IwakuniDiver
Contributor
I've heard of "the dive that just wasn't meant to be" but I had yet to actually experience this phenomenon. Until yesterday.
For the last 2 weeks I had been looking for my first dive since I got back from Hawaii last month and it was going to be a simple dive. Two 65ft, 20min BT dives in the marina that we have on the base. First dive to count the anchor chains securing the massive, steel dock (I have an ongoing bet with my dive buddy), and the second to try and find an anchor I lost from my sailboat during a Typhoon last year. I was anticipating that the worst part about the dive would be that the water would be about 50 degrees farenheit. brrrrrr.
Well the morning went like this. We got to the dock, already in our 6.5mm wetsuits since summer isn't here yet, we'd have to change outside in 48 degree weather. Well when we started unpacking and setting up our gear, I noticed that one of the pairs of gloves I brought was two left handed gloves. OK, no big deal, uncomfortable, but doable. Then as I pressurized my reg, I noticed a slight leak from the second stage. It would stop when I breathed in it. Bad thing, but a workable thing if I remain cautious. The I hopped into the water, went to 10feet and hovered there to check water temp and visibility. 51 degrees F. and 2 foot vis. Also, after onle 2 minutes at 10 feet, my hands and feet were starting to numb up a little. I surfaced and made the call to scrub the dive.
I feel that one, at a time, these issues would not have caused me to scrub it, but with all of them together, I just didin't have that "warm and fuzzy feeling" about it.
Very low vis in a potentially dangerous area, improperly prepared for the cold, leaking second stage, and two left gloves were just too much for me I guess.
Well, I guess we'll try again in a few weeks.
Scott
For the last 2 weeks I had been looking for my first dive since I got back from Hawaii last month and it was going to be a simple dive. Two 65ft, 20min BT dives in the marina that we have on the base. First dive to count the anchor chains securing the massive, steel dock (I have an ongoing bet with my dive buddy), and the second to try and find an anchor I lost from my sailboat during a Typhoon last year. I was anticipating that the worst part about the dive would be that the water would be about 50 degrees farenheit. brrrrrr.
Well the morning went like this. We got to the dock, already in our 6.5mm wetsuits since summer isn't here yet, we'd have to change outside in 48 degree weather. Well when we started unpacking and setting up our gear, I noticed that one of the pairs of gloves I brought was two left handed gloves. OK, no big deal, uncomfortable, but doable. Then as I pressurized my reg, I noticed a slight leak from the second stage. It would stop when I breathed in it. Bad thing, but a workable thing if I remain cautious. The I hopped into the water, went to 10feet and hovered there to check water temp and visibility. 51 degrees F. and 2 foot vis. Also, after onle 2 minutes at 10 feet, my hands and feet were starting to numb up a little. I surfaced and made the call to scrub the dive.
I feel that one, at a time, these issues would not have caused me to scrub it, but with all of them together, I just didin't have that "warm and fuzzy feeling" about it.
Very low vis in a potentially dangerous area, improperly prepared for the cold, leaking second stage, and two left gloves were just too much for me I guess.
Well, I guess we'll try again in a few weeks.
Scott
