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Not sure if this is suitable for this forum, but here goes anyways. On my dive last night of the Conestoga (St. Lawrence river, near Cardinal, Ontario) in bit of a current and some choppy waters, I was going along fine at about 20' of depth with about 1000psi in my tank, nearing the end of the dive. Being a newb with about 5 dives under my belt, I have issues with bouyancy control and trim, but try to stay on top of it as best I can. For me, the most difficult part of staying neutral comes at less than 15', it can be a real struggle, especially on a near empty tank. Anyways, I started to ascend, but when I hit my BCD deflate button, it didn't help, nothing came out. I tried raising it, turning my body to get the hose more elevated, but nothing. Soon I was at the surface much faster than I had wanted.
My buddy said the current was somewhat strong, but not as strong as it could be, so the positioning of my body may have contributed to this. Having my angled body with my head above my feet into the current may have caused my body to act like a wing. Duly noted for next time.
I'm pretty concerned about this, because even though the dive I did last night was fairly shallow (max depth of 24'), at deeper depths this could have been a more serious issue. The worst part was I went from comfortably being at about 20' to at or near the surface in maybe 10 seconds, it happened very quickly.
I also have fairly new equipment, I've only done 3 dives with it (new BCD, regs). Perhaps being more familiar with it, I could have used one of the BCD dumps...?
Anyone have any advice, apart from keep practicing? Was there anything else I could have done differently?
My buddy said the current was somewhat strong, but not as strong as it could be, so the positioning of my body may have contributed to this. Having my angled body with my head above my feet into the current may have caused my body to act like a wing. Duly noted for next time.
I'm pretty concerned about this, because even though the dive I did last night was fairly shallow (max depth of 24'), at deeper depths this could have been a more serious issue. The worst part was I went from comfortably being at about 20' to at or near the surface in maybe 10 seconds, it happened very quickly.
I also have fairly new equipment, I've only done 3 dives with it (new BCD, regs). Perhaps being more familiar with it, I could have used one of the BCD dumps...?
Anyone have any advice, apart from keep practicing? Was there anything else I could have done differently?