Heard a dive supervisor say 'breathe slow' and it finally clicked after 8 years
I was on a job last month in Galveston, working a bridge repair. The vis was maybe 2 feet and I was fighting current, burning through air like crazy. My supervisor came on the comms and just said 'breathe slow, you're scaring the fish.' I laughed at first, but then I actually paid attention to my breathing. I realized I was taking these shallow fast breaths because I was stressed about the current. Once I forced myself to take long, slow breaths, I used way less gas and felt calmer. The whole job went smoother after that. Has anyone else had a simple piece of advice that took years to actually make sense in the water?