So a few months ago some friends and I had a wierd dive. Really wierd.
The night started out as usual, we got our fills from our shop, stopped for the usual before dive chilli (keeps the drysuit warm
) and went to a site that we've all dove a good numer of times, mostly at night, and hit the water. Then things got wierd.
Before we even hit 60ft I was out of my skull, my vision tunneled, rocks were swimming around, things were flitting in and out of my peripheral vision and seaweed was waving around in an attractive fashion, which would have been all good and well had there actualy been any seaweed at the site. Of course, in this state I didn't have the sense to call the dive. After surfacing it came to light that two of the other four divers had suffered the exact same thing. Later that night I had an "attack" of sorts that was a whole lot like being horribly horribly drunk except without the numbness, the next day it turns out that my two friends experienced the same thing. We never solved the mystery of what exactly happened this night (one of my friends has well over 600 recreational dives and a fair bit of commercial experience, she'd never experienced anytin like it), but figured that it couldnt' have been narcosis since there were after effects and it's been bothering me ever since. Anybody have any insights?
The night started out as usual, we got our fills from our shop, stopped for the usual before dive chilli (keeps the drysuit warm
) and went to a site that we've all dove a good numer of times, mostly at night, and hit the water. Then things got wierd.Before we even hit 60ft I was out of my skull, my vision tunneled, rocks were swimming around, things were flitting in and out of my peripheral vision and seaweed was waving around in an attractive fashion, which would have been all good and well had there actualy been any seaweed at the site. Of course, in this state I didn't have the sense to call the dive. After surfacing it came to light that two of the other four divers had suffered the exact same thing. Later that night I had an "attack" of sorts that was a whole lot like being horribly horribly drunk except without the numbness, the next day it turns out that my two friends experienced the same thing. We never solved the mystery of what exactly happened this night (one of my friends has well over 600 recreational dives and a fair bit of commercial experience, she'd never experienced anytin like it), but figured that it couldnt' have been narcosis since there were after effects and it's been bothering me ever since. Anybody have any insights?
