First dive in Thailand… Smart Com computer failed… not a good day
Well, I got back from my first dive trip experience in Thailand, and all I can say is that I hope it gets a hell of a lot better over the forthcoming weeks. Murphy’s Law was definately in effect, whereby pretty much everything that could have gone wrong, did.
The boat took just under 3 hours to get there and back and we had 2 dives planned. Geared up with the couple of guys I was diving with, and as soon as I hit the water my dive computer console went crazy. Telling me I had 350bar in my tank, and then the next second that I had 30. Had to abort the dive within seconds and watch everyone else (about 20 divers on the boat) go on their dive. I was told it was a very cool dive. After being on the boat a while I proceeded to feel seasick and throw up what little breakfast I’d had. Consequently, I was in no mood for lunch (again, I was told it was very nice). They didn’t have tools so that I could change to a backup console so I had to dive with a completely new BCD and reg set. I actually managed to get a dive in, but it wasn’t the greatest dive in the world by any stretch of the imagination. Visibility between 2 and 10m at best meant you were swimming blind quite a bit. The current had apparently picked up quite a bit between dives so at times it was tough to get anywhere. There were plenty of fish, but it wasn’t easy to see much. For you Okinawan divers, think of Sunabe’s Water Treatment Plant when the vis is pretty bad. The Keramas, this certainly wasn’t. So I got off the boat feeling pretty dejected about me free day of diving. At least I didn’t have to pay for that, and thank God I’ve brought reserve gauge set with me. I thought things were going too well…
So I’ve pretty much put today down as a bad day in the office. Tomorrow is a new day and with new prospects. I’ve got another couple of courses too tomorrow, which I’m looking forward to. I think I’ve got my EFR: Care For Children course in the morning, and then a Compressor Orientation course in the afternoon. I’ll report back when I can and let you all know how those courses went. Take care, and dive safely.
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