off balance and she went backwards off the boat.
She ended up fine and said once she realized she was going over she pushed away from the boat. I am convinced if she would have tried to stop the fall she would have hit the boat or ladder and gotten hurt. Also, if someone would have been below her it would have been very ugly.
We took our fins off in the water for the rest of the dives.
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She got to the deck fine and was balancing herself while she was pulling a spring strap off her foot and the DM reached over and unclipped the strap from her fin. This immediately threw her off balance and she went backwards off the boat.
She ended up fine and said once she realized she was going over she pushed away from the boat. I am convinced if she would have tried to stop the fall she would have hit the boat or ladder and gotten hurt. Also, if someone would have been below her it would have been very ugly.
We took our fins off in the water for the rest of the dives.
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