Sounds like a terrible experience. I’m so glad you are ok. In summer ’08 I also dove Lumba Lumba. After three boat dives, I elected to dive from shore.
On the first dive I asked to limit the max depth to 30 meter. The guide disappeared and soloed down to about 50 meters.
The second dive was in strong washing machine currents. One DMT was much too buoyant which kept the dive guide quite occupied in the already dangerous conditions. The newish diver with us was stressed/struggling and for quite some time - nobody seemed to notice or care.
The third dive was a “relaxing” nudibranch dive to about 25meters. The guide refused to ascend and knowingly forced my computer into mandatory deco time. Later I was ridiculed for being too conservative.
Other recreational divers dove to about 55 meters on a single Al80 in current and incurred mandatory deco. They weren’t carrying deco gas, as it was assumed they could kick back to the bottle hung beneath the boat. One of these divers confided that he almost was not able to swim back against the current.
The shore diving is quite safe and beautiful. Please be very careful if you consider boat diving.
On the first dive I asked to limit the max depth to 30 meter. The guide disappeared and soloed down to about 50 meters.
The second dive was in strong washing machine currents. One DMT was much too buoyant which kept the dive guide quite occupied in the already dangerous conditions. The newish diver with us was stressed/struggling and for quite some time - nobody seemed to notice or care.
The third dive was a “relaxing” nudibranch dive to about 25meters. The guide refused to ascend and knowingly forced my computer into mandatory deco time. Later I was ridiculed for being too conservative.
Other recreational divers dove to about 55 meters on a single Al80 in current and incurred mandatory deco. They weren’t carrying deco gas, as it was assumed they could kick back to the bottle hung beneath the boat. One of these divers confided that he almost was not able to swim back against the current.
The shore diving is quite safe and beautiful. Please be very careful if you consider boat diving.
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