The Thing You Thought You'd Never See ...

[Trace Malinowski]

The ditching/donning thread got me thinking about the last time I removed by doubles in the water. We were doing an inspection in a harbor and the ladders were too icy to climb in scuba. I tied a figure 8 knot on my manifold and watched as my gear was craned out high over my head by a construction company.

I never thought I'd see my gear dangling in the sky above a freighter.

What did you think you'd never see when you started diving?

 

[northernone]

The appropriate time for the warhammer manoeuvre. (Google isn't your friend)

 

[rabe]

The total disrespect of divers for the ocean and its creatures.
Basically, hot to sh!t in your own playground.
Unfortunately, I see this too often.

 

[Diver0001]

I went into it with no expectations at all but one thing I never thought I would see was my name on someone else's C-card.

R..

 

[Littlerayray]

For me it would be making a kids day when I was diving off a harbour on my way back I saw a fishing rod that wasn't there before so I picked it up got to my exit point.found the child and returned his rod he was the happiest kid ever

 

[rhwestfall]

I started diving while in college.... what didn't I ever expect to see?

A family (mine) of divers:

 

[Neilwood]

A selfie taken within an air pocket on the Thistlegorm taken on the 70th anniversary of its sinking.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Hmmm ... things I never thought I would see when I took up scuba diving ...

- the inside of a submerged cave
- a wreck laying in 250 feet of water in Lake Superior
- a baby octopus emerging from an egg
- sh-sh-shark from less than three feet away
- somebody ... anybody ... telling me they actually liked my pictures

There are many other things I never thought I would see when I took up scuba diving ... but most of them are due to the fact that I was unaware at the time they even existed. And here I am, nearly 4,000 dives later, still seeing things underwater that cause me to wonder what the heck is that ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Altamira]

My wife as my primary dive buddy!

 

[ratjn]

Me as a diver. It took me until 50 to learn to swim!!!