SoccerJeni
Scuba Baby
I've been thinking over something and come to a conclusion...my first dive is just going to be an adjustment dive.
I don't get to dive very often. The closest dive location is 4 hours away and typically people dive that site from May until September/October. So, I try to sneak in a couple of dives anytime I'm near water that's semi-clear enough to dive in. That means I do a lot of diving in different conditions, different vis, different temps, fresh/salt. Rarely do I have the same conditions each time I dive. But, there's one thing I've discovered, the first dive is going to be an adjustment dive.
This past few months I did 2 dives in Ft. Lauderdale and 2 dives in San Diego. Each time I felt jacked up on my first dive. I was frustrated with myself that I didn't have better buoyancy or better breathing rates. Then I realized, everything's different, the circumstances are different, so dive #1 = find the adjustments you need to make. It's not as much fun to be down on that first dive knowing something is off and it needs to change, but that's what dive #1 is all about. Between dive #1 and dive #2 in San Diego I dropped 8 pounds of weight! Man, it was nice to get that extra weight off and Dive #2 was much much better! And that's how it always is, Dive #2 is much better!
Since many others of you may dive in the same locations, this may not be as big of a thing for you as it is for me. But, I'd love to hear others experiences and if they deal with this too.
I don't get to dive very often. The closest dive location is 4 hours away and typically people dive that site from May until September/October. So, I try to sneak in a couple of dives anytime I'm near water that's semi-clear enough to dive in. That means I do a lot of diving in different conditions, different vis, different temps, fresh/salt. Rarely do I have the same conditions each time I dive. But, there's one thing I've discovered, the first dive is going to be an adjustment dive.
This past few months I did 2 dives in Ft. Lauderdale and 2 dives in San Diego. Each time I felt jacked up on my first dive. I was frustrated with myself that I didn't have better buoyancy or better breathing rates. Then I realized, everything's different, the circumstances are different, so dive #1 = find the adjustments you need to make. It's not as much fun to be down on that first dive knowing something is off and it needs to change, but that's what dive #1 is all about. Between dive #1 and dive #2 in San Diego I dropped 8 pounds of weight! Man, it was nice to get that extra weight off and Dive #2 was much much better! And that's how it always is, Dive #2 is much better!
Since many others of you may dive in the same locations, this may not be as big of a thing for you as it is for me. But, I'd love to hear others experiences and if they deal with this too.