Something funny my regulator did last weekend

[Mark Y]

"Move up and experience real adventure with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course. As you step beyond the PADI Open Water Diver level, you make five dives and have the opportunity to try some of diving’s most rewarding and useful specialty activities, such as deep diving, digital underwater photography, wreck diving and much more. These skills make diving much more than underwater sightseeing. Plus, the Advanced Open Water Diver course takes you one step closer to Master Scuba Diver – the ultimate non professional certification in recreational diving."

"Must be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization) and 15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)"

"With your PADI Instructor you complete the deep and underwater navigation Adventure Dives. These dives boost your confidence as you build these foundational skills. Then, you choose three additional dives from more than 15 Adventure Dives to complete your course."

Clipped from the PADI website (assuming Elkman is a PADI diver).

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First off, congratulations Elkman for finishing the Advanced Diving course.  Use that as a spring board to become an 'experienced' diver.  After each dive, I like to ask myself 'what did I learn?'.

Anyway, unless you really cranked down on the first stage, you didn't do anything wrong.  It was the regulator.  I agree with what Capt. Dean said about having your own regulator... if you plan to continue to dive, make it a priority.

Other than the first stage problem, how did your did night dive go?  My first night dive, which also happened to be for my AOW cert. & @ Wazee, was totally FUBAR.

Safe diving!