Any Tips or Advice on Ascending??....

[Uncle Pug]

... use the Stuff.

 

[scuba_junkie]

Is that you?...LOL ut:

 

[ScubaFishee]

scuba_junkie once bubbled...
Another one I heard was to make sure you ascend slower than the big bubbles you exhale. I dont know if this is a true thing, since bubbles seem to rise pretty fast. Even if you keep your speed waaaay slower than they rise, it feels too fast.

I found the bubbles helpful in judging how fast I was ascending, but my problem was once I got above 18ft. that upward momentum seemed to accelerate all at once and I couldn't slow it down fast enough... and I watched me sail right on past those bubbles!

The kick trick keeps me moving slow enough that I can still react when I pick up a little speed.

 

[ScubaFishee]

Uncle Pug once bubbled...
... use the Stuff.

Some of the water here has too much stuff!

When I did the PPB at a local lake (pond?), I looked away from my computer and just out into the water during the ascent. Problem was, the water was so murky (and no plants, rocks, rope, leaves, etc to look at) it was just like looking into fog.

Heck, it was like looking at sand and water in a blender!

Then my head came through the thermocline and I got vertigo instantly. Fastest spinning I've ever seen in my life. Made the mistake of trying to look up to get my bearings and then got a tumbling feeling with the vertigo. Talk about being disoriented! I couldn't tell which way was which.

I dumbed some air and dropped down about 8 ft, back below the thermocline and hovered there while waiting it out. Took about three minutes or so to pass.

My instructor told me the vertigo was caused by movement in low viz conditions. Eyes and ears sending different messages to the brain. When it happened on the second dive, I used her advice and stared at my computer as soon as it started. It went away instantly.

So Uncle Pug, what do I do when there too much stuff and it all just looks like grains of sand everywhere?

 

[Uncle Pug]

ScubaFishee once bubbled...
So Uncle Pug, what do I do when there too much stuff

You have the wrong stuff...

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Actually... I guess you will have to watch your computer...
But sometimes I close my eyes so I can listen to my ears.

 

[LiveGoat]

You jus hang loose, blood. She be back on the rebound with the med side.


What it is, big momma! My momma no raise no dummy, I duck her rap!!

Cut me some slack, jack!

 

[scuba_junkie]

Chumps dont wan' da help, chumps dont git da help...
Jive a$$ dudes dont know nuthin' anyhow...

 

[Starlight]

LiveGoat once bubbled...
You jus hang loose, blood. She be back on the rebound with the med side.


What it is, big momma! My momma no raise no dummy, I duck her rap!!

Cut me some slack, jack!

scuba_junkie once bubbled...
Chumps dont wan' da help, chumps dont git da help...
Jive a$$ dudes dont know nuthin' anyhow...

Must be a private joke...
Just love it when folks do that on a public forum...

 

[Uncle Pug]

Starlight once bubbled...
Just love it when folks do that on a public forum...

It's better than the nerds talking to one another in assembly & machine language..
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=146291#post146291

 

[LiveGoat]

Sorry guys. I couldn't resist once I caught Scuba Junkie's sig.

Let's make it kosher:

I'm diving doubles in open water for the first time this weekend

on the Lizzie D., which means (if my experience at the quarry was

any indication) that my descents/ascents are gonna be the stuff

of high comedy. Any doubles divers here have a hard transition

from singles to doubles? For me it's like starting over. Like when I

first learned to dive. I either add too much air or not enough and

I look like a yo-yo.

Thanks,

Goat.