Skin diving around divers on a safety stop

[Gombessa]

An OOA diver situation is not always going to be because some one was not watching their air, as I think has been assumed here several times. It can be, but it can also be a real emergency: I was diving near another group a couple years back where, on accent from a 100 ft certification dive one of the divers had their high pressure hose dramatically fail. THAT was a real OOA situation where sharing air at (only) 15-20 ft was critical!!!

I think you mean low pressure hose?

 

[D_B]

My air is MY AIR.. Good luck trying to get it from me.

... this might be worthy of it's own thread .. oh, there already is one

 

[D_B]

My girlfriend is going to school in Grenada and went diving a couple weekends back with a group from the school. She and her dive buddy were in the middle of their 3 minute safety stop at ~15 feet. A diver who went up earlier and had already gotten out of his BC dove down and swam around them much like I suppose a sea lion would here off California's coast. While swimming around the fellow (I hesitate to call him a diver) actually borrowed a couple breaths of air from an octo.

This all seems a bit fool hardy and the young fellow would have gotten a tongue lashing from me but I am curious as to how dangerous this sort of playing around is.

Thoughts?

.. topic has drifted a bit
... sorry

 

[miketsp]

..snip..
I was diving near another group a couple years back where, on accent from a 100 ft certification dive one of the divers had their high pressure hose dramatically fail. THAT was a real OOA situation where sharing air at (only) 15-20 ft was critical!!!

A HP hose failure is not dramatic because of the pin hole at the 1st stage end.
We were taught to cut the HP hose to the SPG to breathe off rather than the LP hose to a failed second stage (back in the days when we only had 1 second stage).

An LP hose will give you a much higher flow rate and is actually more difficult to breathe off.

 

[gypsyjim]

And if your argument is that you should withhold the reg because the OOA diver is irrational, then I don't think that's consistent with what an irrational person will do next when they see you denying them air.

In the scale of me >> them, I may not chase an unconscious diver down to 200ft to catch them, but grabbing the primary reg out of my mouth? Please. Again, they're welcome to it anytime they need it.

Without deliberately sacrificing your life, even an irrational diver deserves help. I think that's why we carry the alternate air source. When I first certed there was no such thing as an alternate air source, and we were taught to buddy breath off our one and only air source. Now THAT would truly be risky with the irrational OOA.

If they become a real threat, rather than the knife (or spear gun) if you could pop their mask, dump their weights and wave goodbye.

 

[miketsp]

.. topic has drifted a bit
... sorry

If all posts stuck to the thread topic, SB would be pretty boring.

It's pretty difficult to find a topic that hasn't been discussed before so after a couple of pages with relevant and predictable answers we need some variety.

 

[gypsyjim]

Sorry Miketsp, I stand corrected. All I remember was that the entire length of their hose "erupted", and looked sort of like a big lawn sprinkler, only spraying bubbles!

 

[Gombessa]

Scuba Diving Videos Cutting a Divers Hose

 

[gypsyjim]

Scuba Diving Videos Cutting a Divers Hose

#1 I definitely stand corrected! Quite dramatic proof.

#2 Someone has WAY too much time on their hands!

#3 You got to love those guys at Scuba Toys!

 

[Papa_Bear]

Actually NAUI is the only way for me.. Or SSI.. but PADI? Never.. Id rather drown.


My air is MY AIR.. Good luck trying to get it from me.

I see a survey coming! LOL :blinking:

BTW! I agree! Just a little advise, be prepared