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On a recent dive we missed anchoring on the wreck. We were in two teams of two. The first team reported back that they could not see the wreck from the anchor but found it and gave us a bearing to the wreck from the anchor. When my buddy and I reached bottom we could only see sand but started on the indicated heading. The only thing I could see was my buddy and green water. I felt I was going up but very slowly. When I checked my depth I was about half way to the surface. I let out what little air I had in my wing, but continued to go up. I gave the palms up "what's going on" signal to my buddy but got the same signal in return. I dove for the bottom and with considerable effort was able to get back down. I then found the wreck and checked it out for awhile with no further buoyancy problems. Back on the boat my buddy said his experience was the same as mine. When I uploaded the dive to my PC I saw that I went in a steady ascent from 95 to 6 feet in 3 minutes.
One of the other divers suggested we may have hit an upwelling of water, similar to an updraft in an aircraft. Anyone encountered this before?
One of the other divers suggested we may have hit an upwelling of water, similar to an updraft in an aircraft. Anyone encountered this before?