lerpy - 11/06/2012 7:59 AM
Hey there, welcome back to diving. I am not in your area, but reading your post I thought I would chime in on one thing and that is going off boats negative bouyant. For me and the boats I dive on regularly the majority of the time it’s as your famliar with off the boat, give the ok, then decend. However on occasions I have gone off boats negatively bouyant, once when diving in Florida, and the rest of the time up here in the St Lawrence. The only time doing it is because A) we are in a current and want to get down tot he site before you are off it, or the other because the St Lawrence is an international shipping channel, the boat captain has to get the divers off quickly and get out of the way of oncoming ships. The first time I did I was a little hesitant, but now that I am famliar I just know in some case I am going to have to go off the boat quickly pretty much decending immediately.
Good luck.