Navigation should be on list- on every dive. Also dive planning- every dive. Also buddy proximity and communication- every dive. Also, thorough buddy check-every dive.
DivemasterDennis
DivemasterDennis
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CESA - horizontal swim with the regulator out of his mouth and humming so he gets used to no regulator in his mouth and still blowing bubbles - . Oral inflation of the BC at depth - like the old days.
Yes, very easy. A couple of logical differences than at the surface-- . Take breath from reg, blow your tiny stream of bubbles when switching mouth to LPI . Wait 'til your mouth is on it before pushing the release button so no water enters BC. Release the release button before removing mouth from LPI. etc. etc.--don't let water enter the BCD. Back to reg breathing. This should have been covered in OW class when orally inflating on the bottom to do the fin pivot. It is a good skill to have. A couple of times I was doing shallow, square profile dives and my LPI hose came off. Rather than bother to re-attach it I just orally inflated if I needed to. May not be the best thing to do if you're down 100' and not 20-30'--why complicate things.The "horozontal CESA" sounds like a great idea to practice
But -- can you orally inflate *AT DEPTH*?!?!? I don't think I can, at all....I didn't think it was humanly possible.
- Bill
I see no reason to remove my BCD, which is holding my lifeline underwater? Why do it?
CESA - horizontal swim with the regulator out of his mouth and humming so he gets used to no regulator in his mouth and still blowing bubbles - . Oral inflation of the BC at depth - like the old days.
The "horozontal CESA" sounds like a great idea to practice
But -- can you orally inflate *AT DEPTH*?!?!? I don't think I can, at all....I didn't think it was humanly possible.
- Bill
But -- can you orally inflate *AT DEPTH*?!?!? I don't think I can, at all....I didn't think it was humanly possible.