How Angry Should I Be at this Instructor?

[tbeck3579]

Sorry, teacher humor. I have had my fair share of classes that could be described as a train wreck. Some when I was a new teacher, and sadly some that happened when I should have known better. It comes with the territory.

 

[boulderjohn]

I have a hard time hearing my buddy's bubbles.

When I was in the Galapagos, I wore a 3mm hood. On one dive, I was looking carefully under a rock ledge at a nudibranch. I later learned that at that time the DM had been furiously shaking his noisemaker to alert us to the manta ray that swam right over the top of us without my seeing it. One of the divers in the group said that from then on she was going to use the reef stick she carried to stick it into my butt to alert me in such occasions. Without a hood, I have pretty good hearing, but with a hood, it's hopeless.

Even without a hood....

I was once in a group of 5 divers in a Colorado lake with very poor visibility. We decided to dive in a pentagon formation, with one of our group, an instructor, navigating out to the wrecked airplane and the rest following his lead in two buddy teams. I was in the first of those two teams. For some reason he made a sudden turn, and we lost him. The four of us halted and waited for him to come back to us--we hoped. When that didn't work, we surfaced. He told us he was close enough to hear our bubbles, but he could not find us--and we were a group of four divers, not a single.

 

[TMHeimer]

Sorry, teacher humor. I have had my fair share of classes that could be described as a train wreck. Some when I was a new teacher, and sadly some that happened when I should have known better. It comes with the territory.

Same here (former Band Teacher). Great animation--I can't do smiley face yet, but I'm 63.

 

[The Chairman]

Maybe @The Chairman is part dolphin and is using echo location to find his divemates.

Actually, the save the manatee groups keep pushing me back in the water. What can I say?

What I learned:

It's why we're here.

1. The 1 minute rule to surface

If I may offer an alternate method based on our tendency to be planar in our observations.

• Check your limits: air, depth and time.
  • Don't violate your limits looking for a buddy that might have already surfaced
  • Make at least three rotations (helicopter turns, if you can)
    • Fist rotation, look at your level
    • Second rotation, raise your eyes 15 degrees
    • Third rotation, raise your eyes 30 degrees
    • Don't forget to look straight over you!!!
  • Ascend 15-20 feet
    • Repeat the three rotations
    • This time you're looking more for bubbles.
  • If this is the end of your dive, go ahead with a safety stop and ascend normally.
  • Alert the crew that you lost your buddy and ask if he's aboard already.
  
  

  2. Get buoyant

  Get NEUTRALLY buoyant. Don't be a boat. Don't be an anchor. Be a fish!

3. If you are cold surface immediately

The rule of fun: You can call a dive at any time, for any reason with no questions asked and no repercussions. Everyone must respect the thumb.[/quote]

 

[Storker]

the save the manatee groups keep pushing me back in the water. What can I say?

What about Frustrated or Annoyed Manatee sound?

 

[tbeck3579]

Actually, the save the manatee groups keep pushing me back in the water. What can I say?

It's why we're here.
If I may offer an alternate method based on our tendency to be planar in our observations.

• Check your limits: air, depth and time.
  • Don't violate your limits looking for a buddy that might have already surfaced
  • Make at least three rotations (helicopter turns, if you can)
    • Fist rotation, look at your level
    • Second rotation, raise your eyes 15 degrees
    • Third rotation, raise your eyes 30 degrees
    • Don't forget to look straight over you!!!
  • Ascend 15-20 feet
    • Repeat the three rotations
    • This time you're looking more for bubbles.
  • If this is the end of your dive, go ahead with a safety stop and ascend normally.
  • Alert the crew that you lost your buddy and ask if he's aboard already.
  
  Get NEUTRALLY buoyant. Don't be a boat. Don't be an anchor. Be a fish!

The rule of fun: You can call a dive at any time, for any reason with no questions asked and no repercussions. Everyone must respect the thumb.

[/QUOTE]
Thank you very much! I do value and appreciate the information. You never know when a simple rule can save your life or a buddies life.

 

[Patoux01]

Actually, the save the manatee groups keep pushing me back in the water. What can I say?

When I read he first compared you to a dolphin, I wanted to correct that manatees are not known to use echolocation.

 

[EastEndDiver]

Can someone please bring me up to speed on "Public Safety Diver" what is required etc..

 

[KevinNM]

PSD are the guys who swim in filthy opaque water searching the muck on the bottom for bodies or guns with their hands. It's like running into burning buildings; I'm glad people do it, but it's not for me.

 

[soggybadger]

Can someone please bring me up to speed on "Public Safety Diver" what is required etc..

Not much by the sounds of things.