Strange Diving Style

[sea nmf]

I doubt that translation was a problem here, though, because the instructors clearly spoke Japanese.

I guess since many other people have seen this, it is just a typical style for Discover Scuba or even for some certified. I'll have to ask Dan about it in a couple of weeks, if I remember to.

 

[justleesa]

Not kicking isn't only for the Japanese population. We took a non-Japanese couple down, he was certified and she was a DSD. We went from the rainbow mooring over to the turtle cleaning station (about 1.5 - 2 minutes to get over there) she was doing great, he was already out of air. I gave him my octo, held on to his bc, and he to mine, and headed back to the boat - he stopped kicking all together.

 

[sea nmf]

Not kicking isn't only for the Japanese population. We took a non-Japanese couple down, he was certified and she was a DSD. We went from the rainbow mooring over to the turtle cleaning station (about 1.5 - 2 minutes to get over there) she was doing great, he was already out of air. I gave him my octo, held on to his bc, and he to mine, and headed back to the boat - he stopped kicking all together.

Sure, but did he fin? (wink)

I think that is just strange.

 

[justleesa]

um...it must have been invisible finning

 

[The Mushroom King]

Just strange. It's even reasonably common among "certified" Japanese divers. There were very few dives I wasn't holding hands with one or two divers by the end of the dive in the couple of months I worked for them, had to do that maybe 5 times in years of working elsewhere.

I can tell you first hand that in general (there are always the happy exceptions) Japanese divers expect instructors/guides to baby them and completely take care of them. Its not just the diving but the culture in general (not necessarily bad, just different.)

 

[AXL72]

I can tell you first hand that in general (there are always the happy exceptions) Japanese divers expect instructors/guides to baby them and completely take care of them. Its not just the diving but the culture in general (not necessarily bad, just different.)