13 cubic foot bottle

[Captain12Pk]

If you find yourself in that situation, the best thing to do is try to get yourself safely to the surface.

Hopefully you'll be able to take that good hard look afterwards.

I'll adjust my comment...

I would suggest that the best thing you could do if you found yourself in 130fsw, a deco scenario, solo, and out of gas would be to "try to get yourself safely to the surface." Then (provided you made it) take a good long hard look at your diving practices.

K

 

[ScubaInChicago]

See, I would suggest that the best thing you could do if you found yourself in 130fsw, a deco scenario, solo, and out of gas would be to take a good long hard look at your diving practices.

I give the OOG diver in your scenario a 50/50 chance of living...

 

[ScubaInChicago]

I give the OOG diver in your scenario a 50/50 chance of living...

But if he doesn't "HE'LL DIE"

 

[Captain12Pk]

I give the OOG diver in your scenario a 50/50 chance of living...

Eh, in all reality I suspect he'd make it to the surface alive. However the results of diving like that may not be very desireable.

 

[ScubaInChicago]

Eh, in all reality I suspect he'd make it to the surface alive. However the results of diving like that may not be very desireable.

At 60' a min that would a two minute breath hold, not including that the last breath would probably be a half breath. I vote for DIE.....

 

[redacted]

At 60' a min that would a two minute breath hold, not including that the last breath would probably be a half breath. I vote for DIE.....

I think a diver can cover that distance in 1 minute with the right (or wrong) motivation. Depending on what precipitated the charge to the surface, there may well be more air on the way up or the trip up should actually start before the last breath is made.

 

[ScubaInChicago]

I think a diver can cover that distance in 1 minute with the right (or wrong) motivation. Depending on what precipitated the charge to the surface, there may well be more air on the way up or the trip up should actually start before the last breath is made.

Why not give it a try? Ask your buddy to swim behind you and turn of your tank without you knowing when at 130'. Then spend a couple of seconds in PANIC to try and figure it out, then without asking for your buddies help, CESA to the surface....

Let us know how it turns out......

 

[Captain12Pk]

At 60' a min that would a two minute breath hold, not including that the last breath would probably be a half breath. I vote for DIE.....

I think I missed something. Why is it a two minute breath hold? When he went Out of gas he switched over to the 13 right?

 

[ScubaInChicago]

I'll adjust my comment...

I would suggest that the best thing you could do if you found yourself in 130fsw, a deco scenario, solo, and out of gas would be to "try to get yourself safely to the surface." Then (provided you made it) take a good long hard look at your diving practices.

K

I'm sorry, you must have wrote "switch to a pony bottle" in invisible type...I'm sure your right, my eyes must be getting bad....

 

[redacted]

Why not give it a try? Ask your buddy to swim behind you and turn of your tank without you knowing when at 130'. Then spend a couple of seconds in PANIC to try and figure it out, then without asking for your buddies help, CESA to the surface....

Let us know how it turns out......

It is clearly a dangerous ascent rate, probably even with a bounce dive; so I'm not going to give it a try. But it surely is not as dangerous as drowning. The point is, a little over 40 yards in 1 minute with fins should not be too difficult. If you are feeling good, you could even slow down for the last bit which would reduce the danger. But it is not the kind of thing you should practice in the vertical plane.

I try not to test seat belts or air bags either.