Re: Cruise Ship Dive Excursions


Dan Bracuk wrote:
> "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@xxxxxxxxx> pounded away at his
> keyboard resulting in:
> :Sounds like an inexperienced newbie to me, at least in the warm water
> :diving environment.
>
> Let's be realistic about this. If you can dive in cold water, you can
> dive in warm water.

Heehee ... I am seeing history repeat itself!!

That was what Dave Waller (PADI instructor) said in 1989, soon joined
another PADI instructors (Nick Simicich, who even had a rec.scuba FAQ)
in engaging this Feeesh into my very first rec.scuba flamewar! :-)

These two cold water wimps don't have ANY concept of proper weighting
and buoyancy control that are ESSENTIAL in warm water diving.

Dave was teaching his students to DUMP ALL AIR from their BC before
surfacing, and then kick like hell to ascend -- instead of ascend
slowly in NEUTRAL buoyancy without any kicking or unnecessary
motion. So, we had a LONG flamewar about buoyancy control, proper
weighting, etc. Nick Simicich was caught saying that HE (having
done a little armchair physics calculation) that HE needed 45 lbs
of lead to dive in COZUMEL, in the SUMMER -- while he was also
busy flaming SDM magazine for its buoyancy articles and one of
the Peter Hughes outfits that was running buoyancy control workshops.

These are the COLD water divers that the warm water corals wish
they could RUN. These are also the ones who said "if you can dive
in cold water, you can dive anywhere" and then proceeded to
DEVASTATE the warm water corals with their gloved paws, kicks,
and uncontrollable buoyancy, and their total lack of DIVING SKILLS,
especially in WARM water.

Anymore words of wisdom about diving, Dan? :-)

-- Bob.

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