GinaRae
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Your instructor thumbs the dive!
Went out for Advanced Open Water cert today, only myself and another student from my OW class.
There was quite a bit of chop.
Started with PPB and upon weight check at the buoy I sank...
Instructor couldn't get the weight out of my trim pocket so he pulled my integrated weight pocket to swap out a 3# for a 2#.
After about 3 minutes, which seemed like 30, and he couldn't replace the pocket, I told him I wanted to go ashore to adjust my weights and he agreed instantly, I later found out he was close to calling the dive but didn't want to cut us short if we were up to it.
For some background regarding my issues with weights... I had previously been over-weighted so much that I sank with a full BCD, so I have a bit of anxiety about being over-weighted.
When I headed back to shore I was a little off and ended up climbing over and around a bunch of rocks, surprisingly this didn't bother me because even though I was way off balance on weight (missing a pocket) I wasn't heavy.
At shore I got my breathing under control but my heart rate was still about 120, 60 is my baseline, so I chose not to go on the next dive.
My buddy tried the dive alone (with the instructor) and returned to shore crying... the visibility was so bad she couldn't do any of the tasks...
We were supposed to do a night dive, after dinner, but due to the conditions the instructor thumbed it...
Both myself and my buddy were willing to give it a shot but it just wasn't meant to be.
I'm glad I bailed on the 2nd dive, based on my buddy's reaction, because she is "stronger" than I am and I wasn't in the right frame of mind.
Today's lesson... Know when to say when...
Went out for Advanced Open Water cert today, only myself and another student from my OW class.
There was quite a bit of chop.
Started with PPB and upon weight check at the buoy I sank...
Instructor couldn't get the weight out of my trim pocket so he pulled my integrated weight pocket to swap out a 3# for a 2#.
After about 3 minutes, which seemed like 30, and he couldn't replace the pocket, I told him I wanted to go ashore to adjust my weights and he agreed instantly, I later found out he was close to calling the dive but didn't want to cut us short if we were up to it.
For some background regarding my issues with weights... I had previously been over-weighted so much that I sank with a full BCD, so I have a bit of anxiety about being over-weighted.
When I headed back to shore I was a little off and ended up climbing over and around a bunch of rocks, surprisingly this didn't bother me because even though I was way off balance on weight (missing a pocket) I wasn't heavy.
At shore I got my breathing under control but my heart rate was still about 120, 60 is my baseline, so I chose not to go on the next dive.
My buddy tried the dive alone (with the instructor) and returned to shore crying... the visibility was so bad she couldn't do any of the tasks...
We were supposed to do a night dive, after dinner, but due to the conditions the instructor thumbed it...
Both myself and my buddy were willing to give it a shot but it just wasn't meant to be.
I'm glad I bailed on the 2nd dive, based on my buddy's reaction, because she is "stronger" than I am and I wasn't in the right frame of mind.
Today's lesson... Know when to say when...