imjustdave
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I was on a trip and stopped by a new to me dive shop for a tank fill of 32% The next day went for a dive at about the 30 foot mark 10 min or so I was a little dizzy for maybe 30 seconds or so kind of felt like I was in a washing machine kind of felt like it was the current moving me around, didn't think much of it past being in some sort of current. Continued the dive to about 70 feet and then headed slowly to the shallow less deeper part of our dive. I would say at 20-30 min into the dive I started to feel sick I wasn't cold, and we were taking a very leisurely dive, just putting along per say looking at the plant life. At this point I was letting my buddy know that we need to do our safety stop and head up. I knew if I had to throw up I would do so and hold my reg in, but it wasn't something I wanted to do.
By the time we were on the surface my stomach was twisting, and wasn't feeling well at all, I was able to do the surface swim ok but honestly if I got worse or if it was in big waves I might have dropped my weight or requested help from my dive buddy. I felt like I could have thrown up but didn't. We packed up, and walked over to the local eatery for some food, at first I didn't eat much but slowly ate a little more, and drank water. I would say it took a few hrs before I felt better and my buddy could tell I wasn't doing the best either.
So Here is my Questions.
Has anyone ever had any issue when breathing Nitrox staying well within depth limits? 70 feet on 32%?
What sort of tests could I have done on my tank of air? As I recall I have 600+ psi still... used a lot overfilling my BS and dry-suit to make the surface swim, and clearing out my BC on land.
Looking for ideas, thank you everyone.
By the time we were on the surface my stomach was twisting, and wasn't feeling well at all, I was able to do the surface swim ok but honestly if I got worse or if it was in big waves I might have dropped my weight or requested help from my dive buddy. I felt like I could have thrown up but didn't. We packed up, and walked over to the local eatery for some food, at first I didn't eat much but slowly ate a little more, and drank water. I would say it took a few hrs before I felt better and my buddy could tell I wasn't doing the best either.
So Here is my Questions.
Has anyone ever had any issue when breathing Nitrox staying well within depth limits? 70 feet on 32%?
What sort of tests could I have done on my tank of air? As I recall I have 600+ psi still... used a lot overfilling my BS and dry-suit to make the surface swim, and clearing out my BC on land.
Looking for ideas, thank you everyone.