Did you get a briefing? explanation of what you were going to do?
Thank you for giving your insights on this. There was a briefing on the surface (land) on what we will be practicing: mask clearing, regulator clearing, regulator recovery and handling muscle cramp. We did went into all the regiments. Going through these threads, I am now asking my buddy (wife) more details as to what she went through. She experienced flooding of her mask and sucking in water from the start to the extent she felt she is drowning and spat her regulator out at one point. The instructor buoyed her up and she said she was scolded and warned to never spit out the regulator. This is during the mask clearing exercise.
I guess going on an underwater tour for maybe 100 meters or more to 5 meters of depth is the only one item we were not told in advance.
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Thank you replying. Yes, we did went through some regiments: mask clearing, regulator clearing, regulator recovery and cramp removal but no out-of-air exercise. My buddy did not fare well in the mask clearing section and she choked and spat her regulator out at one point. She has problem sucking in water and flooding of her mask. A second try on this succeeded to some extent. We did not know that we will be going on a tour of the sea bottom.
Although I am really 'dive-shocked' by my wife's tank coming loose of her BCD, I still wanted to judge things as fairly as possible. There's two of us and the instructor and his assistant (a Dive Master) in a one-to-one session. The beach is rocky; the water is about 4 meters (12 ft) visibility.