"Worst Diver I have ever Seen!"

[Taxgeek]

Here's what fixed MY buoyancy control woes - macro photography in an urchin garden!

(At least that will help with the bouncing around on the bottom part.)

And I will defend JustLeesa too!! She's great, AND she has a cool camera!
Taxgeek

 

[justleesa]

And I will defend JustLeesa too!! She's great, AND she has a cool camera! Taxgeek

Thanks Susan you have a great camera too

 

[runamonk]

I was in a dive shop on Monday and overheard an instructor (SSI or PADI ... the shop is both) telling two potential students that they didn't need to know how to swim in order to scuba dive. One of them even told her that he was afraid of the water, and she told him not to worry about it.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

When we took scuba we had to do a swim test, which one guy failed and almost drowned himself trying to race through the laps. Needless to say he gave up after that and left and never returned to the class.

That's very sad, I don't understand why it's not required that the student have at least basic swimming skills in order to take the class and pass.

 

[pakman]

I remember one of my female Japanese friends came back from a vacation on Koh Samui and surprised me. With a big smile on her face, she told me she got certified... To which I responded "but you don't know how to swim, how did you pass the swim test??" She giggled, "oh the instructor let me skip the swim test"....:shakehead :11: This was about 5 yrs ago and she's still alive despite her usual vacation only dives. But fortunately she did eventually learn to swim over the years...

 

[justleesa]

Ya know what? She did pretty good today

 

[Wildcard]

I was looking for this thread. Thanks to Kirstens ever so patient instruction and Lisas ankle weight idea, SHE LOOKED LIKE A DIVER! I had to swim over and look to make sure it was her.... WOW...Still can't put her own gear together but baby steps...She didn't even call me names today...

 

[tkdawg]

What I would do after every dive with is this. Have a debrief on the dive on godd and bads. Fisrt talk about yourself and tell all say what you did wrong or should have done better. Then let everyone do this in turn. Then talk about the other divers on what you saw them do good and bad. Hopefully she will learn her own problems by either the other divers telling her or she will tell herself. Also all the other divers might learn something about themselves that will make us all better divers. We do this after every dive and no one has pulled a gun yet. We also talk about what we are going to do in the pre-dive. Think about yourself as being a coach that is not afraid to be coach.

 

[SparticleBrane]

How can someone with a PhD not put together scuba equipment?

 

[justleesa]

She has a PhD?

I was talking to her today and her main complaint was that she has floaty feet syndrom. I offered her my ankle weights and they made a big difference for her. She didn't need to fight the whole time to get her feet down and that is why her buoyancy skills were so poor, she couldn't pay attention to anything else....she looked pretty good in the water today. Hovered at 15' like a pro.

 

[alcina]

Now, once she can do that without the ankle weights she'll be on her way

I have some friends who use them almost every dive but they are also capable of diving well without them...baby steps!