Bad things you've seen divers do

[Harshal]

Overweight is big thing, one time I had guys with me on boat they had 46 -44 lbs on them, no wonder guy was running out of his air in 15 - 20 min.

[ScubaToys Larry]

Bad things you've seen divers do:
Stop diving...

[Joew]

I hate when I see a diver try to rip an octopus out of a hole. That ink is a defense mechanism, and takes time to regenerate. That, and the little guys will hold on so tight that you'll rip one of their legs off if you try too hard. And I never seem to catch the diver in time to stop it. It makes me want to go Sea Hunt and start cutting air hoses.

[TommyB]

Question;

Is that the Diver's fault, or the fault of the instructor for adding so much weight to them that the instructor keeps them on the bottom to work with them.?

I'm guessing that I'm overweight with 14 lbs using a 3/2 bare progressive stretch, AL80's and the Zeagel Brigade with the soft weights.
4lbs in each front pocket, 3 lbs in back trim pockets. (14 lbs weights)

Yes, I know it's up to me to get the trim / weight to suit me. But it would be nice to have "the pro's" spend that extra 5 mins before sending you on the tour with your buddy to at least let you know that "you have to much weight on for a reason".. and you might want to dump some of it..

I'm going to take a wild guess here, that most when leaving their OW class and go out on their own might just think that "this is how much weight we are supposed to have"....because that's what the instructor trained us with"..
And I'm sure that a lot of these new divers are getting their OW cert to hit that vacation spot next week and when done with the vacation it will be another year before they put their gear on again.

just my 2 coppers..

I'd be out at CSSP this weekend working on the weight thing, but due to other issues, I'll have to wait a week or so before getting "wet" again.

Me I have different goals. Wet every weekend, cavern/wreck.
I don't think I'll be getting the cave but who knows.

But as a side note:
I'm really thankful when I'm told that you're finning is horrible, your xyz s ucks, etc.. Makes me want to fix it. I look at it "If I don't know xyz is broken, how am I going to fix it"////

Tommy ////

[Harshal]

Originally Posted by ScubaToys Larry

Bad things you've seen divers do: Stop diving...

<DIV>I am not an expert, just enjoy watching them. Gives me reason I am not the worst one...........lol</DIV>

[tc_rain]

It also lets you know you won't be the first person out of air on that dive.

[thesmoothdome]

I saw one lady in Cozumel, diving in only a swim suit,come back on board the boat COVERED in fire coral rash. She must have been rolling around on the reef.

[Harshal]

Originally Posted by thesmoothdome

I saw one lady in Cozumel, diving in only a swim suit,come back on board the boat COVERED in fire coral rash. She must have been rolling around on the reef.

<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Oucccchhh that must have hurt ............but its funny.........I am sure it must have stung nice for couple days.</DIV>

[ertechsg]

Panic and bale at 90 ft. Thank god forDM that caught up with her.

[tc_rain]

I did see a guy jump im the water and try to descend a couple of times before realizing he forgot a weight belt. It wasn't bad but pretty funny