Diver in travel group kept running out of air and sharing on every dive?

[mcohen1021]

OP should have updated their original post.

Sharing air is for when there is a problem (OOA, regulator issue, tank issue etc), not to continue or extend your dive. When you are on your buddies octopus, you should be on your way to the safety stop / surface.

@BRT I am going to assume at this point, you are trolling and not serious.

 

[jadairiii]

Once again, why would sharing air when the receiving party is not out of air cause a problem?

On virtually every dive the diver ran out of air? And she would hopscotch around to whoever was close? You dont see a problem with that? You dont have an issue with a diver that has a total disregard with gas management?

 

[BRT]

OP should have updated their original post.

Sharing air is for when there is a problem (OOA, regulator issue, tank issue etc), not to continue or extend your dive. When you are on your buddies octopus, you should be on your way to the safety stop / surface.

@BRT I am going to assume at this point, you are trolling and not serious.

I am not trolling, I am 100% serious. Can you answer?

 

[BRT]

On virtually every dive the diver ran out of air? And she would hopscotch around to whoever was close? You dont see a problem with that? You dont have an issue with a diver that has a total disregard with gas management?

On virtually every dive the diver ran out of air? And she would hopscotch around to whoever was close? You dont see a problem with that? You dont have an issue with a diver that has a total disregard with gas management?

"I didn't notice until about the 3rd dive but one diver would start sharing air with her buddy towards the end of the dive. Then the diver started jumping from diver to diver to share their air until we surfaced."

Do you see anything that says the diver was OOA?

 

[Eric802]

"I didn't notice until about the 3rd dive but one diver would start sharing air with her buddy towards the end of the dive. Then the diver started jumping from diver to diver to share their air until we surfaced."

Do you see anything that says the diver was OOA?

You don't see an issue with an instabuddy doing this? You talk about your buddy and your wife, and the group you dive with regularly - that's fine. This is more of an instabuddy situation. If she's not OOA, she shouldn't be doing this. If she is, she needs to do better at gas management and surface at an appropriate time.

 

[BRT]

You don't see an issue with an instabuddy doing this? You talk about your buddy and your wife, and the group you dive with regularly - that's fine. This is more of an instabuddy situation. If she's not OOA, she shouldn't be doing this. If she is, she needs to do better at gas management and surface at an appropriate time.

If it was an instabuddy, yes. Do you see evidence that it was? I'm sure new divers have watched us and thought the same thing, but they are jumping to conclusions.

 

[NaCl H2O]

Then the diver started jumping from diver to diver to share their air until we surfaced

What if the diver she was sharing with had an issue, hope they were all holding hands.

 

[stepfen]

Something not discussed yet - I think. Were they in standard setup or long hose?
Back during the last "fun" dive of my OW cert I was getting low on air so I let the instructor know and he thought that it would be good idea/practice for both of us to share air with an instructor trainee and continue the dive as "normal". Needless to say we were both on the standard setup and I am a big guy.
Yes, we managed to share air for maybe 5 or 10 minutes more holding hands side by side, but I think these were the most uncomfortable minutes of my underwater life.
Sharing air with standard setup while trying to continue a "normal" dive (as opposed to the SOP of share air and call the dive/ascent) sucks big time. The octopus hose is just not long enough for this use.
I really wonder how this(-es) diver(s) enjoyed it.

 

[mcohen1021]

I am not trolling, I am 100% serious. Can you answer?

you're telling me seriously, that it was safe for this diver shared air with her dad - where they'd have to swim together inches apart,? then she would hold her breath and swim to another diver to get their octopus?

I hope i never have u on my boat.

 

[jadairiii]

Do you see anything that says the diver was OOA?

Well, the only other scenario, that I can see, is the woman just liked using other people's air/gas so as not to use her's...... which is even more troubling. Maybe I'm different, but I dont particularly enjoy dragging some strange diver with me on my long hose for no reason at all.

But whatever, you seem to like the idea. More power to you.....