SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY
Perhaps it was a tad ambitious after having a panic attack and an aborted dive due to vis but I decided to book on a double tank dive to Coopers Wreck.....
Well, the current was reasonably strong and as I tried to swim and descend towards the anchor line I just moved further away from it! The boat came back and collected three of us who failed to descend, tried again but by the time I grabbed the rope I was finished, just breathing too hard to descend.
Sat it out on the boat but soon another diver emerged, vis was not good. The rest of the group finished the dive but the 2nd descent was cancelled.
So, dive no 3 in a row failed.
We tried a small wreck further out to sea where the water seemed clearer and it was ok. The Hawthorne is a small 1800's wooden wreck sitting in the sand. A reasonable amount of life around the boat but the important thing for me was to descend successfully and get over this mental block.
My heart was beating hard and my hands were trembling for the 1st 5 mins. There was quite a surge which periodically made the wreck a sandstorm but overall an enjoyable dive AND, had a very good safety stop with a good horizontal profile. I like the aluminium 11 litre nitrox tanks.
Durban Diver is back on track!
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