jbop65
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Ok yesterday I was down in WPB and did a dive with Ocean Quest (Sandy's Bottom).
Let me set the stage for the things I did wrong with my dive. I am open to everyone letting me know what I did wrong and what I can do better as a diver.
This was my 10th dive so as you can tell I am still very new at this. I do realize I will make mistakes hopefully nothing that will cause pain or worse.
Weather for Sunday was to be a bit chilly winds blowing and 2-4 foot chops at sea.
Ok here is how the morning dive went. I took someone's advise on the board about diving with this charter. I also listened when someone suggested I eat a few banana's and a power bar.
I arrived at the boat 1/2 hour ahead of time extremely excited.To the point my wife thought I was acting like a kid in a candy store.
First mistake I made was driving 340 miles and not making a list of dive stuff to bring so I forgot my booties .Thanks to Sandy and Vickie they had a pair for me.
I noticed everyone was wearing a wind breaker or heavy jacket,In my mind I was thinking wow that's a overkill.
The ride out the inlet was calm,I set up everything hooked my bc and reg to the tank and enjoyed the rest of the ride.
Got a very short briefing from a Dive Master?Where life jackets are things like that.But Nothing on the dive.That to me seemed strange since on my last dive in the keys thedive master went into detail what we would do and see and if you got lost.
Ok first mistake I made.Not enough weight I had to little weight and fought like crazy to sink.
So next time either I make sure I have enough weight or don't be afraid to ask for more weight.
Next problem my fault before I stepped off the boat I adjusted the knob on my reg that allows min or max air. I had it set at min and then turned it up bad part on my side I guess because it seemed like I used my air up way to fast.
I was first one out of air and first back on boat.
Now time for me to head up wanted to make a safety stop at 15 feet.Nope I go to hit the button to let some air out of BC instead I inflate bc and shot up to the top like a bat out of hell.
again mistakes like these can become problems if I don't get my act together.
Now I am back on boat.and I am freezing shaking like crazy to the point I look like a break dancer.Note to self wear a jacket next time.
Next thing is sea was a little choppy so I started getting sick.Note to self again take a pill before setting sail.
As for the charter boat well didn't like it.Here is why and again this is just me.
I am a new diver so of course diving with 11 others and they all are there for one thing Lobster had me feel uncomfortable.I didn;t want to hang with them and mess stuff up so more or less i was on my own down there.I spent more time looking at my gauges and where divers were instead of enjoying the dive.
Though I was happy to see a huge nurse shark so that made my dive.But again if I knew that everyone on the boat was diving for lobster then I might of choose another boat to dive with.
Guess I just feel like I am not ready to be left on my own to navitgate around myself.
Ok so anyhow it was a learning experience for me and i need to do things better next time.
Each dive I hope to be better and learn from my mistakes
John B
Let me set the stage for the things I did wrong with my dive. I am open to everyone letting me know what I did wrong and what I can do better as a diver.
This was my 10th dive so as you can tell I am still very new at this. I do realize I will make mistakes hopefully nothing that will cause pain or worse.
Weather for Sunday was to be a bit chilly winds blowing and 2-4 foot chops at sea.
Ok here is how the morning dive went. I took someone's advise on the board about diving with this charter. I also listened when someone suggested I eat a few banana's and a power bar.
I arrived at the boat 1/2 hour ahead of time extremely excited.To the point my wife thought I was acting like a kid in a candy store.
First mistake I made was driving 340 miles and not making a list of dive stuff to bring so I forgot my booties .Thanks to Sandy and Vickie they had a pair for me.
I noticed everyone was wearing a wind breaker or heavy jacket,In my mind I was thinking wow that's a overkill.
The ride out the inlet was calm,I set up everything hooked my bc and reg to the tank and enjoyed the rest of the ride.
Got a very short briefing from a Dive Master?Where life jackets are things like that.But Nothing on the dive.That to me seemed strange since on my last dive in the keys thedive master went into detail what we would do and see and if you got lost.
Ok first mistake I made.Not enough weight I had to little weight and fought like crazy to sink.
So next time either I make sure I have enough weight or don't be afraid to ask for more weight.
Next problem my fault before I stepped off the boat I adjusted the knob on my reg that allows min or max air. I had it set at min and then turned it up bad part on my side I guess because it seemed like I used my air up way to fast.
I was first one out of air and first back on boat.
Now time for me to head up wanted to make a safety stop at 15 feet.Nope I go to hit the button to let some air out of BC instead I inflate bc and shot up to the top like a bat out of hell.
again mistakes like these can become problems if I don't get my act together.
Now I am back on boat.and I am freezing shaking like crazy to the point I look like a break dancer.Note to self wear a jacket next time.
Next thing is sea was a little choppy so I started getting sick.Note to self again take a pill before setting sail.
As for the charter boat well didn't like it.Here is why and again this is just me.
I am a new diver so of course diving with 11 others and they all are there for one thing Lobster had me feel uncomfortable.I didn;t want to hang with them and mess stuff up so more or less i was on my own down there.I spent more time looking at my gauges and where divers were instead of enjoying the dive.
Though I was happy to see a huge nurse shark so that made my dive.But again if I knew that everyone on the boat was diving for lobster then I might of choose another boat to dive with.
Guess I just feel like I am not ready to be left on my own to navitgate around myself.
Ok so anyhow it was a learning experience for me and i need to do things better next time.
Each dive I hope to be better and learn from my mistakes
John B