10 Mistakes Newbie Divers Make Part 2
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So yes we’re at it again… we’re being very lazy and getting you to do all our work. So by the looks of things you love our video 10 mistakes that newbie divers make, so we are acquiring your comments and making… 10 Mistakes newbie divers make part two!!… oh yeah, I'm Robyn by the way.
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Have you seen part one yet? If not check it out here - th-cam.com/video/mgRpD6c-cWs/w-d-xo.html
Going deeper than you should go.
I was on a dive recently, and there were several new divers going out to do open water check dives. Once we got to the dive site and everyone was ready to get wet, one by one the students jumped into the water. Around the 4th or 5th diver in the water I noticed one of the students a few yards from the boat trying to get a hold on his cylinder and reg, which was floating about two feet away from him....... seems he forgot to check his tank strap before diving in and was now near panic as he watched his life support taunting him from 2ft away.
Commercial Diver here. Technically pure O2 is toxic at 30 feet, but for short periods of time. If I remember right, around 45 minutes. We use it for decompression if we are surface supplied, we can change the gas mix if we are operating off of gas flasks. O2 is also used to 60 feet of pressure in a hyperbaric chamber for treating DCS and AGE.
On behalf of newbies... some of you in the comments are so judgemental, like you weren’t also a beginner once 😂 but thank you for the tips, learning a lot from these vids.
I know right! You all should admit your newbie mistake
I'm a Norwegian, and in Norway, we do dry suit diving pretty much all year-round. One way of telling if someone's a newbie: They surface with their legs first. This can look quite funny, because having so much air in your feet makes them fall off your actual feet, so it looks like you've broken your leg :P
On boat dives, not swimming a bit away from the boat after entering the water and making the OK sign thus creating an accident waiting to happen for you and the next diver jumping in.
Tunnel vision: the ability of the newbie diver to completely forget their dive buddy while descending to 40 meters chasing that dolphin unicorn they just saw.
Crocodile Dundee: the newbie diver who carries the biggest knife strapped to the outside of their leg and refers to it as "shark defense".
Sticky fingers: the newbie diver who feels the need to take home a souvenir and snaps off some coral because "it's so pretty!"
well, two more and we have at least a top 5!! :)
Let's see if I can oblige :)
Zoo Keeper: The newbie diver who thinks that loggerhead is the family pet and wants to hug it and love it and squeeze it and pet it...
Sandstorm: The newbie diver who spends the entire dive on the bottom and kicks up enough silt to blind the rest of the group.
And a bonus one...
Selfie: The newbie diver who is so obsessed with staring into their camera lens to get a shot of themselves underwater, they completely miss the dolphin unicorn swimming alongside them.
Nice work Jonny!
I have one of those knives, it’s so true 😂
Going on Amazon and buying a high-dollar mask a week before a big scuba vacation; not test-fitting or preparing their high dollar mask before diving and then giving a 1 star review on Amazon because "it leaked and always fogged".
i was diving in ras mohamed egypt in one of my first dives i descended with my snorkel in my mouth to 3 meters and the i kept asking my instructor my regulator is not working and he switched it for me😂
When I first dived, I unconsciously kicked upwards. When I tried to descend, I couldn't sink, no matter how much air I let out of my BCD.
You still haven't mentioned my favorite newbie mistake. Swimming out on a shore dive with the snorkel in their mouth and they are so excited to go diving they don't switch to their reg. I've had to remind many a newbie of that.
One I've seen a lot is forgetting to purge your regulator before removing it from your cylinder, so many o-rings were popped during my open water dives!
I think the cylinder 180 degrees comment meant with the valve facing away from the diver, rather than towards, so the reg ends up backwards swinging in from the left. Which would definitely be a newbie mistake.
Newbie diver waiting peacefully for the dive ladder to clear on the "inside" part of the ladder having the boat hull about to pound his brains out...signs didn't work so instructor grabed him out from his BCD a milli second away from the next trough.
Good video. However, I would add some more critical mistakes:
1) Not assigning a buddy for the dive.
2) Not checking the fitness of your mask to your face.
3) For men, diving unshaved at least at the nose/upper lip area.
4) Not practicing enough clearing water from the mask. This is critical, as water in the mask is a major cause for panics.
5) Not pumping enough through the first 10 meters of descent this is when the pressure in the ears is most felt. Personally, I exhale through the mask during the descent. It is a like a contact pumping that reduces the need to pump to almost none.
6) Too much weight that is a major cause of all type of consequences such as too fast descent, increased pressure in the ears, waste of air and others. If you are stuck with too much weight, inflate your BCD a little to counteract the overweight.
It’s funny, I personally discovered on my last dive that exhaling through the nose helps equalize! I learned that from not shaving and having to clear my mask for the 2 dives that day.... Mask leaked like a sieve with a big old beard and mustache :(
My mask goes to the gym a lot for sure. It can give your face a really good squeeze
Once the dive is over, some divers place their gear all over the boat, and leave no space for other divers. Some also sleep after the dive taking all the space with no respect to other. (My name Ibrahim)
Doing a boat dive and forgetting to hold your mask and reg on entry
I think there is a reason the scuba training I had was 4 weeks long, its now in one weekend at times. I believe the repetition helped form better habits, but maybe not.
1. Leaving your intergrated weights in BC breaking a skippers back... 2. Hesitate when rolling off a boat after count. 3. Tuck your gear away and don't let it touch reefs!
I would like to add another...buying a go pro before you know how to maintain your buoyancy.
Padi open water course teaches you to start your dive swimming into the current though if one is present and ride it back to your exit point
Putting your fins on too soon and awkwardly walking around trying to collect your gear to get in the water.
Was in the 1st part but happens often
I have got one that nobody mentioned and I have to confess that I made this mistake twice. When assessing, a diver needs to let some air out of the BCD which I tried to do to no avail because I forgot to put the BCD deflator in the upright position and shoot to the surface without the safety stop. Ops!
Oksana, Ohhhh dear.. I'm very confident that if we make a part 3 this will be in it!
Most newbies try to watch Revenge of the Sith during the dive, but forget to bring their popcorn
now that's a crime!
#9. Family being well above average greatly lowers your learning curve. Your dad being a pro diver will lower your learning curve. Everything from opportunity to dive, hereditary traits, and a human encyclopedia to pull answers from are all at your disposal. Not to mention his friends who are always around talking to him about diving. Most stories aren't good stories. Usually major mess ups that you don't have to learn the hard way. This is why pro athletes have children that become pro athletes.
4:42 I thought that was a football at first lol 😂
You can fill a BCD without air from a cylinder. You do it from your inflation tube.
SCOOBY-DO!!!!!!
Thanks Shawn
Nice series of videos which, I think, after part 22, we would probably have covered the subject!!
- Once back at the ladder of the boat once you take of one fin off, don't let go the ladder. It will make it hard to swim back especially with some current...
- The same way that on your last tip of Part 2, there are the divers that completely forget their weights! Back to pre-dive safety check
- The "Where is my..." diver. Instead of constantly looking for your stuff, keep control of your ALL your gears location and close together. It will be much easier to locate, I swear!
- Forgetting your computer of failing to ask/rent one. Especially at the beginning of your diving career, you need one computer per diver rather than one for the whole group...
- Inflating your BCD to ascend to the surface... would be the best way to make your responsible instructor very very nervous! As I recommend to my students: "Fin your way up and deflate your BCD by small bursts to prevent the air expansion in the bladder"
- At the moment of disassembling gears, not putting the dust cap on the first stage and, obviously, putting the whole reg in fresh water!!! AAAARRRGGGG!!!!!
- That diver who forget that in speedboat, there is "speed" and OFF goes the hat!!!!
I'll be back once you have done part 3 with some more...
Newbie forgets to keep the spare octo and the console close to the body -> Can't find the consul and/or the spare octo with chances of being tangled or of experiencing equipment malfunction (console display hits a rock and cracks, good bye pressure gauge) increasing. Bye bye equipment (and eventually hello panic).
Oh. My. God. No one even mentioned checking the O-ring !!!!
Swimming above another diver!
I've know three divers tell me that:
It was easier to reach the valve,
Less chance of damaging the valve, with the tank upside down.
"Cool" I said. And assembled my gear with the valve up.
Inverted cylinders are pretty common among us commercial divers lol
No, swim against the current at the beginning of the dive if it is a shore dive, so coming back it is easier and you have plenty of air
Yea we got taught the same. It can work for boat dives too. If you swim away from the boat and into the current for the first part of the dive.
Keep saying that you can't sink and need more lead when it turns out you were just holding your breath too much
LMFAO!!
Anyone who has been watching simply scuba long enough, would already know Robyn's voice. It's been a while, but I have seen Davey Jones, on reruns of "The Monkees", not the deep waters legend.
After 1000+ dives under my weightbelt...rolling over the side of the rib with no fins , then your mate holding them in front of you on the boat...
Thinking they're experienced enough not to have to do buddy check after only 20 dives and newly qualified
Oooo that's a golden oldie
I did my OWD one week ago in Puerto del Carmen. A very nice place.
The clumsy swimmer who hasn't learned not to use their arms, and keeps swimming really close to you (me in this case) and almost knocking your reg out of your mouth multiple times during the dive. (Did my advanced Open Water Dives this weekend!) May 26-27 2018
Ahh cool dharmapunk5 how did it go???
That’s me with my dive master on my Open Water Dive yesterday . 😂
It went swimmingly! Pun fully intended! (You lot aren't the only ones who get to be cheeky) =OP
I intend to put myself on the master diver track. I'd like to help teach some day.
Keep practicing you'll get better.
Thank you! 😊
Newbies not knowing how to clear out leaky masks or put them back on confidently! Causes so much panic for such a simple skill
Newbie leaves the mask in the "cool fashionable position": on the top of the head. Looses balance, bask falls off in the sea, bye bye dive (and hello ocean plastics).
3:32 you're welcome
Newbie forgets to keep distance from the bottom, leaving a trail of resuspended sediments. Bye bye visibility.
The primary reason as to why you don't dive when sick is because it can make it very difficult to equalize assuming you have cold or flu like symptoms.
Please mention that instead because it's critically important.
Im a newbie, nearly completed my open water
Diving with a sinus infection .. No bueno!!
Filling frenzy by accident thinking they are letting air out, or to much weight and rolling on back lol turtle positiin
Not checking the nitrogen - oxygen ratio of your nitrox tank before you dive.
Diving with clogged Eustachian tubes, this can get very painful, especially on the ascent.
I love your voice Robin!😇
Dry suit and drinks
Diving with blocked sinuses.
I once forgot to inflate my bcd before getting in the water, my buddy luckily noticed it and inflated it right before I giant strided (shortly after getting my open water junior certification)
Oh yes my local dive site got some love fairy bower is sick
What’s the deepest and/or faster you can go without hurting yourself because of the pressure?
"Never swim against the current"? If the current isn't super strong a lot of divers will swim against it at the bottom for their first part of the dive, then it's easier to get back to the boat or where you began at the end. I just finished my open water diver course and that's what they taught us anyway. Thoughts?
After telling your divers for the 3rd time not to put their mask on the forehead, it falls off and is gone. But hey, it's their equipment...
Or before going on the boat, you ask them several times if they get seasick. Of course they don't and throw up in the surface interval.
Part 3?
If you want!
Simply Scuba Yes!
@@simplyscuba putting the reg in your mouth the wrong side, I did it a lot on my OWD.
Overweighting yourself.
Breathing fast and shallow and ascending because of it, especially with dry suit, also my OWD problem.
Not tightening your weight belt properly so things like
th-cam.com/video/xnEuj-JKmqQ/w-d-xo.html can happen.
Finished my OWD a month ago so I remember a lot from it.
Stiring up silt and getting way to close to their buddies irs super annoying tbh
Great vid! 🥰
You have a lovely voice and accent. I wish I could steal it from you 😉 mine is Russia 🇷🇺
And people usually have problem understanding me
Why is air stress always missing in these lists. I always tell them, don’t worry I am cold/done before your tank is empty.😀
Depends, I've seen people go through a 15l in less than half an hour...
What is the fish at 1:46?
How to lower the pressure in ears please?
pinch your nose and try to blow out air from your nose while keeping it closed
0:56 so if i was high when i went in i would be extra chill yea
On my second dive ever we were descending we're at about 20 ft and someone just dumped all the air out of there BC and I could not l see anything and I felt like I started floating really quickly so I started trying to swim down and only and all the alarms on my dive computer we're going off but I only realized I had been swimming up when I reach the surface and I was like what the heck?
So diving is something I've always been interestered in since I was little, if i go to some place that does rentals and junk will I need to get certified? Cause if i enjoy it as much as im interested in it I plan on going to a school to be a commercial diver and they give certifications as well. I apologize if this is a commonly known question
without being certified, you are limited to shallow dives. it's like deciding if you want to be a race car driver by going to the carnival and riding the bumper cars. for example, you won't know anything about buoyancy control, safety stops, and many other aspects of diving. if you are that interested, get your open water certification, that will allow you to dive... you won't regret it. if you end up being a commercial diver you will need additional certifications anyway.
Always get certified! you'll enjoy diving so much more if you are confident in your skills and are safe. also, once you go to less sketchy dive shops, they won't let you borrow gear or let you take more advanced qualifications if you haven't got your OW
Whoo!
There are serveral reasons for throwing up. But all of them tell you to chew your breakfast properly.
Here's some tips for everyone- avoid diving deep on air until you've assessed your tolerance to nitrogen narcosis (with an experienced and dedicated buddy). Figure out your ideal weight requirement before going out on the real dive. You should be slightly negative. When beginning your descent, kick on the surface while you dump your entire BC, then descend. When you reach your depth, you can bump your power inflator a touch to get neutral. Enjoy avoiding 30 minutes of work cleaning the seawater out of your bladder. Purge and breathe all second stages before entering the water. Don't dive alone. Stay with your buddy. I could go on for days. Any questions, ask away!
Lol I made it!
Isaia Wright congrats!!!! 😊
YES! Well done Isaia! :D
My dads an economist.
BUT I AM A PRO DIVER!!. jk. My dads a construction worker.
BUT I AM A PRO DIVER
Who is the new voice
That's Robyn, She presents Daily Scuba News. Mark was off for on holiday so Robyn stepped up to the plate! :D
Hey there can you give me some info on what the best suit is for diving off of Gibraltar was told a 7mm would be good enough by some but they don't dive
This might be too late but I dive in a 7mm in 17-18°C water comfortably. If you are diving in winter, you might want something thicker as you always want to be warmer over colder. Also, don't be afraid to check out 2 piece wetsuits that are mostly targeted to spearfishers because they allow you to double up on your core whilst still having movement in your arms and legs on the boat. If you dive in summer though, go for something thinner! It will save you money and allow for a much more comfortable wetty.
In taiwan some divers don't know how to swim and they get their PADI certificate... WT#@!
Im french and live in taiwan i saw it, how is that possible???????
That’s PADI instructors breaking the rules. PADI requires the student to be able to swim unaided.
As Yggdrasil42 said the PADIOW student is require to swim 200m or snorkel for 300m AND perform a 10mn float in water too deep to stand.
@@driveanddive4173 Yea that's true! We just finished our open water course on the weekend. All of us had to do the swim test first
The usernames are kinda useless se captions. More useful: the actual mistake.
No, I'd like to hear my name if my comment is published. The credits can be given after the main video though.
@@warmike Vanity! We are all your slaves :)
are ya allowed to touch animals?
1:06 could you just smoke weed?
#1 Rule for open water diving!!!!! Leave your mask on your face, regulator in your mouth until on the dive platform or boat. Many drownings occur at the surface when a diver with their mask on their forehead, regulator floating behind them get hit in the face with a wave, or kicked by another diver!
im 11 and my first time diving i was meant to only be doing a try dive that same day i ended up as a qualified diver and i used less air than my dad whose been diving for over 10 years
Well done Elliot!