scottfiji
Contributor
Well, there are 2 sides to every story I guess.
Sounds like you were not OOA, your reg was just breathing hard, (which is normal at 300psi on some regs), you gave the sign to go up, and someone forced air on you!
and 12ft and 20ft is a big difference - someone is reading their depth gauge wrong!
you got seriously blasted on the other board, I'm glad we got to hear the other side of the story...of course, only you, the other dive, 7 octopus, and 1 moray know what really happened!
out of air signal = simulate slice throat
low air signal = fist to chest, pound chest
you gave the low air signal? big difference between the 2 in my opinion...
Scott
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ScubaLaurel said...
Well, my reg was actually breathing pretty hard. I had been keeping an eye on my spg, thanks guys for the love...
We were finishing up the dive. Getting ready to head out of the crevice, just above the mussel bump (aka 12 feet deep). I gave him the low on air signal and let's go in...he grabbed his reg out of his mouth. I put it back in signaled to swim out of crevice area. He pulled his reg out of his mouth again. I grabbed his air 2 and put it in his mouth. Then I switched his reg for mine. We ascended and surfaced about 45 seconds later, not out of control, not really slowly either....
At the surface, I did apologize and said my gauge read 300 psi. I did try to downplay it, duh...embarressed.
While rinsing my gear (totally FULL of sand) I had air aplenty to clean out my reg with, so I don't know what happened. I had my reg serviced after I got bent in October, so I don't know.
It WAS an awesome dive - we saw 7 octopod and several morays. The end was a bit scary, between sharing air and that I got rolled. I guess part of the reason I didn't make a big deal out of the sharing air is that I routinely give my buddies' air to elongate a dive, and we were only in 12 feet of water. Isn't this what training is for?
(ok, ok, go easy on me....
please...go easy *batting eyelashes*
Sounds like you were not OOA, your reg was just breathing hard, (which is normal at 300psi on some regs), you gave the sign to go up, and someone forced air on you!
and 12ft and 20ft is a big difference - someone is reading their depth gauge wrong!
you got seriously blasted on the other board, I'm glad we got to hear the other side of the story...of course, only you, the other dive, 7 octopus, and 1 moray know what really happened!
out of air signal = simulate slice throat
low air signal = fist to chest, pound chest
you gave the low air signal? big difference between the 2 in my opinion...
Scott
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ScubaLaurel said...
Well, my reg was actually breathing pretty hard. I had been keeping an eye on my spg, thanks guys for the love...
We were finishing up the dive. Getting ready to head out of the crevice, just above the mussel bump (aka 12 feet deep). I gave him the low on air signal and let's go in...he grabbed his reg out of his mouth. I put it back in signaled to swim out of crevice area. He pulled his reg out of his mouth again. I grabbed his air 2 and put it in his mouth. Then I switched his reg for mine. We ascended and surfaced about 45 seconds later, not out of control, not really slowly either....
At the surface, I did apologize and said my gauge read 300 psi. I did try to downplay it, duh...embarressed.
While rinsing my gear (totally FULL of sand) I had air aplenty to clean out my reg with, so I don't know what happened. I had my reg serviced after I got bent in October, so I don't know.
It WAS an awesome dive - we saw 7 octopod and several morays. The end was a bit scary, between sharing air and that I got rolled. I guess part of the reason I didn't make a big deal out of the sharing air is that I routinely give my buddies' air to elongate a dive, and we were only in 12 feet of water. Isn't this what training is for?
(ok, ok, go easy on me....
please...go easy *batting eyelashes*