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@charlesg7926

9 ай бұрын

Bro, snorkel? 😂 only noobs use snorkels lmao. -cave diver, sidemount diver, rescue diver, and wreck diver. (The other parts of the video were true though)

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

A rescue diver can have a snorkel, depends on the situation. The other things you called out are absolutely true. You don’t have big swells in cave diving and in a wreck/cave you don’t want the entanglement hazards. For sidemount the hose routing would also cause for entanglement issues. There’s actually a lot of debate on snorkels for recreational use, and since you called out technical diving, remember that this predive safety check I mentioned is the recreational one. A Good Diver’s Main Objective Is To Live is the one I was taught. Not saying you’re wrong on the callouts you made, but don’t call recreational divers noobs 😅

Even as more experienced divers, we sometimes forget to think about the basics so it's good to be reminded now and then. The number of divers I've seen jump in without doing buddy checks is insane. I have a regular buddy and I know her kit as well as I know my own but we still do a buddy check every time, even if it's just checking each other's air is on and that we haven't changed weights, etc. Great video and a timely reminder for us all

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

So true! It’s really easy to fall into complacency, but it’s so important to keep checklists in mind. Learning the BCD of whomever my buddy is has been huge for me. Ever since I took my rescue diver course, I realized just how different weight systems, clips, etc can be and how confusing it can be if you’re in an emergency. Like, you don’t want to wait for the emergency to learn how to drop your buddy’s ripcord weight system, or their crotch strap gets caught up as you’re trying to get them out of their gear, etc. Glad you found it useful! I’m planning to share it with my students and friends as a reminder as well!

@souswes

10 ай бұрын

If you get a chance I’d recommend hanging around any tech teams and watch their briefings and checks. 5 dudes diving together for 10 years and they act like it’s the first time they’ve dove together every time in terms of equipment configuration talks, elevation, computer settings….it’s full circle back to basics every single time. All be it, a bit more in depth

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

@souswes exactly! Checklists for everything. Like preflight checklists for pilots!

@scuba_steve73

10 ай бұрын

So true!

Excellent video! You mentioned your SPG going down with every breath, then coming back up. I had exactly that happen to me early in my diving. with rented gear. I recognized that I couldn't trust it, and decided to call the dive. I showed the dive leader and told him I was going to return to the boat. I did my safety stop, and ascended. Just as I broke the surface I inhaled and got nothing. After that, I bought all my own my gear.

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

Scary! Dang, I’m glad you got to the surface

@steveshea5165

Ай бұрын

Often this indicates that your air is not turned on all the way. For example, for those who turn all the way on and then back a quarter turn, sometimes a well meaning buddy actually turns your air off, and then on a quarter turn. You will get the bouncing SPG in that circumstance.

Great video. You talked about never keeping low air supply or ear problems to yourself, and that is correct. Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that some dive masters just don’t care. I just got PADI OWD certified in May and in July went to the Côte d‘Azur (France) over the weekend to get some training (2 dives). The divemaster was around 60-65 years old. I never had problems with equalising or my ears in general while diving before, but when we were down 15-20 meters, I had the feeling I had to equalise and when I did, one of my ears basically got stuck with the pressure and didn’t release. I suddenly had intense pain and couldn’t hear on that ear. After it didn’t resolve for like a minute I signaled the DM I had a problem with my ear. He just shrugged and moved on! Fortunately, it resolved after about two more minutes when we ascended a little bit. Also, the DM had overweighted me (he had me get back on the boat and gave me more weights because I didn’t sink fast enough - he stressed us so much before to get in the water that I still had a high pulse and probably too much air in my lungs and he just couldn’t wait half a minute and let me relax). Being overweighted, I struggled with my buoyancy and burned through my tank like crazy. I told him how much air I had left (50 bar) and that I needed to start ascending and instead, he had me take his octo because he didn’t want to end the dive. Then after the dive he shamed me about my high air consumption infront of everyone. Would not dive with that dive center again. Edit: I wasn’t sick, I didn’t have a cold, my sinuses seemed clear. I don’t know where the problem with my ear suddenly came from. After surfacing, fortunately everything was ok.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Wow, that sounds like a terrible experience and I also would never want to dive with them. Heck, that is close to me wanting to say you should report them to whatever agency they are certified through. That's insane. This absolutely was not your fault on your ears either. Honestly, you may have missed a "clear" on the way down, which is why it was relieved when you went up a little. That can happen when you descend fast and don't get to clear properly. The answer is you stop the DM like you did, and you ascend a little, try clearing, and then descend again. Was there a lot of current for a drift dive maybe? I just can't see why they would've done that like that, I'm sorry you had that experience.

@jackoh991

9 ай бұрын

That's awful! I hope you put a review online

@Divewith.G.M_Official_Channel

9 ай бұрын

Yeah that's what happens whenever you get over waited I'm glad that you never want to go back there again because next time you go back there might be even worse and I hope you leave a bad review about that dive shops and so nobody ever has to experience that glad you're alright❤😊

@glottis47111

9 ай бұрын

wow...i am a complete noob in scuba world so far, just made my OWD and some extra dives just like you. But this is exactly what i would fear, if try to get to a trip. And I think thats the main reason why ppl are afraid of tell the truth about their air, or problems during the dive, as CircleHScuba told in the vid. And then these accicents happen. OMG, i would feel much more relaxed if DMs like this one, would receive more than just a bad review. What I am supposed to do if confronted with this kind of behavior under water? Just end the dive by ascending? Blaming the DM with thousands of dives...gosh.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Yeah you can end the dive at any time for any reason. I wouldn’t dive with this DM either, that sounds like such negligence

I saved this video because it’s so well done. Concise, clear, well articulated, and entertaining. The safety mindset comes with regular attention to detail regardless of the activity and your video really hits these details perfectly. Thank you. Off to watch more of them…

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback and I’m glad you found it useful!

Merci pour ton vidéo,j’avais l’habitude de penser que la plongée était une chose très simple. Il y a beaucoup de choses à surveiller

I have just today, qualified in open water and I don't dive on a regular basis as I come from England and only enjoy this new world once a year in Cyprus. I am glad that I have subscribed to your channel so I can Keep up on all the safety procedures while I am on down time. I don't intend to ever go too deep but I have always wanted to dive the Zenobia and hope to dive there on my advanced next year. thank you for making these videos for people like me. a newbie.

@CircleHScuba

7 ай бұрын

Congratulations on becoming a diver!!!! That’s amazing! Cyprus will be beautiful to dive in, and I think diving the Zenobia will be great too. I’m jealous, I haven’t dove either of those yet! Thanks for subscribing and leaving a comment. If you ever have a video you’d like to see, let me know and I’ll try my best to make it happen!

Thank you. Great summary😊

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

That SPG thing occurred to me at 30 meters. Depth ,with every breath the needle changes and rest at 150 Bar when I get the dive guide to notice the issue he ignored it and want me to stay with the group like nothing happened till I actually pushed him away and ascended by myself and reteurned alone to the boat when changed all the regulator set & tested the Selender with the new SPG I found I had only 30 Bar left 🥵

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Wow, that is scary. I’m glad you were able to get back to the boat safely. Thank you for sharing!

I just finished my OWD course with drysuit, and still watching videos like this to get better knowlage about safty dive. thank you for that video. that what u are talking about its very important.

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Congratulations!!! Where did you get certified?? I’m so glad you find the videos useful, this is why I’m making content, to help beginners and even experienced divers. 🤿🤙

I went to Maldives to get my Padi advance diver certificate and it it so nice to see this video about the importance of the procedures I have learned. Thanks for your video💪🏼

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Good to refresh the basics from time to time.

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

Agreed! Welcome to the channel!

Enjoy your videos. Very informative and relevant. Thank you.

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

I really appreciate that! Thanks for checking them out and leaving a comment!

👍😎🤿! Very well put together video 👍! I have to admit I have made some complacent mistakes but I shocked me enough to tell my self that I know better and after a while those mistakes are drilled in! As the more we dive the more second nature we become aware of the subjects you have covered! Well done!!!

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Joseph!!! I think we all get complacent sometimes but gosh, the “second nature” part can be dangerous because we sometimes just ignore things haha. I hope the video helps new divers but also experienced ones!

excellent video on safety. Thanks

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed, hope to see you in the future videos too!

Getting fully prepared is key!

Really love your instructor style and appreciate your incite and assistance!

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, I appreciate that! How long have you been diving? Any fun dives coming up?

@AllisonCWildman

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba My hubby and I just got certified last September and have been on about 12 dives including the Maldives! We are Americans that moved to the country of Panama, which, as you may know, has the Caribbean to the north and the Pacific to the south. Tomorrow we are driving about 4 1/2 hours with plans to dive a place called COIBA on the Pacific side. I found your videos just to remind myself of some of the basics! You have a nice, easy to understand demeanor... and come across as one's "favorite high school teacher!" Thanks again for your instruction and insight (spelled correctly this time!) Thank you for reaching out... I look forward to continuing to learn through your videos, which I subscribed to! 🐠🐠🐠

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Wow that’s some awesome diving for only 12 dives in! I’m jealous! I’m in North Carolina and get to dive off the coast with charters occasionally, but my normal local spot is a quarry. I get to the Caribbean a few times a year at a minimum though, but haven’t been to Panama yet! Next year I’ll do Costa Rica and finally get into the pacific, but otherwise haven’t been! Favorite high school teacher, I love it haha. Thanks for subscribing and commenting! I am hoping to do a few more “refresher” type of videos soon to help people that have the same desire of you, a quick reminder on how to mask clear, assemble gear, etc. I may do a full “skills circuit” too that would be similar to a “Reactivate.” I hope you find it all useful too!

@AllisonCWildman

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba those refresher courses would be great and helpful to people at all different levels particularly if they haven't been active for a while. I apologize… You mentioned your name and one of the videos I watched… What is your name again? Looking forward to continuing to watch and telling others about your videos!

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Awesome, I'm glad you think so too! I'm Thomas Hughes, and would love if you wanted to share with others, thank you again!

Very fluid and well narrated video; very impressed. I hope you don't mind if I expound on a few items you brought up: As a Navy Diver we held physical training every morning. There was a saying, If you're weak, you'll panic; if you panic, you're dead. That was a dramatic way to say, when you get tired you can easily lose your composure and revert to human instinct instead of your training, when things go south. The better shape you are in, the more likely you are to keep your composure, resort to your training and work through a situation instead of the alternative; so stay physically fit. On another note, as a retired Navy Saturation Diver qualified to 850', PADI and NAUI Advanced Open Water, with Nitrox (I say that not to brag, but for perspective), I would not even consider cave diving without that type of instruction from the very best, and neither should anyone...please. I live in FL, and we have had several cave diving fatalities; most of them are SCUBA (only) qualified and decide to go cave diving; too many do not return alive. I implore you, if you want to cave dive, get the instruction and proper gear. It is expensive, but you can't put a price on your life. There are so many things about cave diving you don't know that you don't know.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service, and the continued narrative here as well. I completely agree with everything you’ve said. You train so it’s instinct and muscle memory because you very likely won’t remember some step by step process or acronym in a panic. Well said!

@ppo2424

9 ай бұрын

We have about 20 fatalities a year here in the UK, I'd say physical fitness levels play at least a part in half of those. I m no long fit these days. I will still dive but I will make sure it's a very conservative dive ,ie shallow and current free unless I improve my fitness levels. I've got 3000 dives under my belt and like to think I'm still here because i always dived within my limits on the day.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Diving within limits I think is really just one of those golden rules. If you’re going to expand your limits, that’s fine, but people try expanding too fast sometimes or add too many new things while also expanding and I think that’s part of the issues too.

@ppo2424

9 ай бұрын

Experience can also make you complacent, certainly something I became guilty of @@CircleHScuba

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

I think we all do it at some point unfortunately. I’ve seen an instructor with 20+ years of diving, probably 2000+ dives, grab a spent tank that had a cap on it not realizing it was used and didn’t check his pressure until he took the last sip off it at 18m/60ft a few minutes into the dive and realized he grabbed the used tank. He got to his buddy and they ascended safely, no issues luckily, but still a scary experience for him and just due to not checking pressure before the dive

Thank you for sharing this video please don't stop creating this type of video it's very helpful to us and I'm from the Philippines planning to be a diver thank you

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

You are very welcome and I’m glad you enjoyed it!

When I saw the title I was afraid this was going to be sensationalist video, but this is great information, both for new and seasoned divers that often fall in complacency

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, I’m not a huge fan of the “omg you’re going to die if you do this!!!!!” Kind of things. I guess there’s an audience for it but I more so wanted to be informative to newer divers and deliver some real events and actions that can injure or kill you or your buddy, but more importantly add some info on preventing it and keeping from doing that. Glad you enjoyed!

Excellent, here in Galicia, I am ready to dive in these waters. much success on the channel....

@CircleHScuba

7 ай бұрын

I hope you can dive soon! Thanks so much!

Instructor here. Great reminders in this video. Good and clear style!

@CircleHScuba

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

Dive checks are important. A technical diver in Jersey died with double steel tanks and dry suit because his air wasn’t turned on .

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Was that more recent? I didn’t know about that story, that’s sad to hear.

The buoyancy thing is one I’ve worked on like crazy in my dives. I’m using a BPW, which isn’t particularly common in the area I’m diving in, so I didn’t get a lot of the proper advice or people didn’t know about BPWs. So my buoyancy was TERRIBLE. I eventually got some good advice from a technical diver who was my diving instructor in Thailand. He recommended trim pockets and also for me to try a number of things to help me get my buoyancy in check. I took his advice and it turned my dives from being a fight with my BPW/harness/weighting into actually being properly pleasurable. I was also able to dump 2kg in lead almost straight away, my average dive time went from 40min to 50-55min and my buoyancy was far improved and I came out of the dive not looking like I’d been in a fight with scrapes and cuts.

@CircleHScuba

7 ай бұрын

This is amazing to hear! I love my BPW but yes, they definitely take adjusting and getting trim right, weights in the right spots, etc. So glad you’re enjoying it now!

Thanks for this video, my goal is to be a course director and your videos are extremely helpful and informative. Keep it up

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I want to become a Course Director some day too I think. At least as of right now it's an eventual goal. I'm glad you're finding the videos useful, and I really appreciate the comment! Good luck in your career growth!

Thank you! As a brand new diver, this is really great information!

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

You are welcome and congrats on becoming a diver! 🤿🎉 Where did you get certified?

@PamelaLoveland

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba Thank you! Did the first have of OW in Dominican Republic and finished the rest last weekend in the Raleigh area. Binging your videos now :) lol

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Oh heyyyyy I teach at Fantasy Lake and may have even been out there when you got certified haha. Woohoo congrats! Thanks for the binge 😂

@PamelaLoveland

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba Oh nice!! That is so cool! Are you associated with a local dive shop?

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

I teach through one of the local shops part time! 🤓 What a small world haha

very informative video! i am currently enrolled in a technical/commercial diving school (i start in January) but im doing as much research as i can before my schooling starts so that i am as prepared as possible, and can digest my training more easily. you've definitely earned a new subscriber!

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

Amazing, good luck! I’m sure it’ll be a great experience for you, that’s awesome!

@Gwenshihao

4 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba thanks! im sure it will be. im a little nervous since im a smaller gal, so im expecting to struggle with the weight of my equipment at first. but im sure i will manage

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

You’ll be just fine, I’m sure they have had other people with similar frame too

I'm interested in scuba diving. And towards the end, when you mentioned taking a few extra minutes break, to make sure our bodies are ready to surface. You reminded me of hearing somewhere that I should never scuba and fly on the same day. Which made me look up scuba diving the flying, like when can a diver get on a plane. This is a great video. Thank you.

@observingrogue7652

8 ай бұрын

Hey. KZread just recommended your video about what not to do after diving. I hope you see this before you start replying to my last comment. Thank you. And I subscribed.

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

Hey!! Haha I started replying but now you saw the other video so it worked out perfect. Happy to hear you enjoyed the content and I’m glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for subscribing, I really appreciate that! If you have other questions, let me know and I’ll answer here or with a video!

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

If you do decide to get certified, let me know! I have a video about open water certification, but more importantly just any questions you have. Always happy to help someone get to experience diving!

@observingrogue7652

8 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba I will.

@TheGweedMan

6 ай бұрын

I would like to clarify “a few minutes“. When approaching the boat or the beach, you should stop at 15 feet for 3 to 5 minutes that is clearly taught in the PADI open water diver course. When I fly back from spending a week in Cozumel, I always stop diving by noon on the day before flying and then get on a plane the next morning. it is entirely possible to get bent if you fly too soon. You could also feel the effects of getting bent after you’re all the way home. Dive conservatively, and dive smart. Be careful what you read here on KZread because there’s a lot of misinformation that is accepted as true. It’s the comments aren’t coming from an actual scuba instructor. I wouldn’t read the comments. As a PADI Course Director, I teach dive masters, to become scuba instructors. Most of the time I’m apalled at the low level of knowledge and of skills of DM‘s who decide to take the instructor course.

liked this proposal, I will share some suggestions with you soon, well done

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for making this video it was very helpful to me I am from the Philippines and already done my first diving but there's no orientation for me I just known all of this because of you thank you so much

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Congrats on starting your diving journey! I’m glad you found the video useful! I hope you enjoy my other companies too!

Excellent video. Failure to thoroughly check BCD on every dive is highly underrated, especially when diving without a bottom. BCD failure is extremely dangerous.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Exactly! Especially when you're pushing NDL, your MOD, etc. Thank you for the comment! How long have you been diving? Any fun trips coming up or local diving to go to?

@seaturtle7777

9 ай бұрын

@CircleHScuba Twenty years this fall. I just got back from West Palm Beach today. I was there for Florida's mini spiny lobster season.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Nice!!! That’s awesome. How was the diving?

@seaturtle7777

9 ай бұрын

@CircleHScuba Outstanding. One of the best places to dive along Continental US. We use Walker's Dive Charters. It's drift diving, 70 - 90 feet. Most people dive Nitrox. Temps 85°f on the surface 75°- 80°f below. Only wore a full length skin suit. Must be able to inflate safety sausage float at depth, on a reel, so the boat can find you. Turtles, morays, sharks, Goliaths, barracuda, etc. with nice reefs (corals are gone). People also shooting lionfish. Skill levels are high.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

That sounds like an amazing time though

I have always wanted to scuba dive and I may get the chance now to learn and buy equipment. Im going to learn everything I can about this subject

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

Definitely try diving! It’s a beautiful experience!

@vdog4799

8 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba I will be watching all your other videos to get as caught up as I can👍

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

That’s the best compliment you can give, thanks so much!

Love my bro diving Chuck Taylors at 2:29.

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Right? I own a pair for my drysuit boots actually as my drysuit has the soft booties only, no hard soles. They work great tbh!

Hey man awesome video! I did my first trail dive this month and im hooked. Soon as the owners come back from their holiday going to start on the PADI course, but hooked watching videos on youtbe atm! Really great information so to get general idea of some things before starting. Where were the videos taken? That blue water was so clear and beautiful i wish i could go now!

@CircleHScuba

6 ай бұрын

That’s super exciting!! Glad to hear you got bit by the bug! Let me know how your class goes when the time comes! This footage was a variety of places in the Caribbean mostly. I take a few trips every year since certification to fulfill my travel bug and diving bug, though I dive locally in a flooded quarry as well.

@jubjub13483

6 ай бұрын

@CircleHScuba Thanks i will do! Already want to do wreck diving! Don't want to do cave diving as I think I'll be claustrophobic ha

@CircleHScuba

6 ай бұрын

Wrecks are super fun haha

Planning to learn freediving later and I think a lot of those could apply.

@CircleHScuba

7 ай бұрын

Oh congrats! Some can in different ways. You don’t have to worry about things like lung overexpansion unless you found an air pocket underwater and took a breath at depth for example. I think the general idea of not being complacent applies regardless though. Free dive with a buddy, be mindful of what can cause shallow water blackouts, etc

Hey thanks subscribed

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!!!

Excellent, Excellent Video

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, and thanks for leaving a comment too! Are you a diver?

@blackbirds4

10 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba yes PADI

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

@blackbirds4 awesome, me too! Hope to see you in the future videos!

A fresh OW diver, very thankful we got taught to check our ABCs (air, BCD, clips they call it here), I am still extremely scared of diving, but the safety checks (which you also perform on your buddy) are drilled into my brain. This channel is a godsent honestly haha

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

I’m glad you’ve found the videos helpful so far and congrats on getting certified recently! ABCs is a good way to remember. We use BWRAF “Because We Really Aren’t Fish” as a predive safety check, but not as easy to remember as ABCs haha. You’ll get more comfortable with time! What has you scared currently?

@elliejayliquid

4 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba Thank you! Oh, that's what BWRAF stands for haha! Good to know :) I think I'm so used to the instructor being nearby to help out in case something goes wrong, that the idea of not having that is very scary. I know my buddy and I will have dive masters and such, but what if they are not as good as the person we learned from haha And also just going through our SSI manual, I learned about so many things that can go wrong. It's probably good though, better to be scared than not informed at all.

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

@elliejayliquid yeah BWRAF has an acronym like that to remember it. BCD, Weights, Releases, Air, Final Checks The pneumonic of “because we really aren’t fish” is what I use but people have made many variations over the years like “begin with review and friend” 🤷‍♂️ It’s somewhat normal to have that feeling of “okay wow now I don’t have an instructor!” but also know that you wouldn’t have gotten certified if you couldn’t do it! Just take things slow. Go on a few shallow dives with your dive buddy, preferably where you got certified since you’re somewhat familiar with it. Then slowly expand your dives to that 60 foot depth or longer dive time, etc. As for all the potential errors and stuff. We have to teach you all the ways things can go wrong in open water diving, however, remember in normal diving is usually aren’t removing our mask randomly (or having a mask strap break, have it kicked off, etc). We don’t normally just yank our regulators out. You learn how to solve problems because it’s the first class, but then after class you finally get to enjoy diving for what it is.

@elliejayliquid

4 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba Thank you, that really makes me feel a bit more at ease! It's a great piece of advice, too. We are looking to go on a boat tour with the same dive school where we got certified within the next month, and it's roughly in the same area, too. Fingers crossed it all goes well! :)

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

It’ll go great! Let me know!

Great video very good information 👍

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!! Are you a diver too?

@billread9383

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba been out of the Dive scene for a while but getting back in 🤙

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Awesome to hear you’re coming back into it! If you have any questions along the way, always happy to answer them or see if I can do a video about them. Have fun and be safe out there! 🤙

Good job buddy.

@CircleHScuba

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

As a PAD Course Director, there are two things that really bother me. The first thing is when doing a buddy check prior to the dive I teach my instructors to teach their students to never touch the other persons equipment. As soon as they touch something it opens them up to a potential lability that they will not be able to afford or overcome. The second thing is touching uncoated lead weights as that is dangerous. Lead is a carcinogen and coated weights are the only way to go. If your dive center is still using uncoated lead they have a real exposure to liability that they won’t want to handle. In California, my least favorite state, all stores that have anything with lead in their products have to post a proposition 65 cancer warning on the outside near the front entrance. Home painters no longer use paint that contains lead. They haven’t for over 30 years. There’s a reason for that!

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

Great points for sure! A buddy adjusting a tank strap or handing a weight pocket doesn’t bother me so much, but I let the diver adjust their gear whenever I can. It’s also better for their own learning imo.

Overall well done.

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeff! Appreciate it, thanks for stopping by to comment too!

Go..... Excelente vídeo... Saludos desde España

@CircleHScuba

7 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it! I hope to dive in Spain one day!

I use only compressed air up to 20m no need for nitrox or what ever . To enjoy the marine life i never need to go deeper it getting darker and cant see nothing . About accent ,i remember the simple rule to never accent faster than the slowest bubble when you exhale.

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

Yep, those are generally good rules of thumb. I have a video on dive myths and one is that you don’t have to go deep to see stuff. Ascent rates are more accurate with computers, and should be used over the bubble method imo. The bubble method is a good backup though if you have a computer failure, and it was taught before computers were so prevalent and now is sometimes taught depending on the instructor

A+ quality info I know as an ITC instructor

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! I definitely never want to scare folks from getting into diving but it’s important they know there are risks if we get complacent on some basics.

learned to swim with an aunt in Greece in a summer in 1981.... an entire summer of swimming snorkeling and snorkeling for octopus....she also taught me to swim on back to stay out as long as i want and never get tired... so one day i did had to have been 3-4 hours.... now apparently for the last hr or so some people were yelling for me but i was a ways out couldnt hear eventually i had enough was heading in and then i saw a strange sight... probably 50-60 beachgoers were side byside in a row walking in waist high water i didnt know at first but they were basically skimming the water searching for me ie a body.... i have never in my childhood ever caught so much heck as i did that day...

@CircleHScuba

15 күн бұрын

Omg that’s crazy! Glad you were ok, but that must’ve been scary for your family

@iPeter-ky3zs

15 күн бұрын

@@CircleHScubaboth my parents both from greece yet didnt know how to swim...they werent as pissed off as the aunt who taught me to swim and snorkel....because she tried to teach safety to and it was dumb to disappear for a few hrs... the aunt basically taught me to snorkel kond of acrobatically flip turn spit snorkel out dive pit it back in mouth go up blow water out...she was sll about making it a part of you... ironically a few yrs ago as a senior citizen by this point and open water swimming daily all these years in same water at same area she died in water of heartattack.... she gave me back then a couple ft long piece of a broomhandle with a spike shoved in end like a homemade spear for octopus...and a tiny squirt tin can loke you use to squirt oil but filled with a chlorine type product and they would squirt it into crevaces around where hiding spots are and the octopus would come out for a second then you spear it.... smack it on rocks to tendarize then bbq on beach...weird how she has specific safety warnings like dont stick your arms into stuff like if you see a pipe especially never stick 2 hands from opposite sides and get wedged...and if anything alive in water has spines maybe avoid it because its gonna hurt...she did advocate the swim buddy idea but i was being dumb that day.... the water there would go to say 8 or so feet deep but pretty far out you could go and same depth... learned alot and the snorkelling stayed with me...even today i dont loke one piece mask i prefer mask seperate and breathing tube old school seperate...she also wanted me to always make sure to save breath to blow tube out as you surface and to get me to remember she convinced me that a bird might be sitting on it so blow hard to get it off... fun times...

당신의 정보 감사합니다...저도 다이빙을 20년 했는데...당신의 정보는 너무 유익했어요~

@CircleHScuba

6 ай бұрын

You are welcome! I’m glad you found it useful even with so much experience

I heard about what happened to the person in the dry suit. If I remember correctly they were diving in the Great Lakes training for altitude diving or something like that, and the dry suit couldn’t inflate so it ended up sticking to their body not letting them move. After they got to a certain depth they were stuck and just fell into the deep end never to be seen again.

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Right, I do know the dry suit squeeze was theorized as part of the issue for sure. Very sad the way it all happened 😔

@kevinong1735

10 ай бұрын

And weights were haphazardly placed into the drysuit’s pockets (without any way to rapidly discard them). Rest in peace, Linnea Mills. 😔

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

@kevinong1735 I forgot about that, you’re right. RIP indeed

@juliejules1822

9 ай бұрын

Her body was recovered. Very tragic and unbelievably reckless of her diving instructor. RIP

Thank you! This was great! I feel like PADI hammers a lot of these point soooo much. Would a part of the problem also be folks getting certified who really shouldn’t be?

@CircleHScuba

7 ай бұрын

I think that’s part of the problem but it’s more so complacency in my opinion. A lot of people get certified and don’t dive for a year after that, forget basics, then make mistakes.

I got left out to sea once by a dive center in Jupiter. I remained calm, ascended from 70 feet, inflated my noodle and was rescued

@CircleHScuba

28 күн бұрын

Scary

Sage advice. But............. Its my experience in over 30 years, when diving as a solo traveller on day charter or live aboard, you are appointed an " instabuddy" , sometimes a buddy is not appointed at all, and we dive as a group,pre dive buddy checks are non existent. I would always champion buddy checks, but in the real world i encourage every diver to learn self sufficiency and get into the habit of performing your own checks by numbers on every single dive. Your safety is always your responsibility.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

I agree, definitely make sure you’re self sufficient and as they teach in Tec training the one thing you can’t bring on your own for redundancy is a second brain, hence team/buddy diving. Insta buddy’s in those situations for recreational diving totally happen and I have also been placed with people that made me extremely nervous by their practices. A predive safety check, even if it’s checking yourself, is still important and a mistake beginners make is becoming complacent and skipping those kinds of checks, whether it’s with a buddy or just checking their own gear.

@vincentsubmarinismo774

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba p.s for the last 3 years I have visited Mexico for the winter, spending time on the Yucatan peninsula diving the incredibly beautiful cenotes. The level of safety and self regulation of the cave divers that lead us through the cenote cavern zones are second to non, with very detailed dive briefings, hand/ torch signals, p.s.i turnaround points , emergency procedures e.t.c. but even though the dives are performed in an overhead environment, no pre dive equipment checks are done by a third party, as one doesn't have a buddy as such, each diver ( maximum of four) are following the dive guide in a line.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Ah yes I’ve been in the Cenotes as well. I don’t think you’re advocating that checking equipment before a dive is bad, right? Check yourself, have a second person double check, it’s pretty simple and arguably you want to check again after they’ve checked in case they’ve done something dumb like shut your air off instead of opening it (it’s happened to me, I was pretty upset with them 😅).

I got my PADI open water cert back in 1985. Back then, I was taught not to ascend faster than my air bubbles. Also, we didn't have dive computers...had to use navy dive tables!

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

How long was the certification boot camp back then? That's so awesome!

@edadan

9 ай бұрын

I think it was a couple of weeks. I also completed my advanced open water training but never went on the checkout dive because I had a cold. I remember the pool training though. They placed 4 sets of scuba gear in each corner of the pool. Each setup was sabotaged in a different way. The worst was the one where they took the diaphragm out of the regulator. You could push the purge button and see that air was coming out, but when you tried to breath in...you just got water!

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

oh man that sounds like a nightmare, haha. I personally love the idea of doing something like that, but I don't see why that would be a good experience for someone's entry into learning how to dive, haha.

This is the exact reason why scuba diving kinda terrifies me. I did a "fun dive" once and I remember that I almost panicked because my throat became very dry while we were diving. I suddenly thought about "What am I going to do if I have to cough or when I somehow start choking because of the dryness in my throat?" What do you do in a situation like this?? I tried to stay calm and tried to produce and swallow some saliva to be able to moist my throat a bit and thank goodness it helped. I was also very glad that we were only at 10 m depth. I'm much more confident and feel much safer while free diving.

@CircleHScuba

24 күн бұрын

Ah yeah, dry mouth is common and normal. I lick the roof of my mouth haha. Diving is fun though! You can cough, sneeze, etc underwater with your reg in. Even puke through your regulator 😅

@myeyesburn641

24 күн бұрын

@@CircleHScuba wow that was a quick reply, thanks! I'm glad to hear that you can even puke to the regulator haha 😂 that definitely calms me down a lot. I want to do more scuba diving in the future, but I will be very cautious and careful about it. Like you said it is an extreme sport and human error should always be avoided! I have huge respect for you and all the other recreational scuba divers and instructors.

@CircleHScuba

24 күн бұрын

@myeyesburn641 free diving can be dangerous too! But we do it for the fun! Haha

Wait! Wait! This all sounds very scary and very complex…….so many ways to die. BUT please. This is information overload. I am also a PADI dive instructor with thousands of dives. When you do the training, you have time to absorb all of this and become comfortable with being underwater, the gear and the procedures. It’s all about training and practice. If you are reasonably comfortable in the water in general. With rare exception, you can learn these skills and procedures. You don’t even have to be a strong swimmer. In fact they are pretty different skills. Again, it happens in an orderly, highly developed training program. Do not let anyone talk you into a 3-4 day crash course. Not a good way to learn. Enjoy the process. Done right it really is enjoyable to learn. And don’t let this video overwhelm you. Everything he’s saying here is correct and good information. It’s just a lot of it at once.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

I agree on information overload, hindsight unfortunately. Training and practice is key, absolutely, and I think a lot of us instructors forget that the average person getting certified doesn’t go diving more than once a year at best, maybe once every few years. Definitely meant this more as an overall “complacency will get you killed and don’t forget these things no matter how long you’ve been certified.” I have a goal of bringing the barrier of entry to diving lower so more people experience it, but still encouraging safety along with it. I end the video saying to try diving with proper training and to not get complacent, which is a good reminder to everyone. Skip to mistake 7 to hear what I’m talking about, there’s chapters in the description. I specifically call out that human factors are the number one cause of dive accidents and proper training will help avoid that, then point to a video that goes over how to try scuba (DSD).

A steel 120 solved any issues I may have had with air consumption 😂. I also got better at buoyancy and more efficient with adding air to my bcd. Less weight needed with a 120 as well. Something to look into if you consume a little more air, and if you've only used aluminum 80s. Worth a try.

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

I think it’s helpful to take more gas and steel tanks are great for needing less air, but it doesn’t necessarily solve your high SAC rate haha. I know what you mean though 😊

@TheSmileyTek

4 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba SAC rate will be the same, but it allows me, at 41, to stay down longer with my 17 year old. If he has an 80. My SAC rate gets better the more dives I have. I'm only at 36 dives.

@CircleHScuba

4 ай бұрын

I totally agree and didn’t mean it as a dig at all. I dove with aluminum 100s or steel 100s for a long time when I didn’t really need it except for the fact that I sucked down gas quickly 😬 But yes, over time you’ll get better with your SAC rate. I just meant the larger tank isn’t solving issues with air consumption, so much as providing a way to give more gas for now 🤓

Good stuff. Thanks 30+yr DM

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Thanks for 30+ years!

I need to know how you get a waterproof mask seal with your beard. Do you wear a hood and is that what you would recommend for my son in law who has a beard and needs to shave it off before every dive. Thank you!

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Honestly I may just be lucky. I haven’t ever had issues with my beard and mustache and diving. I know they make a beard grease/wax thing that can help I guess but I’ve never used it. My mask, the Hollis m1, also doesn’t have that big of a mask skirt so I think a lot of it stays above my beard line and I only have to worry about a little trickle in the nose pocket occasionally.

Listen to your intructhors and been self observed is quite helpull to improved your diving .

Today i did my first dive my only problem at 12 meters when everything was happening so fast for me i was doing long inhale then short exhale my heart started to hurt i wanted to alert my mentor who was holding me from my back but i felt like i should do long exhale then everything become comfortable

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

What happened?? It sounds like you over packed your lungs and need to breathe more normally, not necessarily that deep of an inhale without exhaling too

Diving can be quite pressuring 😋

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

It can but it’s a lot of fun. These safety things keep us safe and aren’t too hard, but you have to remember them 😊

great

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Are you a diver too?

This is what I use: Pre-Dive Checklist: ABCDEFG • Air (both main and pony) • BCD • Caution (surface marker/noise maker/ePirb) • Deep (weights?) • Equipment (knief/computer/flashlight) • Face to Fins Check (head to toe) • Ground rules (dive plan)

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

I haven’t heard that one yet, that’s pretty cool! Thanks!

excellent

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

Well thank you very much! Are you a diver too?

@MonteGould

8 ай бұрын

yes, 100% @@CircleHScuba

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for checking out the video! What kind of diving do you like to do?

@MonteGould

8 ай бұрын

I'm a recreational diver (PADI) and have been diving for nearly 40 years @@CircleHScuba

@CircleHScuba

7 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Do you have preferences on wrecks, reefs, or anything else? I kind of love it all still right now which can be expensive for my gear and trip budgets, haha.

Where are you diving piedmont raleigh nc?

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Fantasy Lake is my usual spot locally here in Raleigh

During mistake #2 you discuss the linnea mills case. This had nothing to do with a lack of pre-dive check. She was told by a qualified instructor that she would be fine without a drysuit hose. Its why Padi has changed the requirement to be a drysuit trainer. And dodged liability yet again. Edit: Spelling Correction

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

I didn’t look at the full resolution after it was settled outside of court so I didn’t hear that specific evidence being confirmed (since there wasn’t a full court hearing from my understanding). That’s crazy though. I’m a drysuit instructor and I can’t imagine overweighting someone so much and then saying to not use the hose. So sad

@LukeDower

10 ай бұрын

@CircleHScuba The failings of the Instructors in this case were really quite disturbing. I think DiveTalk did a really good video on it it's worth watching. Aside from that great video! It's upsetting to me that it was settled outside of court though and those involved (at least as far as I'm aware) have avoided criminal responsibility.

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

I did watch @DiveTalk discuss it when they posted but it has been awhile too. I also would've like to have seen it go through court to set some precedence around this stuff. I mean, I'm a PADI instructor, haven't crossed over to any other agencies yet and may in the future; But regardless of the agency, they all follow the same standards basically from the WRSTC and ISO and as far as I'm aware, every agency treats instructors as independent contractors to keep liability away from them. A court case with criminal charges or even the civil charges could've let some legal precedence in, but alas.

@michaelmoorrees3585

10 ай бұрын

She was only going for her advanced certification. She was not taking a dry suit class, and should never have been put in one. I know the dive site water was too cold for wet suits, so she should not have been allowed to take the course at that location, and/or time. The dive shop should have been firm on that issue ! This incident really makes my blood boil ! I didn't even get my dive master credentials, until I had over 500 dives, over several years of diving, and that was just to help out my friend who owned a dive shop. The dive instructor, in the Mills case had less than 100 dives under her belt. Maybe less than 50 ! My original certification was NAUI, back in 1974. I got a bunch successive certifications under PADI (in the 1990s), as that's what agency, my buddy was working under. I was always leery of instructors with less than 50 dives. Some as low as 20. And of PADI allowing it. I know all the agencies are suppose to be equal, and that the main concern is the competency of the actual instructor. But PADI seems to have gotten way too complacent !

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

I completely agree that some DMs and Instructors I’ve met just shouldn’t be in those roles and I wish standards were higher for pros. I will say as a current PADI Instructor in active status, you need 100 logged dives to attend the IE (instructor evaluation). The issue is no one knows if the 100 dives happened or not, if you just did 20 min dips at 20 feet 100 times, etc. I do local private instruction on the side currently and some day soon I am hoping to start advertising it a bit more as it’s just word of mouth. My goal will be to train good divers, not worry about time constraints that shops put on instructors, not just meet a minimum standard by “giving” it to the student. Too many times I’ve seen people look the other way on something that could be safety related because of 3.5 hour pool session constraints and too large of classes with no assistant instructors or DMs. I’ll have to charge a premium but I think it’s justified for one on one training (or small group for a family or couple) that isn’t forced into a small window regardless of how comfortable the student is with skills.

I don’t even scuba dive but still am watching this 😂

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Hey I’m happy you found it worth watching regardless haha. Have you ever thought of trying out scuba diving? 😜

@snowfanatic

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba I’ve tried on university but I’ve had problem with relieving pressure in my ear. But a friend told me that it’s possible to have it fixed by a doctor. So maybe I’ll give it a try again :)

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Definitely chat with a doctor, but in my experience it’s usually just knowing how to equalize properly and fairly rare that someone medically can’t clear. I actually made a whole video on equalizing your ears too, haha. kzread.info/dash/bejne/loRl0cZ_prPUedo.html If you ever get to try diving again, let me know!

@snowfanatic

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba thank you I will check it out :)

Great video, background music too damn loud.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I agree, music got too loud here. Really appreciate that kind of feedback though, it helps me with future videos!

Where do you find all these b-rolls?

@CircleHScuba

5 ай бұрын

A decent amount is mine from my own trips actually, and then I have a library as an instructor I have access to as well

The buddy check acronym I was taught was Bangkok Women Really Are Fellas!

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Bruce Willis Rules All Films There’s a bunch 🤣 I chose the PG one I knew 😅

❤ I am beginning to love scuba diving Hope you can visit our place here in the Philippines with $7,100 islands and hopefully you will be one of the dive center here in the Philippines see you soon sir

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

I hope I can visit some day too! I almost went to Cebu this year but wasn’t able to make it.

Because we really arnt fish - that's the easiest one to remember

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

That’s the one I mention in the video if I remember right and it’s my favorite too haha

More on that dry suit dive fatality. The dive instuctor had weighted down the student diver with 44 pounds of lead weights placed into pockets of the wet suit and BCD. NO WEIGHT BELT WAS USED. Can you imagine the level of sheer incompetence it took to drown that poor student? They could just as well have walked her off the plank of a pirate ship shackled in leg irons. For more info, search for "Linnea Mills scuba diving incident ."

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing some more details as I’m sure many others are curious. I didn’t want to go too in depth as it’s a bit of a rabbit hole and really would need it’s own video. There were just so many things that went wrong in that situation, it’s really sad and just insane to me too.

Studies how that as an air breathing mammal, not scuba diving is proven to be 100% effective in not dying while doing so.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

This is very true. There are air breathing aquatic mammals but they aren’t on SCUBA, so this totally checks out! 🤣🤙🤿😂

the term you were looking for is “tympanic membrane”

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

I had a total brain fart with it. Another person in the comments left a bunch of details about ear anatomy too. Thank you for the right term! 🤦‍♂️

Thumbs up for the information, but can’t stand to see those people diving vertically 😅

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Agreed 😅 and thank you!

Got a feeling this whole scuba diving thing was mistake in itself. Five dives after my open water cert I donated my gear. I enjoy snorkeling some times.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Aww I’m sorry to hear it wasn’t for you. Snorkeling is great. What happened with the diving? Just not your thing? I’d love to hear more

@loizospapaloizou9494

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba On that dive we were a group of 4 including our good instructor who carried us through the certification. Had kept the rules of no alcohol previous night and no heavy dinner and was feeling OK pre-dive there was nothing to discuss with the group. Once I entered the water and leveled my body I got some stomach disturbances and I was worried I might throw up. The instructor who knew I needed some time to adjust once entering the water allowed me some good 3-5 minutes. He asked if I was OK, I waived "somehow" he asked if we should get going and I went following him. On the way stomach continued disturbing me and I concluded that *if I am going to throw up I will remove the regulator, do the thing and put it back* which thank God did not happen. I feared I might block it that was my thought. We resurfaced and the instructor said if you do that you would drown immediately page X paragraph Y of your certification books says we throw up in the regulator. That was it. I got discomfortable that I took a wrong decision which would kill me and I live because I did not throw up, if it happened I would have perished. It's the 5th open dive I thought and I already took a decision that would kill me. That's more risk that I am comfortable taking. I quarreled a bit with the instructor because he was trying to motivate me, saying this was not a reason to quit diving. Donated my suit and few accessories that I had and that was it.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Gosh I am so sorry to hear that it happened that way, but I understand. There’s always a chance in the future

Video shows team dive-checking each other at the same time - DO NOT dive-check each other at the same time. Let one concentrate without interference, THEN the other. No one is in any rush, and with all the equipment and tentacles, checking each other at the same time is recipe for missing something.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

This is a great tip, good point too! Thanks for sharing it! How long have you been diving, any trips or local dives coming up?

@ccmzadv4879

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba Thanks, my pleasur - Over 25 years (6 of those in the Navy), just shy of 12K dives. Try to do local dives at least once a week, but prices are getting silly. Been doing a lot of shore dives lately.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service, and that’s an awesome history of diving! My local dives are quarry dives, the shore is a few hours away if I want to do a charter, otherwise it’s dive trips for bigger sites. Some day maybe I’ll be close enough to shore diving

@ccmzadv4879

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba My pleasure. Yeah I am super lucky to live minutes from the beach, but I have been half a fish all of my life. I lived away from the ocean for 2 years and I was miserable. Do it!

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Haha half fish, I love it

Dumping air. That’s the key.

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Definitely important for rapid ascent issues and some other cases, thanks for the comment! Hope to see you come back in other videos too!

I didn't know Eddie Hall's brother was a scuba guy

@CircleHScuba

25 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@TheAirJordan1994

24 күн бұрын

Glad you see it lol

@CircleHScuba

24 күн бұрын

I’ve heard it a few times now 😅

@sandipchudasama6889

16 күн бұрын

LMAO

@anishsil9685

7 күн бұрын

I am watching this 2 hours before my first dive 😅 wish me luck

I never realized how cateful you have to be to dive safely

@CircleHScuba

2 ай бұрын

A lot comes naturally fairly quickly, but people do get complacent!

Bro I read that as 7 Falafel mistakes 😀

@CircleHScuba

4 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

The instructor was at fault with that dry suit fatality.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Agreed, they should’ve conducted a proper predive check to see the issues in weighting, no drysuit inflator hose, etc

This man looks like Eddy Hall

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

Haha I keep hearing this 🤣 💪

iv played subnutica enough to not want to do caves XD

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Haha, but in Subnautica you have to for different resources!

I get so sick of seeing people with tank valves down to their @$$.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Yeah not a fan of it being that low either. Stock footage unfortunately or I’d have corrected them before filming haha. Almost part of the point though, do a predive check and tell your buddy your tank is hanging way too low

Cancelling a dive or ending one early is not a bad thing. It is one dive, it is not the last time you will ever go diving.

@CircleHScuba

2 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Basically Don't dive without an instructor if you're starting out and or dive schooling

@CircleHScuba

3 күн бұрын

More so just remember what you’re taught in class and don’t be complacent.

@joe5815

3 күн бұрын

@@CircleHScuba exactly

I thought Eddie Hall was moonlighting as a scuba diver for a second

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Haha that’s the second time I’ve heard that now. 🤣

Coloca no vídeo a opção dublagem em português

@CircleHScuba

3 ай бұрын

Hey! They are already there. You should be able to select it in the bottom of the video player.

Don't leave any important safety equipment in the hotel because it's no good there when you actually need it. We learnt that lesson. Supposedly experienced divers. Also remember it's easy to get persuaded out of your comfort zone. I can look back at one dive I did where I was persuaded to do a limited wreck entry. We did plan it out and it was a great dive but I know that there was some peer pressure as well. It's always ok to say no.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

These are great points, and maybe I’ll have to make a follow up video some time to add these and some others people have mentioned. Any diver at any time for any reason can call a dive and say no, you’re 100% correct. I’ve also made the mistake of not having all the safety things I wish I had with me. Luckily things worked out alright, but it’s a good reminder as well. Thanks for leaving a comment!

@robynduckworth4160

9 ай бұрын

Also if you've learnt on a week course in the Red Sea on holiday, then you just can't go into the North Sea in the UK The environments are so different. Fortunately I learnt in a quarry in Yorkshire and in the North Sea so the clear vis and warm seas of the Red Sea made for a pleasant change - but maybe it was too easy?

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

@robynduckworth4160 I think a variety of diving experiences is important to learn and expand your knowledge, if that’s one of your desires. I was certified in a lake with about 5 feet or less than 2m of visibility on a good day. I regularly teach in a quarry now that has 3 feet (1m) to 20 feet (6.1m) and it can change pretty quickly. I’ve also dove in the Caribbean where I can see forever 🤣 I think the mix is great!

@robynduckworth4160

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba Absolutely. Just don't learn to dive on a few days course in the Red Sea and then think you're competent to dive in completely different conditions such as the cold North Sea. As you said, know your experience, know what conditions you are used to and understand the risks of the environment you are going into.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Exactly! Such great points

The dry suit inflator case, Linnea Mills Was the fault of the instructor not the person who died, so to say they failed their pre dive safety check is false, the instructor failed them, the instructor was negligent, and the instructor is no longer an instructor.

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

I hear you on that, but I believe I said a predive safety check may have caught that. I don’t think I blamed Linnea at all, and if it did come off that way I very much didn’t mean it that way. Thanks for calling it out. I definitely don’t blame Linnea, specifically meant a proper check could have caught that.

Now I am more anxious than before.

@CircleHScuba

7 ай бұрын

Try not to be too anxious. There are so many people who get certified. Just remember to keep breathing, and honestly most importantly don’t be complacent. We have rules and training for a reason and people not following the rules, guidelines, safety checks, procedures, etc due to complacency is the main problem

Asending stay below your bubbles

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

I’ve heard that as well, and I think it’s a good way to keep your ascent controlled if you don’t have a computer that can be more accurate for your ascent rate

@stra808x

10 ай бұрын

@CircleHScuba the fast a bubble will assend is just a fraction over 1 second. It's not good to rely on computers if it fails and you don't have the physics down. You can't be aware of what's going on around you staring at a console. Dive tables must be memorized again, a failure, and not knowing if need to decompress.

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Right, when I said “if you don’t have a computer” I meant more so if you had a failure since most people aren’t diving with tables nowadays. I mostly just meant you should use a computer vs bubbles for accuracy, but absolutely in a failure or emergency you may not have the option and bubbles are a great way to help measure your ascent rate too.

@stra808x

10 ай бұрын

@CircleHScuba I apologize for the misunderstanding. Keep up the work

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

Oh no need to apologize at all! I love the engagement and the fact that you took time to comment to start with! I appreciate your time, see you in the other videos! 🎉

As there’s a video of a female diver with a tank that’s WAY too low on her back.

@CircleHScuba

10 ай бұрын

What time stamp? I seen people do that too often. I get not wanting to bump your head but man, sometimes those low tanks are terrible too and mess up trim. I know some shorter stature folks will use an aluminum 63s instead (I believe that’s a 9L for metric)

@philiptong4978

9 ай бұрын

0:55

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, totally should raise that tank a bit, oof

not me watching this hours after doing my open water

@CircleHScuba

6 ай бұрын

Did you just finish open water checkout dives? Congrats!!!!! How’d it go?

Reckless diving is not recomended👀

@CircleHScuba

8 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Yep and if you going to lakes that have toxic water you shouldn't be doing that if you are not a Hazmat diver I need to not have proper training go into those types of waters you know what I'm saying

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Honestly that’s a good point too, just saying a general “dive within limits” may not really call out that diving in areas that require hazmat is a no go. Good tip

@Divewith.G.M_Official_Channel

9 ай бұрын

@@CircleHScuba but I am actually beginning scuba diving and this video really does help me to consider it all but you know what's the other important thing is hand signals if you're getting into a cold environment just rub your non-use arm and here's what you do if you're out of oxygen you tap your dive buddy on the shoulder and do the out of Air symbol which is moving your hand in a big motion where your neck is you know what I'm saying I actually did try Scuba and you always want to listen to the instructor when they're doing the briefing you know what I'm saying because you never want to miss out on the important parts so yeah this video did really help out👍

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

I know exactly what you mean! Here’s a video covering all the common signals we use as divers actually! Haha kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6Zl05iGo73ZaJs.html I think you’ll love it!

@CircleHScuba

9 ай бұрын

Congrats on becoming a diver!!! How exciting!

@Divewith.G.M_Official_Channel

9 ай бұрын

You know what I actually don't think I'm going to have a heart attack because of me trying to lift my camera because I'm going to be getting a GoPro 11 waterproof GoPro 11 which is light I don't have to worry about a big bulky camera you know what I'm saying😊 it's actually called a GoPro Hero 11 I think you've heard about it and it's got some good image quality and it's also meant for sports which diving is in the water sport category so yeah👍

Don't dive and fly !

Does having a mustache / beard affect how your mask adheres to your face?

@CircleHScuba

3 ай бұрын

For me no, but some people yes and they use a wax to help seal their masks better

@krystenvanvuuren2913

25 күн бұрын

Im a Girl, but i have heard men complain about the beard or mustache not having a complete suction to their face, causing a little bit of water come into their mask. But not too much 😅

@CircleHScuba

25 күн бұрын

It’s true. Some of us luck out, I’m one of them haha

Instructors intentionally overweight their students . Once you finish your open water class begin dropping weight until your using the least possible you may need to add back a couple for a wet suit or shallow diving. You should be emptying the air from your bc before swimming up

@CircleHScuba

Ай бұрын

Some do for sure