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I have to give this diving school a one-star rating with a heavy heart.
My girlfriend wanted to take the Open Water course. She had a lot of respect for it and wanted to take it slow, but it seemed like the diving instructor didn't agree and wanted to rush things.
1. He pressured her to get into the water quickly, telling her she didn't have much time (the weather was also very bad that day, with rain and waves). She wanted to take her time to gather the courage to get in, but the instructor seemed impatient.
2. When she was in open water, she didn't want to go underwater immediately and wanted to take her time because she was still a bit scared. The instructor didn't seem to like that and tried to pull her underwater several times. After multiple attempts to pull her down, she decided to abort the whole thing because she no longer felt comfortable.
My personal experience:
During my last dive, I was very stressed due to buoyancy issues, a constantly fogging mask, and constant distractions from the dive master. I realized very late that I had very little air left in my tank at a depth of 20 meters. Since the dive master never asked how much air I had left (we were a group of 4), I signaled to him how much air I had left.
With his body language and gestures, he seemed unsure about what he, I, or we should do next. He then signaled for me to immediately surface. In the stressful situation, I didn't think much and followed the command (I didn't have a dive computer with me). I then attempted to surface without equipment and tried to make a slow ascent and a safety stop. When I reached the surface, I noticed that the dive master had stayed underwater with the other two students. It took approximately 10 minutes for him to surface.
After about 30-40 minutes on the surface, I realized that I was experiencing symptoms of decompression sickness. I went to the hospital on the same day to receive treatment. After 3 days, I felt somewhat better.
One week later, back home, the symptoms returned. I went to the hospital again for treatment and had to undergo several sessions with a psychologist because I had mild post-traumatic stress disorder. I suffered mentally for a month due to this incident, as I thought I would die on that remote island far from home because of the symptoms. - via 