Cold Water Escapades

? 8/16/2005 - Dove it

Well, I did my dive.  It was ok, but not amazing.  My buddy had trouble descending.  He didn't seem to have enough weight, and I think he was moving too much.  I had too much weight and had a hard time finding neutral.  Once things settled down, it was enjoyable.  I settled into my breathing and was doing pretty well on air.  The accent however was not textbook. 

We were diving around the wreck in a counter clockwise turn.  I wanted to completely circle it and start the accent with about 1000 psi back at the mooring line.  However where I expected to find the mooring line there was no mooring line.  For some reason, the state didn't put the line on the hull of the ship, but rather out in the debris field - which made it difficult to locate for a novice.  I couldn't find it, and my buddy needed to ascend due to air (he was about 800), so we decided to go up sans line.  Neither my buddy or I have been diving regularly for a while so we were rusty when it comes to controlling buoyancy.  We swam up from 60' a little faster than I would have liked, but I still think we were within the 1/second rule.  But when my buddy hit about 15, he started having trouble staying It wasn't a completely uncontrolled accent from there, but it wasn't good either.  I continued to swim up (still a bit faster than I would have liked) and didn't get my safety stop. 

Our max depth was about 70'.  Average was about 56 I think.  We were only down for about 16 minutes.  Both of our computers show us in the clear, but still.  Not a good way to end the dive.  Its kind of funny, I'm paranoid now.  Any itch becomes a big deal.  *sigh* 

Not sure when I'll get my next dive.  Might not be for a while though.  What I'd like to do is find a nice place to review the fundamentals and figure out my weight.  That would go a long way to making sure this doesn't happen again and ensuring I enjoy my dives. 

Summary
Max Depth:      70'
Visibility:           15-20'
Surface temp:   70 or so (Balmy, I know)
Bottom temp:    something insane like 48 (not so balmy)

Dive time:         16 minutes
Verdict:            mild success assuming I don't get bent in the next 24 hours.  :P

   
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? 8/26/2005 - Hang in there!

Posted by Missy
Sorry I'm late commenting on your dive ! Just remember that diving takes practice and before you know it, you'll be a pro :) Sounds like your first dive wasn't too bad, you were aware of the situation and made good judgements (trying to keep the ascent slow, etc).
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