Stupid Diver Tricks

[namabiru]

So it's time to fess up. What is one of the most ridiculous things you've accidentally done while diving, or during a course?

I'll go first. We were learning the rope-in-a-bag toss in my Rescue course, and of course I was the one laughing the loudest over the possibility of someone forgetting to let go of the rope at the right time, or letting go of the whole rope and watching it sail away into the blue yonder.

So when it's my turn to try the rope toss, I step up, wind up, and envision the rope soaring perfectly toward the nonexistent diver. Instead, I let go too soon and watch the rope fly into the nearby bushes.

[deepdiver47]

I did the unspeakable just 2 weeks ago....
I began my decent without having my reg in my mouth. After 6 feet I quickly recouped and grabbed my reg while purging the valve.

[Vercingetorix]

During AOW dive (my 7th dive ever), I entered the lake and realized my secondary reg hose was caught under my harness. Inflated BC manually. I couldn't even look my instructor (Jeff Walters) in the eye after that dive.

[thor]

Last summer I jumped off of the boat and couldn't figure out why the current was so strong, and why I was having such a hard time with my surface swim. I began my descent and saw someone's fins slowly sinking toward the bottom. They were mine. I forgot to tighten my fin straps. My DM gave them back to me, while everyone watched, in shame. I don't know the hand signal for "Lose these, ya big loser? "

[Illini_Fan]

This wasn't a trick, but it sure qualifies as stupid. First open-water dive post certification, down in the blue waters of Cozumel.

As I descend, I'm feeling pressure on my face from my mask, so I start pulling (yes pulling) at the mask to relieve the pressure. I tried the seal over both eyes to no avail - even tried the seals on my cheeks. Then I remember that little trick of exhaling into your mask and magically the pain of the squeeze went away.

But that is not the end of the story. We get back to the hotel that night (did four dives that day) and my son looks at my face and asks how did I get the black eye. Both eyes were slightly blood-shot and I had a decent mouse under my left eye. I must have been pulling at that mask pretty hard. I've only had 45 dives since then, but I've never had mask problem again.

Experience is such a good teacher.

[BSea]

Things I have done:

Forgot to put on gloves in the winter. Surface water was 57. I knew I had a problem real quick.

Forgot my wrist computer. To be fair I had recently switched from a console computer to the wrist computer.

Forgot to attach my inflator hose. No excuse for that 1

Things I've seen:

Funniest thing I saw was someone forgetting to put on his fins. It was in a lake, so ther wasn't any current, but we sure let him know how funny we thought it was.

I Once had an instructor forget to turn on his air.

[3rdEye]

Originally Posted by namabiru

So it's time to fess up. What is one of the most ridiculous things you've accidentally done while diving, or during a course?

I'll go first. We were learning the rope-in-a-bag toss in my Rescue course, and of course I was the one laughing the loudest over the possibility of someone forgetting to let go of the rope at the right time, or letting go of the whole rope and watching it sail away into the blue yonder.

So when it's my turn to try the rope toss, I step up, wind up, and envision the rope soaring perfectly toward the nonexistent diver. Instead, I let go too soon and watch the rope fly into the nearby bushes.

reminds me of when i sent a club flying off into the distance on a driving range...not dive related, but funny nonetheless

can't say I've done anything stupid worth mentioning......yet.

[Splitlip]

I used to carry a little laminated reference card in my BC pocket

It said:

Computer set
weights pockets in
trim weights in
gas on
fins on
mask on

These were things I had seen others forget, and did not want to do it myself.

[JugglingMonkeys]

forgot to turn my air on.
just thought of it in time!!

[deepdiver47]

Originally Posted by thor

Last summer I jumped off of the boat and couldn't figure out why the current was so strong, and why I was having such a hard time with my surface swim. I began my descent and saw someone's fins slowly sinking toward the bottom. They were mine. I forgot to tighten my fin straps. My DM gave them back to me, while everyone watched, in shame. I don't know the hand signal for "Lose these, ya big loser? "

LOL, can't be my fins? wrong??? I hope they were yellow