mohave_steve
Contributor
A while back I read an account of a diver who ran out of air during a dive, signalled his buddy to share air and continued the dive until they were down to 500psi at which time they surfaced together.
IMHO that was dangerous behaviour. If I or my buddy experience an OOA situation the dive is over.
Two weeks ago I was diving with a buddy who has a SAC rate that is substantially (1/2?) lower than mine. I was diving an HP100 and she was diving an HP80. We were at 85' when I hit 800psi and signalled time to surface. We did a stops at 45' and 20'. I was back on the boat with a bit under 500psi. My buddy still had 2300.
She offered to share on future dives. My initial thought was "no way". Air sharing is for more urgent circumstances. Not to allow Hoovers like me to extend dive time.
After thinking about it a bit I wondered: What about begining sharing while you still have 800-1000psi and then returning to your own air when your buddy hits 1000psi and ending the dive? Something tells me it would still be a bad idea but I haven't come up with a good reason why.
Any thoughts?
IMHO that was dangerous behaviour. If I or my buddy experience an OOA situation the dive is over.
Two weeks ago I was diving with a buddy who has a SAC rate that is substantially (1/2?) lower than mine. I was diving an HP100 and she was diving an HP80. We were at 85' when I hit 800psi and signalled time to surface. We did a stops at 45' and 20'. I was back on the boat with a bit under 500psi. My buddy still had 2300.
She offered to share on future dives. My initial thought was "no way". Air sharing is for more urgent circumstances. Not to allow Hoovers like me to extend dive time.
After thinking about it a bit I wondered: What about begining sharing while you still have 800-1000psi and then returning to your own air when your buddy hits 1000psi and ending the dive? Something tells me it would still be a bad idea but I haven't come up with a good reason why.
Any thoughts?