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Turns out it was the internal post that had gotten loose. The o-ring was completely mashed (see picture). Swapped it out and we’re ready to go again.

#scuva #diving #sidemount

Today my left cylinder started bubbling hard. It went from showing 160b to 80b in about 5 minutes. I tried retightening, but nothing was helping. It was a great experience overall, my buddy had his long hose ready for me the entire time, and I learned how to feather the cylinder to prevent wasting too much gas. My right cylinder was completely fine of course, so never any real problem.

#scuba #diving #sidemount

And if you dive the Vapper and happen to find a black RK3 fin in perfect condition, 🤙; I’m happy to negotiate its return, or give you the missing one ;).

I’m also definitely going to redo a bunch of training to regain some muscle memories.

#diving #sidemount #scuba

Now, depending on who you ask, within recreational limits we should be able to shoot to the surface and be fine.

This being said, I immensely appreciate the team’s reaction and focus on my safety. They were ready to call a helicopter if I developed any symptoms.

What I took away from the experience:

- I need to fix my dump valve. I have a tendency to close it at the bottom out of a fear to get wet.
- I need to build muscle memory using the butt dump valve.

#diving #sidemount #scuba

At that point, someone on the boat yelled I only had one fin. They gave me another one, told me my buddy was on the line, and I joined them for a extended safety stop.

Back on the boat, the guys from the club were awesome: I was given a few tasks: sit, relax, drink a bunch of sodas and empty the O2 cylinder. I spent 1.5 hours on O2. I wasn’t allowed to lift anything, so everyone else carried my stuff to my car when back on shore.

#diving #sidemount #scuba

When I felt myself going up, I tried dumping everything, but couldn’t get the ascent under control. I went upside down and tried kicking to go back down. A big air bubble went to my legs and it appears I lost a fin. My computer vibrated to alert about rapid ascent (I presume, didn’t look), and I turned back around and held my arms up to brace in case I was going to hit the boat. I surfaced a couple meters from the boat, dumped air and tried to go back down.

#diving #sidemount #scuba

Yesterday while #diving the Vapper wreck, I had a runaway ascent towards the end of the dive. My GF99 went from 1% to 57% in about 2 minutes. I lost buoyancy control around 14m at the 36th minute. Our deepest point was 25m at the 9th minute.

I had a minor flood on my drysuit last dive, so I most likely kept my exhaust valve a little bit too closed. I’m also still getting used to my #sidemount setup, and I completely forgot about the butt dump—never even reached for it.

#scuba

Happy Easter #diving! The best thing about #diving is the fun company. In the best weather we made some bubbles with our favorite diving club the #SeaghostsLeverkusen.

Made some improvements on our #sidemount configuration. We also wanted to know whether we had put our #rebreathers back together correctly... puzzle games during the annual inspection. All good, nobody died (but it was close 🤣 ). The summer vacation can come!

https://sea-ghosts.de/2025/04/21/ostersonntag-im-goldbergersee/
https://sea-ghosts.de/2025/04/21/boschmoolenplas-panheel-am-karfreitag/

@scubadivers #scuba

Returning from our #cavediving adventure in #Mexico #Yucatan ❤️. Barely known is the beauty of the underwater #cenotes there. It is truely a wonder of nature. I feel honored to be able to spend time there underwater 😍.
We learned #scubadiving #sidemount with Osama Gobara and had great company with Belgian and Swedish people 😀.

@jens_schuette
https://zerogravity.com.mx/
#scubadiving #tauchen #cavediving #GUE

@scubadivers

Returning from our #cavediving adventure in #Mexico #Yucatan ❤️. Barely known is the beauty of the underwater #cenotes there. It is truely a wonder of nature. I feel honored to be able to spend time there underwater 😍.
We learned #scubadiving #sidemount with Osama Gobara and had great company with Belgian and Swedish people 😀.

@jens_schuette
https://zerogravity.com.mx/
#scubadiving #tauchen #cavediving #GUE

@scubadivers

Returning from our #cavediving adventure in #Mexico #Yucatan ❤️. Barely known is the beauty of the underwater #cenotes there. It is truely a wonder of nature. I feel honored to be able to spend time there underwater 😍.
We learned #scubadiving #sidemount with Osama Gobara and had great company with Belgian and Swedish people 😀.

@jens_schuette
https://zerogravity.com.mx/
#scubadiving #tauchen #cavediving #GUE

@scubadivers

Returning from our #cavediving adventure in #Mexico #Yucatan ❤️. Barely known is the beauty of the underwater #cenotes there. It is truely a wonder of nature. I feel honored to be able to spend time there underwater 😍.
We learned #scubadiving #sidemount with Osama Gobara and had great company with Belgian and Swedish people 😀.

@jens_schuette
https://zerogravity.com.mx/
#scubadiving #tauchen #cavediving #GUE

@scubadivers

Returning from our #cavediving adventure in #Mexico #Yucatan ❤️. Barely known is the beauty of the underwater #cenotes there. It is truely a wonder of nature. I feel honored to be able to spend time there underwater 😍.
We learned #scubadiving #sidemount with Osama Gobara and had great company with Belgian and Swedish people 😀.

@jens_schuette
https://zerogravity.com.mx/
#scubadiving #tauchen #cavediving #GUE

@scubadivers

Returning from our #cavediving adventure in #Mexico #Yucatan ❤️. Barely known is the beauty of the underwater #cenotes there. It is truely a wonder of nature. I feel honored to be able to spend time there underwater 😍.
We learned #scubadiving #sidemount with Osama Gobara and had great company with Belgian and Swedish people 😀.

@jens_schuette
https://zerogravity.com.mx/
#scubadiving #tauchen #cavediving #GUE

@scubadiving

Returning from our #cavediving adventure in #Mexico #Yucatan ❤️. Barely known is the beauty of the underwater #cenotes there. It is truely a wonder of nature. I feel honored to be able to spend time there underwater 😍.
We learned #scubadiving #sidemount with Osama Gobara and had great company with Belgian and Swedish people 😀.

@jens_schuette
https://zerogravity.com.mx/
#scubadiving #tauchen #cavediving #GUE

@scubadivers

Returning from our #cavediving adventure in #Mexico #Yucatan ❤️. Barely known is the beauty of the underwater #cenotes there. It is truely a wonder of nature. I feel honored to be able to spend time there underwater 😍.
We learned #scubadiving #sidemount with Osama Gobara and had great company with Belgian and Swedish people 😀.

@jens_schuette
https://zerogravity.com.mx/
#scubadiving #tauchen #cavediving #GUE

@scubadivers

Returning from our #cavediving adventure in #Mexico #Yucatan ❤️. Barely known is the beauty of the underwater #cenotes there. It is truely a wonder of nature. I feel honored to be able to spend time there underwater 😍.
We learned #scubadiving #sidemount with Osama Gobara and had great company with Belgian and Swedish people 😀.

@jens_schuette
https://zerogravity.com.mx/
#scubadiving #tauchen #cavediving #GUE

@scubadivers

Uno de los #Corales más grandes que he llegado a ver buceando ¡Es hermoso!

#Sidemount #diving #reef #CoralReef #SCUBA #NAUI

Cylinders arrived today!

One step closer to a functional dive shop.

Yes, sidemount is a core part of my business.

#SCUBA #ScubaDiving #sidemount