Hi
I’ve done about 40 dives and am Advanced OW qualified. Travelling with a friend, he wanted to do an intro dive. I thought I’d keep him company and come on the dive too.
With the instructor, my friend dived to 28m! At that depth, the instructor signalled us both to surface without any safety stop, and pretty quickly. I think the instructor was lost and wanted to find his bearings. We surfaced about 80m from the coast (it was a shore dive). We redescended and swam towards the shore at about 5m depth. Half way along, my friend’s air runs out so the instructor quickly gave him his spare. Five mins later we ended the dive.
My friend loved the whole experience and wants to go diving again. I was completely shocked at what happened! Is what happened normal?!
Thanks
Jamie
I’ve done about 40 dives and am Advanced OW qualified. Travelling with a friend, he wanted to do an intro dive. I thought I’d keep him company and come on the dive too.
With the instructor, my friend dived to 28m! At that depth, the instructor signalled us both to surface without any safety stop, and pretty quickly. I think the instructor was lost and wanted to find his bearings. We surfaced about 80m from the coast (it was a shore dive). We redescended and swam towards the shore at about 5m depth. Half way along, my friend’s air runs out so the instructor quickly gave him his spare. Five mins later we ended the dive.
My friend loved the whole experience and wants to go diving again. I was completely shocked at what happened! Is what happened normal?!
Thanks
Jamie