While taking my OW class we had to walk across some reef to get into deeper water. While walking I spotted a Star Fish and tried to point it out to my dive buddy. She turned around to get a good look just as a wave hit her in the back. Her being a smallish person with the weight of a full scuba unit pushing her off balance, the wave knocked her over. I tried to stop her fal by grabbing her shoulder to steady her. Unfortunately, I stepped in a hole while doing so and fell into her. This stopped her fall, but I really didn't notice as I was trying to clear my vision after catching her tank valve in the forehead. We were the first ones in the group with everyone behind us to see the incident. This also meant that nobody could see my face. As we got over the drop-off into deeper water I started feeling somethhing dripping off of my nose and passed off as water. The instructor, who had been in front of me when this happened turned around to brief us on the dive and immediatly(sp?) asked what happened. I told him and asked why only to hear him tell the Divemaster to take me out of the water, I will not be diving. I wondered why until I wiped the "water" running off my nose and my glove came away red.
Needless to say, I now bear a striking resemblance to Harry Potter between the eyes.
My instructor/dive buddy now refuses to walk near me or take me into rough water for a shore entry. Something about klutz?