Out of air sign at 5 meter depth ...
Trip Start
Mar 17, 2007
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Trip End
Ongoing
Naselesele village,
Viti Levu,
Fiji
Monday, December 8, 2008
Two of the top 100 dive sides in one day: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw: The White Wall and The Fish Factory.
Our dive master gives us the dive briefing, or better: gives TONY the briefing: I am ignored. First the white wall: you swim to it through a chimney. Well, the chimney was too wide to be a chimney and the wide wall is white! What did I expect? Donno. But something more than a wall of white coral.
The fish factory is indeed ... full of fish.
Nice dives, very nice dives but not worth flying to Fiji for.
Next day, we dive with our new Finnish friends: Suvi and Thomas. Our dive master asks Tony in the morning if he is happy to go to the same spots. I am an easy person. A nice person, a considering person. But, when Dr T says, fine by me: I object: NOT fine by me. Why?
Well: I'd like to be ASKED too, I pay as much as Tony.
AND: if I dive 4 sites in Fiji, I would prefer different sites.
AND: our Finnish friends are still here for a week: time enough to go to whatever dive site.
So we go to different spots. I like the dives better than yesterday in fact.
Interval again on Vanua Levi, the second largest island of Fiji.
Second dive, we are dropped off at the wrong place and the current is terrible. We have to crawl over the bottom of the sea to get over the wall. We lost our instructor and our diving mates. Luckily there is a 'spare' dive master, who does not speak any word of English but, hey, we are under water: we cannot speak anyway. And he does a good job. I thought he would lose us in the current. He did not.
At the end, we do our safety stop. I find it hard to breath. We go up, only, I cannot breathe anymore! I am out of air. Not low but OUT. No breathing and no air in the BCD to go up. Fin, fin, fin. Without air. And with 10 kg of lead around your waist. On the surface, I give the 'out of air' signal to Dr T. He does not see it. Half out of the water it is difficult to see signs. I grab him and say:' hold me: I have no air in my BCD.' On which the Tomcat says: 'you can inflate it manually. ' Huuuuuuuuh? I just finned up from 5 meters with 20 kg on my back and you think I have breath left to blow up my BCD? Too much conversation, so I hold on to him and say: 'peddle me to the boat.' I jump in front of everybody's nose and grab the ladder. The sea is pretty wild. The captain shouts: 'put air in your BCD.' Sigh ... .
Oh, well, we made it safely again. Of course, it is also my fault: I push the limits. BUT: I had 500 PSI left when surfacing, which is enough for an experienced diver to do the safety stop AND surface. Equipment malfunction and scary.
See you soon, in New Zealand, this time!
Comments
Why oh why?????
... do you push the limits????? Some heavy spanking is coming your way - rest assured!
Re: Why oh why?????
Talking about pushing limits: wait until you see New-Zealand: ohee, Baby !!!
When will you com and spank me ?