"Worst Diver I have ever Seen!"

[DiveMaven]

Reminds me of a woman on a charter earlier this year who dove VERTICALLY!! Seriously, she dove standing up propelling herself with a perfect bicycle kick. The only good thing about her diving style was that she seemed to prefer to dive about 10-15' above us the entire dive, which put her well out of reach of the reef, so at least she didn't kick us or the reef.

After the first dive, the DM tried talking with her about her trim in the water and the woman actually argued with him. He gave up and she went on to brag about her outstanding air consumption rate, which was why she came up later than the rest of us. Uh, did she forget that we had to wait on the bottom for nearly 10 minutes because she kept fiddling with her gear on the boat??? I was so angry that I refused to get off the boat before her for the subsequent 2 dives, and isn't it amazing how after she had to get in the water with the rest of us that she was coming up before us?

Of course we had to listen to her talk about how she was working on her Master Diver Certification and how she almost had 100 dives now...in just 5 years! <sigh> Everyone on the boat was polite to her, but she clearly didn't have a clue.

 

[Divedoggie]

Maybe we can invent a new specialty course called.."Reality"

uuuhhmmmm...yeah...I have my reality specialty....uuhh, will you be my buddy?:

 

[AlexMDiver]

Also remember some guy that was always diving vertically. And he had a HUAAGGGEEE mask squeeze on his 40th dive. I mean his eyes were so bloodshot and all the skin around it, he looked like a thief in disguise as a frog (or the other way around).

Well, ten dives later he had another MASSIVE mask squeeze. Looked worse than the first time. I mean, do you not notice the mask squeeze your face while down there? He could hardly open his eyes...or close them rather, they were so swollen.
He just did not get it, and get the fact that he was not meant to explore the underwater world....at least not by SCUBA.
He also had the most unstoppable fin kick. Massive kicking for 100% of the time.
Funny thing was that he absolutely wanted to go diving, he loved it so much.

Another time I was seriously put under pressure by a dive shop to certify someone that was also not meant to be a diver. Problem was she "theoretically" passed all performance requirements. But she was still a terrible diver. I did not certify her, but there is always another instructor who will.


Underscores my belief that there are divers that will never be safe and good divers, no matter how many beautiful log book entries and C-card they have. This all does not mean anything, just look at the diver for 10 minutes in the water, and you will know what kind of diver you are diving with.

 

[Cacia]

good one.

I need that card.

well, I will keep ya'll posted. Somethings gotta give.


On another note...I went to dinner with the people that sold me my house.
The woman is Indonesian and never learned to swim as a child. She proceeded to tell me about scuba diving on an Intro course at resort recently. They both sat there and beamed that she was able to do this even though she could not swim.
Anybody ever heard of this? I was like "oh, ...thats.. nice" I mean what do you say? I did say "did you TELL them that you could not swim?" ..."oh, yes"..beaming, happy, thrilled faces.

 

[justleesa]

you shouldn't talk about me like that...

 

[Cacia]

oops...she caught me.

Leesa, I don't think she peruses SB? Lord, you are the only one left. She is very nice. Honestly...maybe she should freedive awhile. She is a great swimmer, loves the water. Doesn't add up.

 

[justleesa]

I don't think she has the patience for SB/her computer....

 

[Diver Dennis]

you shouldn't talk about me like that...

HA! Catherine has told me that you are a fantastic diver Leesa...

 

[justleesa]

:blush:

 

[Cacia]

she is. very cool customer. Even though she is always crawling along looking for the teeny weenie stuff.