Hi all
I completed my Open Water course late last year, completing 5 dives since then.
On my last two dive weekends, I have had a recurring problem. Approx 25 minutes into second dive of the day, I quickly start to feel ill (like I need to vomit). I've aborted both dives and have vomited as soon as I've got to the surface.
What is weird is that I've been a keen fisherman for years and have never felt sick on boats before, including small boats. I only seem to feel sick halfway through that second dive. Once back on the boat I feel almost 100% after an hour.
I feel that the weightlessness feeling and a bit of vertigo (when looking down) come into play. I also wonder if having low visibility (5m) contributes to the problem, as I had no such issues on my training dives where I was diving in 20m of visibility.
Has anyone had similar issues - there is lots of info online but it seems to refer to sea sickness whilst on the boat as opposed to whilst actually diving. My body seems back to front as most people feel better in the water!
Would taking a standard sea sickness pill potentially help?
I completed my Open Water course late last year, completing 5 dives since then.
On my last two dive weekends, I have had a recurring problem. Approx 25 minutes into second dive of the day, I quickly start to feel ill (like I need to vomit). I've aborted both dives and have vomited as soon as I've got to the surface.
What is weird is that I've been a keen fisherman for years and have never felt sick on boats before, including small boats. I only seem to feel sick halfway through that second dive. Once back on the boat I feel almost 100% after an hour.
I feel that the weightlessness feeling and a bit of vertigo (when looking down) come into play. I also wonder if having low visibility (5m) contributes to the problem, as I had no such issues on my training dives where I was diving in 20m of visibility.
Has anyone had similar issues - there is lots of info online but it seems to refer to sea sickness whilst on the boat as opposed to whilst actually diving. My body seems back to front as most people feel better in the water!
Would taking a standard sea sickness pill potentially help?