Search on for lost diver... New Smyrna Beach, FL

[DandyDon]

I cannot estimate how many times I have responded by pointing out a study I did of several DAN fatality studies showed not a single case in which ditching weights at depth clearly would have made a difference.

I don't think that I ever noticed that, or it could be my poor memory in play. It would seem logical that injured on the surface is better than dead at depth but I'll drop that suggestion.

 

[boulderjohn]

I don't think that I ever noticed that, or it could be my poor memory in play. It would seem logical that injured on the surface is better than dead at depth but I'll drop that suggestion.

You are missing my point.

If you are in a situation where you need to drop weights at depth, then by all means you should drop weights at depth. The issue is that such a need almost never arises. The oft-quoted statement that all those people died with their weight systems intake implies that they would have survived if they had only dropped their weights. The truth is that in pretty much every fatality, dropping weights would not have made any difference.

 

[DandyDon]

If you are in a situation where you need to drop weights at depth, then by all means you should drop weights at depth. The issue is that such a need almost never arises.

Right, got it.

The truth is that in pretty much every fatality, dropping weights would not have made any difference.

Still a good idea on the surface if needed to avoid sinking, but best to prevent the crisis.