Where did you solo dive today?

[34109411]

ah the usual stuff for me so i did two dives this morning quiet nice and calm. The dive site was busy like 15 and plus divers easy, some where diving up to 4 people total. I dove both dive for about 35 minutes around 49 feet deep ish max. Vis was crap as usual .

So finally this thursday and friday i will do my in water sidemount class, wish my luck.

Be safe

 

[happy-diver]

Good luck with your in water sidemount class!​

 

[34109411]

Good luck with your in water sidemount class!​

Thank you !

 

[34109411]

oh my dear friend that first day of sidemount class was tought !

what went well. Reg switch, maintaining same gas pressure in each tank, s-drill, finning, putting tank in front of me. Working with the sherwater TX in SM mode was a breeze.

What need to be improved, my biggest challenge is when the tank become positively buoyant that was difficult to maintain position in column of water.

I am glad i took an instructor! So much thinking to do.

Second day tomorrow, i might think i will need an extra day of training later after tomorrow to make sure i master everything before i go solo.

 

[happy-diver]

Magnificent, I will send you a link to polish your technique when you pass your course dude

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Not today (per the title of this thread), but yesterday did a delightful 150+ min dive at Yellow Brick Road. My absolutely favoritist dive locally. So. Many. Fish. Thousands. Schools and schools of fish, never intermingling (except grunts) alongside each other, or above and below. I just stopped. Relaxed looking around at all the fish, seemingly to dance with the currents and suddenly all dive low. A predatory fish - a jack of some sort comes cruising by. Threat over, they resume their position.
Visibility was Ok, 25 ft further out, maybe 10 ft near shore. Water temp a very warm 86-87° and lots of coral bleaching. Bright whites standing out amid the haze. We have at least another month of warm water. Hopefully they will survive.

 

[34109411]

Magnificent, I will send you a link to polish your technique when you pass your course dude

i did it ! Everything was smooth and much more easier today i make a great progression and my instructor was happy about it. We dove for 1 hours at 50,feet ish.

The training is done this being said the instructor told me to go dive sidemount solo no problems go dive 3-4 days and after give him a buzz and do another dive with him to see how i improve i was with that.

Overall i really like but still so much to learn and refine my technique. Equipment wise i need to do also some minor change like getting those sliding d ring.

Thank you all

 

[narcedoutscuba]

Solo cave dive today at Jackson Blue Spring, Florida. Conditions were great — low flow, clear water, and I made it back to the Trash Room around 2100 ft. Awesome way to kick off Labor Day weekend cave diving.

For more cave diving 360° photos and videos, check out my YouTube channel: NarcedOutScuba

 

[grantmac]

i did it ! Everything was smooth and much more easier today i make a great progression and my instructor was happy about it. We dove for 1 hours at 50,feet ish.

The training is done this being said the instructor told me to go dive sidemount solo no problems go dive 3-4 days and after give him a buzz and do another dive with him to see how i improve i was with that.

Overall i really like but still so much to learn and refine my technique. Equipment wise i need to do also some minor change like getting those sliding d ring.

Thank you all

Sounds like you're diving aluminums? If so you can definitely just use two fixed d rings since they start floating aggressively right around the first reg switch. A more neutral tank seems to run better on the sliding Ds.
Where are you doing your training dives?

 

[34109411]

Sounds like you're diving aluminums? If so you can definitely just use two fixed d rings since they start floating aggressively right around the first reg switch. A more neutral tank seems to run better on the sliding Ds.
Where are you doing your training dives?

Yes i am using Catalina 80 AL i do use two set of d-ring I am training in Ontario, Canada. I don't have slinding d-ring for now but will look it for it seem more convenient.

I was told luxfer AL are neutral in the water, my LDS told me they have some will try them out.

Cheers