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Recently I was on a guided dive in quite a large group with a guide I have never dived with before. The dive was to have a duration of 55 to 60 minutes and a max depth of 30m (just over 20 more likely, 23 actual)). Just over 1/2 way through the dive I felt I was using air a bit faster than I should and may not reach the end of the dive. To cut my air consumption I decided to reduce my depth so I was about 3 to 4m over the guide and fin very gently, basically relax a bit instead of moving all over to look at everything on the bottom. This meant that whenever she stopped to point out something I would tip head down to get a little closer, or just hang where I was if I was not interested in looking closer. She thought I had too much positive buoyancy and wanted me to vent some air. She signalled that she felt I was trimmed head down / feet up. I could tell she was not happy when I did not vent air. There was a bit of hand waving. I removed my reg and mouthed "No" and tried to signal no with my palm facing towards her. I repeatedly pointed to my left shoulder air release, waved my palm to indicate no and and signalled OK. In the end I could tell she was irritated but she gave up and continued the dive. Afterwards I explained what I had doing what I and she understood.
I am guessing there is no hand signal for "I understand you but I don't want to do it"
Any thoughts?
I am guessing there is no hand signal for "I understand you but I don't want to do it"
Any thoughts?