When did you learn Buddy Breathing

[Splitlip]

For all of you that chimed in that you learned it in OW, I'd love to know when you took OW and through what agency.

1973. NAUI.

Good skill to develop comfort and confidence. And ...what if...? Octo fails, alternate air source (octo combo) was disconnected, breathing off a pony..

All the precautions we embrace today are anticipated for the "what if" scenarios.

 

[wrybosome]

Naui open water 1993

 

[under water]

Before I learned it in OW, I learned it by watching Sea Hunt. It seemed to be in every episode!

 

[a22shady]

If you did not learn it or were not tought it in your OW I would think bad training on part of the Shop. I believe it is something nesecary to know and learn. I practice this and other skills everytime I Dive.

 

[captndale]

I never took an "Open Water" course. I learned buddy breathing in my basic YMCA Scuba Diving course in1973.

 

[Peter Guy]

BB was part of my Scuba Class (no such thing as Open Water or whatever) in 1966 at Washington State University.

Since Octo's were developed (my Dad and his dive club buddies added the additional second stage in the late '60's, early '70's to their gear so they wouldn't need to BB) there is no sense in performing, let alone learning, Buddy Breathing! It is as dead a skill as learning how to inflate/deflate a MaeWest vest!

 

[captndale]

YMCA Open Water-1972, when I did my marine technician classes we'd have five people down there and take turns going from diver to diver for four different OOA drills. I haven't done it in over 30 years, I really like the idea of an octopus.

YMCA did not have an "Open Water" course in 1972. The course Entitled "Open Water" was first introduced by PADI in 1978 or 1979. It was their entry level course which reduced the amount of training that was required in the pool and increased the number of open water scuba training dives from 2 to 4.

 

[vladimir]

As Dale points out, my YMCA course in 1975 was not called "Open Water," but I selected that as the closest answer. In addition to buddy breathing, we also learned to do a crisp surface dive, a ditch-and-don with CESA, to breathe directly off a tank valve, and to respond to emergencies (air turned off, flooded mask, etc) with blacked-out masks.

 

[TSandM]

BB has not been taught in any class I have taken, but Peter and I played with it on a fun dive about a year or so after I got certified. It wasn't difficult, but I can see where it would become so if you were heavily task-loaded with anything else.

I see almost no reason to teach it, except to mention that it's possible. The vast majority of divers today have some kind of alternate air source.

 

[101recon]

for all of you that chimed in that you learned it in ow, i'd love to know when you took ow and through what agency.

naui '09