Frigate bird gliding
Frigate bird over the shoreline
On the first dive of the day, my camera flooded.
Here I sit, completely surrounded by no camera!
Descending
Photo Courtesy of Phil
On the first day of diving, we had received a briefing
that in the event of an emergency, an underwater siren
would sound, signalling there had been an emergency and
the boat would promptly head for the dock.
Neal looks at fish
Photo Courtesy of Phil
About halfway through our first dive today,
the siren sounded. We all dropped to the
bottom (35'-40' down)
to stay out of the way
of the boat and its propellers.
Then, as per our briefing,
a loudspeaker recalled us to the boat.
Emergency Interval
Photo Courtesy of Phil
There had been an emergency on ANOTHER boat
and our boat would pick up five divers
left back by the emergency.
We picked them up with no problems,
and they accompanied us on the second dive
of the morning; business as usual.
It was one of a pair of new divers
(I know nothing about their skill level).
Reportedly a woman with a cough attempted to dive
and became short of breath, causing her to
hyperventilate . . . not really a "dive-related"
injury and at least no one had to go into the chamber,
or lose any dive days. [Turned out to be asthma.]
I'm still having gear problems,
so I will rent regulators for the duration of
the trip and have my gear inspected/rebuilt
when I get home, before my trips to
Florida & Costa Rica.
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