Near misses and learned lessons may be the appropriate forum for this info but I wanted it to be read by as many divers as possible.
While conducting an Advance Open Water class today we had an incident during the deep dive portion of the class. We had a student panick to the point of being non responsive at 70'. As it turned out the rescue was successful and she is ok.
While speaking with the student after the incident it was clear she had predive doubts about going to depth.
The point of this message is - Don't push yourself beyond your limits. If you don't feel comfortable, wait, do more shallow training dives. Your life is more important than a C-card, or a computer that reads three digits.
Thanks for reading.
While conducting an Advance Open Water class today we had an incident during the deep dive portion of the class. We had a student panick to the point of being non responsive at 70'. As it turned out the rescue was successful and she is ok.
While speaking with the student after the incident it was clear she had predive doubts about going to depth.
The point of this message is - Don't push yourself beyond your limits. If you don't feel comfortable, wait, do more shallow training dives. Your life is more important than a C-card, or a computer that reads three digits.
Thanks for reading.
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