Happypig
07-08-2009, 16:14
Just returned from Turkey where I got a couple of days diving in (my first "proper" dives after training).
First day, first dive, I got something wrong and didn't deflate the BCD properly - I think a clip came undone and it sort of formed an air pocket (I should have used the dump valve but I was in a bit of a panic trying to fin down). I ended up over-exerting myself and I also got dehydrated and felt pretty cr*p.
Second dive I still felt really rough so I reluctantly decided to miss it, get a lot of water down and have a kip; I drank two litres and got half an hour shuteye.
Third dive I felt ok so I went but was overweighted and got my bouyancy all wrong, ended up guzzling all my air again and had to go back early :(
I didn't give up though, booked for a second day the following week but asked if I could buddy with one of the divemasters and try and sort out my weighting/bouyancy/air use.
I did all 3 dives, first one got the weighting sorted; second and third we worked on my bouyancy and finning technique (he said I was finning far too much).
I still used too much air but I felt that I was getting there, just need a bit more work/practice.
To top it off though, I managed to get seasick on little more than a metre of swell and threw up on the way home :(
All in all, a mixed bag but left me determined to get more time in (although sea diving in the UK is out at the moment).
First day, first dive, I got something wrong and didn't deflate the BCD properly - I think a clip came undone and it sort of formed an air pocket (I should have used the dump valve but I was in a bit of a panic trying to fin down). I ended up over-exerting myself and I also got dehydrated and felt pretty cr*p.
Second dive I still felt really rough so I reluctantly decided to miss it, get a lot of water down and have a kip; I drank two litres and got half an hour shuteye.
Third dive I felt ok so I went but was overweighted and got my bouyancy all wrong, ended up guzzling all my air again and had to go back early :(
I didn't give up though, booked for a second day the following week but asked if I could buddy with one of the divemasters and try and sort out my weighting/bouyancy/air use.
I did all 3 dives, first one got the weighting sorted; second and third we worked on my bouyancy and finning technique (he said I was finning far too much).
I still used too much air but I felt that I was getting there, just need a bit more work/practice.
To top it off though, I managed to get seasick on little more than a metre of swell and threw up on the way home :(
All in all, a mixed bag but left me determined to get more time in (although sea diving in the UK is out at the moment).