Scuba Diving Narrative Essay

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An event in my life that is memorable would be when my Uncle Bob and I decided to go scuba diving. In our adventure, Uncle Bob was bitten by a five-foot bull shark and later at 70ft below sea level he ran out of air. These events have taught me that scuba diving can be a dangerous activity, that I must be aware of my surroundings, to refresh my scuba training and to remember safety techniques.
The adventure began with a cold winter morning in florid, Uncle Bob and I decided to head out to his secret spot, the dive site was roughly 100ft and a Spanish Galleon laid rest. My dad dropped me off at the boat dock where I met up with Uncle Bob. We did a gear check to make sure we had everything to complete our dive. After the gear check, we headed out, after a couple …show more content…

I was the first to put my gear on, then I helped Uncle Bob put his gear on. Each of us had two full tanks of 3000 psi each, which was plenty for a dive, each of us brought eight-millimeter wetsuits that was perfect for the cold-water temperature. After final gear checking, Uncle Bob jumped in the water and gave a surface okay, I later jumped in. The water was cold for the first 2 minutes, then the wetsuit started to work and I was warm. We descended slowly, equalizing the pressure in our ears, because Uncle Bob was more experience he decided faster than I did. We reach the main mast at 80ft below sea level, before the dive Uncle Bob informed me that there will be shark, but I didn’t think there would be this many shark. Uncle Bob led the way down to the top deck of the ship, then we checked our air and depth. I had used 500psi out of 6000psi of my air and Uncle Bob used 1000psi of his 6000psi. Uncle Bob led his way around the ship, as I followed I noticed that the sharks began to take interest in us. As Uncle Bob and I went around the ship, he went through a hole on the bottom, as I followed him in I noticed that the ship was still mostly intact. We

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