hmmmmm...... during cert dive in Key Largo, diving the City Of Washington... Very cool dive... BUT...... two people we were diving with decided to grab onto a nurse shark that was "playing" around us during skills, swimming in between us during the fin pivots... well, they would not let go of him, and he was getting noticably P**sed off. I happened to be in direct line of said little guy, and he was mad. Despite the shark's efforts to get free, they would not let him go. Our instructor immediately came over and MADE them let go, only for sharky to make a beeline in my direction. Ok, laugh at me, 4 ft. nurse shark, but he was angry..... This was the first time I had ever seen one... I had a few different emotions going through my mind.... like Cool! He's coming my way! and...... HOLY CRAP, he's coming my way!! Well, he swam by, giving me a bump on his way through...... I thought that was one of the coolest things.......
Scariest feeling.....
While diving in Cuba, we were headed to a dive site that was farther out than most of the dives we had done, and the waves were quite high. I am fine while the boat is moving, but when it stops, I need to get in, and get down.... (fish feeder). This was the 4th day diving with this crew, and they were awesome with me... So the boat stops, and I immediately start to turn green. I suit up and get in with one of the DMs (he hadn't dived with me yet), he misunderstood what the plan was, and we waited on the surface for the other 8 divers...... So, I just told myself to relax, go with the flow, and it actually worked for about 10 minutes (it took a long time to get everyone in the water with the little boat and big waves), then I started being sick. Ok, done, on with the dive..... My dive buddy came over to me, and his tank kept coming loose. In trying to fix it, I got sick again (didn't hit him!). Finally, ready to descend..... About 5 metres down, I started to get dizzy, vertigo, and feeling like I might pass out. It was a terrible feeling, and I decided to call the dive. I figured that I would rather pass out on the boat than in the water. So up I went... Then I spent the next 45 mins on a boat, being thrown about by huge waves....... Lots more sick....... I felt pretty beat up for about 24 hours....... All was not horrible, though, the Crew gave us a free shore dive the next day! End of book........