What's your personal scuba-related curse?

[Landau]

I have an anti-curse.

Fall of 2015 I was at Club Med Turcs & Caicos and decided after a 35 year surface interval to get back into diving and signed up for a discover scuba course with 2 dives. Along came hurricane Joaquin and I couldn't do much except Zumba and sit at the bar the rest of the trip.

But - I was now determined to get back into diving and signed up for OW at my LDS as soon as I got home. It's now 50+ dives later and I'm hooked. Without Joaquin who knows?


And my personal curse is weight belts - they insist on slipping down no matter how tight I set them. When I got my weighting down so it all fit on the BCD I loved it!

 

[Bert van den Berg]

Being old enough to be forgetful. Actually told my wife yesterday that I need to make a waterproof checklist.

1) Weight belt on? (Yes, I have jumped into the water twice without weights)
2) Pony bottle hose charged?
3) Drysuit zipped?
4) Air turned on?
5) Defog in mask?
6) Computer and compass?
7) What did I forget?
8) Etc.

 

[Kharon]

Blowing past my exit point when there is no differentiation in structure. I really hate to surface and find myself a distance from where I need to exit.

 

[billt4sf]

Conditions. I've had so many bad dives, only to be told I should have been there last week when it was great. It happened to me again last week.

ha ha every place I have traveled, peopler "in the know" have told me that it was so much better 10, 20, or 30 years ago.

 

[billt4sf]

My back.

 

[Cali_diver]

Being cold and down currents! The only good thing is in a down current I forget about how cold I am!!!

 

[DIY]

Gopro's

First one floated away
Second one flooded due to a crack at the mount
Third one kept saying "saving image"

 

[Scubamat]

I hope it doesn't continue. Seeing Mola Mola(oceanic sun fish) while it wasn't in season I went on a trip start of may to do my AOW and get some more dive experience. I decided to give Nusa Penida a miss as I didn't have an experience with diving in current or surge yet. Spent the week hearing about off season mola mola. I traveled to Gili T after and spent a few days drift diving and decided I'm ready for Nusa Penida. Got home checked flight found some cheap ones and visited Bali for the weekend. Got there to find the mola mola hadnt been seen for 4 days. Oh well Bali is close sure I will get a chance to see them.

 

[The Chairman]

@sphyon is my curse. If the man even thinks about coming to Key Largo the wind starts blowing and the waves start waving. It never fails!

 

[sphyon]

@sphyon is my curse. If the man even thinks about coming to Key Largo the wind starts blowing and the waves start waving. It never fails!

Ugh don't talk about it. The second I hit overseas highway to largo the sky's open up and pour their hate down upon me. I haven't been able to catch a boat down there in a year and It's only a 5 hour drive.