bob titten
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Hi Just spent a great 2 weeks in croatia. I did my Open water course back in scotland in april in dry suits and in water temps of about 6 degrees and poor visibility so I had been looking forward to diving in croatia again (it was where I did my discover scuba).
Being in croatia was so different with water temps of 27 degrees.
I did my AOW there but went for a beach dive with my cousin the day before it started. I remembered that I wore 12kg with my dry suit in scotland and suggested I tried that but due to a misunderstanding with the dive centre went in with 10 kgs on.
I checked buoyancy at the start and it seemd ok - but I had a full tank!.
After I did my peak performance buoyancy I was wearing 15kgs so I was 5 kg under weight on that first dive.
I was ok until the end of the dive when my tank ran out and I became really buoyant and popped to the surface from about 10 metres.
I felt Ok.
The next day I did three dives (PPB, navigation, and a night dive with long gaps between going to about 10m to 15m and with better weighting and good slow ascents each time.
Over these 2 days developed what looked like an urticaria (ie drug allergy rash) in my legs and arms which was complicated by loads of mosquito bites. I am not normally very allergic, but it was very very hot and humnid (38 degres etc).
The following day I did 2 deep dives - 1st to 27.8 second to 26.4 and did a safety stop both times and felt in good control of my buoyancy and had a great time.
Rash was worse so I stopped diving for a few days.
Second last dive was with my cousin in the same place as the first and I popped to the surface in roughly the same place from about 6 metres even though I was better weighted and diving much better.
we realised there were a lot of thermoclines there and there was probably an upcurrent at that spot. I definitely had nothing in my bcd and I still felt incredibly buoyant.
Last dive was the next day and we went to 30 metres on a big wall and I felt great and had a great time. I picked up a stone near the end when the tank was empty.After that one I was really reaslly tired and wiped out but happy.
The rash settled down over the past few days using anti histamines and a wee bit of steroids on the shins where the bites were bad.
There was weird thing though that the last few days of the rash whenever I moved or pinched the skin there were tiny pains like tiny needles in my skin. Not really sore but definitely sharp. Never experienced it before. Wonder if anyone had ever had that?
It has occurred t0o me since coming home that the rash could have been skin bends.
I think I also underestimated how important it was to prepare my hydration and I was having a few beers the day before a dive and a beer the day of a dive and I realise now that I shouldnt do that.
any thoughts?
best wishes
tommy b/bob titten
Being in croatia was so different with water temps of 27 degrees.
I did my AOW there but went for a beach dive with my cousin the day before it started. I remembered that I wore 12kg with my dry suit in scotland and suggested I tried that but due to a misunderstanding with the dive centre went in with 10 kgs on.
I checked buoyancy at the start and it seemd ok - but I had a full tank!.
After I did my peak performance buoyancy I was wearing 15kgs so I was 5 kg under weight on that first dive.
I was ok until the end of the dive when my tank ran out and I became really buoyant and popped to the surface from about 10 metres.
I felt Ok.
The next day I did three dives (PPB, navigation, and a night dive with long gaps between going to about 10m to 15m and with better weighting and good slow ascents each time.
Over these 2 days developed what looked like an urticaria (ie drug allergy rash) in my legs and arms which was complicated by loads of mosquito bites. I am not normally very allergic, but it was very very hot and humnid (38 degres etc).
The following day I did 2 deep dives - 1st to 27.8 second to 26.4 and did a safety stop both times and felt in good control of my buoyancy and had a great time.
Rash was worse so I stopped diving for a few days.
Second last dive was with my cousin in the same place as the first and I popped to the surface in roughly the same place from about 6 metres even though I was better weighted and diving much better.
we realised there were a lot of thermoclines there and there was probably an upcurrent at that spot. I definitely had nothing in my bcd and I still felt incredibly buoyant.
Last dive was the next day and we went to 30 metres on a big wall and I felt great and had a great time. I picked up a stone near the end when the tank was empty.After that one I was really reaslly tired and wiped out but happy.
The rash settled down over the past few days using anti histamines and a wee bit of steroids on the shins where the bites were bad.
There was weird thing though that the last few days of the rash whenever I moved or pinched the skin there were tiny pains like tiny needles in my skin. Not really sore but definitely sharp. Never experienced it before. Wonder if anyone had ever had that?
It has occurred t0o me since coming home that the rash could have been skin bends.
I think I also underestimated how important it was to prepare my hydration and I was having a few beers the day before a dive and a beer the day of a dive and I realise now that I shouldnt do that.
any thoughts?
best wishes
tommy b/bob titten
