You're doing a boat dive in a group of 6 divers.
You are just AAW certified and youve done about 30 dives total.
8 with your DM/Instructor in the past few days at the same dive site.
The dive group is DM,You and two couples -in each couple one has done a fair few dives as an OW diver,the other is a freshly minted OW diver.
The dive plan is for the DM to lead followed by the two couples with you as tail end charlie. You'll follow a basic square pattern to end up 35-40 minutes later back under the boat.
Within minutes of getting to the bottom one new diver ends up taking a fair bit of the DM's attention with minor issues. meanwhile The experienced partner in the other pair heads off in their own direction. loosing sight of their dive buddy.
The new diver starts looking a littly uncomfortable being aways behind "everyone else" (not aware you are tailing the group)
Maybee I was being a bit over protective but I "buddied up" with the new diver untill we caught up and the group tightened up again 10 minutes later. Then dropped back to TEC.
I don't think the actual dive buddy was even aware there was an issue.
So -whats the polite/correct thing to do in this situation?
Was I just being an old grandma and shoulda left well enough alone?
You are just AAW certified and youve done about 30 dives total.
8 with your DM/Instructor in the past few days at the same dive site.
The dive group is DM,You and two couples -in each couple one has done a fair few dives as an OW diver,the other is a freshly minted OW diver.
The dive plan is for the DM to lead followed by the two couples with you as tail end charlie. You'll follow a basic square pattern to end up 35-40 minutes later back under the boat.
Within minutes of getting to the bottom one new diver ends up taking a fair bit of the DM's attention with minor issues. meanwhile The experienced partner in the other pair heads off in their own direction. loosing sight of their dive buddy.
The new diver starts looking a littly uncomfortable being aways behind "everyone else" (not aware you are tailing the group)
Maybee I was being a bit over protective but I "buddied up" with the new diver untill we caught up and the group tightened up again 10 minutes later. Then dropped back to TEC.
I don't think the actual dive buddy was even aware there was an issue.
So -whats the polite/correct thing to do in this situation?
Was I just being an old grandma and shoulda left well enough alone?