I believe that one skill that good divers possess is knowing when to call a dive, either in the water or before it starts. Does anyone have any stories about dives that they have thumbed or not attempted?
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A few:
1. Not feeling happy about swapping my mask out for a whited out one during lost line drill training the first time - thumb.
2. Not feeling happy about the first dark system i was in at 100ft on air (we made it only 300ft in on 1/6ths) - thumb.
3. Lights not working on pre-dive check, bubble leaks, o-rings gone, not feeling 100% well (illness coming on) - all get a thumb/not attempted before we get started.
Nothing else so far.
1. Not feeling happy about swapping my mask out for a whited out one during lost line drill training the first time - thumb.
2. Not feeling happy about the first dark system i was in at 100ft on air (we made it only 300ft in on 1/6ths) - thumb.
3. Lights not working on pre-dive check, bubble leaks, o-rings gone, not feeling 100% well (illness coming on) - all get a thumb/not attempted before we get started.
Nothing else so far.
This is a humorous example- however, I have called many, many a dive for numerous reasons in the past.
Called the dive in the truck 120 miles from the dive site. Why? Cause the stench of one of our dive team's livercheese and onion sandwich was unbearable.
Called the dive in the truck 120 miles from the dive site. Why? Cause the stench of one of our dive team's livercheese and onion sandwich was unbearable.
here is a link to a post I made a while back
cave diving accedent in tulum
I still go and read that post regularly
cave diving accedent in tulum
I still go and read that post regularly
Strange how things just build up slowly on you, even not related to the actual dive itself, just the preceeding time period/prep time.
Shoulda left the buddy with his stinky sandwich thumbin' on the side of the road instead of calling the dive!chickdiver:
I've turned the dive a bit ahead of agreed limits because I felt we had gone far enough, but that's about it, so far, I've been lucky.
Ok, someone just pointed out to me that I have thumbed two dives in OG, one due to absolutely horrible viz and another because we couldn't find the entrance.
Woke up one Saturday, loaded my gear and drove for 1.5 hours to get to the site. Suited up, into the water, getting ready to descend and it hits me..."I've only had about 2 hours of sleep, my mind is not where it needs to be for a safe dive". I called the dive right there, packed my gear and drove home. Never looked back once.
It's funny how our brain seem to let us know when we shouldn't be doing something.
Jason
It's funny how our brain seem to let us know when we shouldn't be doing something.
Jason
Hopefully it tells us before we take actions that can get us in troubleJason B:
Mental prep for these dives is just as much a factor as the physical gear failure - probably a bigger factor in keeping us safe during the dive.I cut my first dive in upstream Cow short. The plan was to do a weekend trip down to Florida. some time during the night, someplace in tennesee I woke up to fog (Iwas sleeping in the back seat). Slowly we noticed that the fog was on the inside of the van...then we realized it wasn't fog but smoke.
We pulled over just in time to jump out and see the fire really get going. Well, it went out once the engine was shut off. We got towed and a hotel room but we couldn't get the van back on the road til late the next day.
We made the decision to keep going toward Florida with just enough time for one dive and head home. A short time into the dive I decided I was just to tired to have any fun and turned the dive not to mention the fact that I could still tast the burning carpet.
We pulled over just in time to jump out and see the fire really get going. Well, it went out once the engine was shut off. We got towed and a hotel room but we couldn't get the van back on the road til late the next day.
We made the decision to keep going toward Florida with just enough time for one dive and head home. A short time into the dive I decided I was just to tired to have any fun and turned the dive not to mention the fact that I could still tast the burning carpet.
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I was all suited & geared up standing at the edge of Cow ready to get in the water and trudged back up the hill and undressed. A lot of little things had added up to getting there much later than I wanted after driving 7 hours and fustrations from work that I was trying to finish up on the drive down. My head was not set right for the dive and I pushed it all the way to the waters edge before I did the smart thing and called it. A couple of cold beers that evening and a good nights sleep and I was ready to go the next morning.
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