I went divng at Grand Caymen and my normal dive buddy could not make this dive due to having trouble clearing her ears. I paired up with a quiet individual on the boat who told me he did not have a lot of experience which is great because everybody has to start somewhere and I myself don't have a whole lot of dives (35). Every thing is going great till near the end of the dive. I look around and he is going up at an alarming rate and he looks like he is trying fight it by swimming back done. I signal to him to dump his BC. He still keeps swimming towards me. I ascend to meet him, my computer is pitching a fit and we finally meet I reach over and dump his BC and then dump mine. He has this wide eyed look and the dive master comes and takes control of him. I regain my bouyancy and start my normal ascent and spending 6 mins at 15 feet.
We get on the boat and the dive master comes over and asks how I am doing. I feel fine but I am kinda worried about how fast I was ascending during the incident. The turd I was buddied up with did not even say thanks and just sat there till the boat docked and he just left.
Now my question..what should I have done? After reviewing this with my normal dive buddy (wife) who rips me a new butt
I realize that it could have been much worse but it was a reaction on my part to help this guy. I am still not sure what I would do if it happened again. The only thing I am damn sure about is I will not dive with anybody that I just met and probaly won't dive with anybody other than my wife.
Thoughts?
We get on the boat and the dive master comes over and asks how I am doing. I feel fine but I am kinda worried about how fast I was ascending during the incident. The turd I was buddied up with did not even say thanks and just sat there till the boat docked and he just left.
Now my question..what should I have done? After reviewing this with my normal dive buddy (wife) who rips me a new butt
I realize that it could have been much worse but it was a reaction on my part to help this guy. I am still not sure what I would do if it happened again. The only thing I am damn sure about is I will not dive with anybody that I just met and probaly won't dive with anybody other than my wife.
Thoughts?