Last week I went diving in Bunaken, Sulawesi. I took my Manta.
But on the 2nd Dive on the Sunday, while telling my I still had about 20mins of no-deco time left, my Manta announced that my Nitrogen level was high and that I should go up. I must have been at about 70ft ish.
Confused, I obeyed it. I ascended about 20ft and it returned to it's normal status and showed no signs of malfunction or violations or anything.
However, when I tried to dive that afternoon, it refused to go into dive mode, offering me only the gauge mode. I had to abort the dive.
The next day (ie: 21 hours after my last dive), it still wouldn't go into the normal dive mode, sticking only to gauge mode. After speaking to the bemused staff, they suggested I rent a Suunto Gekko for morning. So i did 2 happy dives, I took the Manta along (still in its gauge mode) - that was Monday. It also seemed to think I had been in the water for 17 hours straight.
Yesterday (Tuesday) it was STILL on Gauge mode only. Only today (Wednesday) did it return to normal, but strangely it showed that this morning I had residual nitrogen left in my body, even though i last dove on Monday morning.
WEIRD?!?!? This caused me to abandon one of my precious dives in Bunaken - i am about ready to throw it in the bin and buy a Suunto Gekko to replace it.
Any thoughts?
But on the 2nd Dive on the Sunday, while telling my I still had about 20mins of no-deco time left, my Manta announced that my Nitrogen level was high and that I should go up. I must have been at about 70ft ish.
Confused, I obeyed it. I ascended about 20ft and it returned to it's normal status and showed no signs of malfunction or violations or anything.
However, when I tried to dive that afternoon, it refused to go into dive mode, offering me only the gauge mode. I had to abort the dive.
The next day (ie: 21 hours after my last dive), it still wouldn't go into the normal dive mode, sticking only to gauge mode. After speaking to the bemused staff, they suggested I rent a Suunto Gekko for morning. So i did 2 happy dives, I took the Manta along (still in its gauge mode) - that was Monday. It also seemed to think I had been in the water for 17 hours straight.
Yesterday (Tuesday) it was STILL on Gauge mode only. Only today (Wednesday) did it return to normal, but strangely it showed that this morning I had residual nitrogen left in my body, even though i last dove on Monday morning.
WEIRD?!?!? This caused me to abandon one of my precious dives in Bunaken - i am about ready to throw it in the bin and buy a Suunto Gekko to replace it.
Any thoughts?