Bratface
Contributor
I just need to rant and get this off my chest. I was on the boat with local divers who are also my regular buddies for a two tank dive to dives sites where we don't often get to go. We were going to catch lobsters and kill lionfish. We had two buddy teams and this young woman who doesn't dive with us attached herself to our group. We are all experienced divers. She is a dive instructor but I do not know where. There were two other buddy teams of 4 divers in each team.
We were given the dive brief and I sketched the dive site on my slate. On the first dive she just took off. Viz was low. We could still see her bubbles and we all got back on the boat at the same time. Next dive, she bolted off again. I noticed that my dive buddy was not behind me. I stopped the group and signaled my buddy was missing. She didn't want to be bothered. I surfaced and yelled to the captain that my buddy was not with us. He said buddy was ok, that he dropped his weight pouch and since our bubbles were farther and another buddy team was just going down he sent him with them. I descended, let the other 2 know and we continued our dive.
Once again I had sketched the dive site on my slate. Speedy diver was off in the distance and was going the wrong way. She eventually came over to us and we redirected our dive. When we turned the dive around she was still going wherever she wanted with no regard for the other divers. We wasted a lot of time because of her ignoring the dive plan. I was past being disgusted with her and signaled that I was aborting the dive and going up. Back on the boat I told the captain that some divers have no concept of "dive buddy". He knew immediately who I was speaking of.
Once everyone was back on the boat she loudly told my buddy she had found his weight pocket and he owed her a beer. We all gathered for a post-dive lunch at a nearby restaurant. She joined us, and although I am not a rude person, I got up and excused myself. I wasn't in the mood for her, and I won't be diving with her again.
So if you've got a dive buddy and you've got a dive plan, stick with your dive buddy and the plan.
We were given the dive brief and I sketched the dive site on my slate. On the first dive she just took off. Viz was low. We could still see her bubbles and we all got back on the boat at the same time. Next dive, she bolted off again. I noticed that my dive buddy was not behind me. I stopped the group and signaled my buddy was missing. She didn't want to be bothered. I surfaced and yelled to the captain that my buddy was not with us. He said buddy was ok, that he dropped his weight pouch and since our bubbles were farther and another buddy team was just going down he sent him with them. I descended, let the other 2 know and we continued our dive.
Once again I had sketched the dive site on my slate. Speedy diver was off in the distance and was going the wrong way. She eventually came over to us and we redirected our dive. When we turned the dive around she was still going wherever she wanted with no regard for the other divers. We wasted a lot of time because of her ignoring the dive plan. I was past being disgusted with her and signaled that I was aborting the dive and going up. Back on the boat I told the captain that some divers have no concept of "dive buddy". He knew immediately who I was speaking of.
Once everyone was back on the boat she loudly told my buddy she had found his weight pocket and he owed her a beer. We all gathered for a post-dive lunch at a nearby restaurant. She joined us, and although I am not a rude person, I got up and excused myself. I wasn't in the mood for her, and I won't be diving with her again.
So if you've got a dive buddy and you've got a dive plan, stick with your dive buddy and the plan.