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Originally Posted by azapa
did you black out? if so, glad you are OK, could you expand on the circumstances please? The data helps understand and prevent.
Thanks in advance
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Yes... to be quite honest it came as quite a surprise. I had felt very good all day. My bottom times were great. I was hitting the sand at ~98ft with no problem and plenty of time to spare.
I guess you could attribute it to being a little tired. It happened about 2 hours into the dive and I had already had some pretty good fights with a couple of bigger fish (8-10lb ukus). I had taken a dive to the deck of the ship ~88ft and was trying to get a big uku to come in. After finding he was not interested I noticed the Moanu swimming on the sand below me. I took the shot (as you can see not a great one) and fearing it would tangle in the stanchions or on the railings of the ship I horsed him up to the surface. About 15ft before breaking the surface I knew I wasnt feeling too good. I signaled my partner and as I surfaced I started the samba and according to him I went out for a few seconds. I didnt let go of my gun so Im not sure If I went completely out, maybe just a severe samba.
It might also be attributed to a poor "breath-up." I was a little excited because there were some big fish around and rather than spending the time on my breath up, I kinda rushed my drop.
I can stress that on this particular dive we play close attention to safety. Always "1 up 1 down" and as we surface our partner is always right there to watch you for a moment at the surface. I usually count out 6 to 8 breaths before signaling that Im o.k.
