Dive Review of SE Aruba Fly 'n Dive/Marriott's Aruba Surf Club in
Aruba

as a long time (800+) dives and apparently a dedicated air hog i get really tired of reading about the "guy" on the dive that ran low on air while you may have still had air left. Some of us use more air regardless of all the things we have tried to to use less. I let the dive operation know, and request a larger tank when possible.

This was a diver with less than 20 dives who thought all he needed for AOW was to get his buddy at home to sign for two dives, then three more dives in Aruba and he was done! After the first time, I quietly asked the DM if they had 100 cm tanks, and they got one for him for the 2nd dive. At the time he needed air on the first dive, I had 1800 PSI. I've been on several expensive and unique dive trips (Ni'ihau and Molokini backball in Hawaii, for example), when the dive was ended after 20 minutes because an inexperienced diver ran into deco. Most experienced divers who know they use air faster than usual, like you, use bigger tanks and try to be efficient in diving through buoyancy control, staying shallower than the rest of the group on a wall, for example, and so forth. This was the case of a diver who didn't know what he was doing, hadn't even bothered to review his OW book, skills, etc.

Thanks Lynda, I am probably just paranoid. I let the worry about 500 psi coming and first one back in the boat distract me on too many beautiful dives.