I have a couple of quick question for the collected wisdom of the nwdiveclub community
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Let me preface by saying that I LOVE SCUBA, I have been bitten by the diving bug and it is really hard to get it out of my head. I have fun in each one of the dives I made so far, 47 total but soon to be 49 after the weekend!!! Master Scuba Rating here I come (to be honest, I don't feel very master yet, so much to learn!!)
That said, whenever I submerge for the first time on a day my heart rate accelerates and I go trough a few seconds off what am I doing… ahh I'm underwater… ahhh… ohhh pretty fish!!! And then all goes back to normal and I have a great time. This seems to be a recurring pattern though I'm not sure when it started. So my question #1 is, have any of you experience something similar and, more importantly, does it go away the more experience you get?
Question #2 is an extension of the same topic, I seem to have issues being the navigator when my buddy has less experience than me, I spend most of the dive being super tense glued to my compass. This makes diving often a little difficult since most of my diving friends I can go out in a regular basis have about the same or less experience than I do. I'm wondering if there are any relaxation techniques that could be useful? I know I haven't done this often and it is all new which explains most of this and that just going out an doing will probably take care of it but it never hurts to try speeding up the process ;-)
Happy diving!
Jorge