I am a new diver with about 5 dives since my OW certification. I was diving with a trident weight belt with built in pouches and I had about 14 KGs of weight in it. I was diving with a regular BCD and was wearing a full body 5mm wetsuit, hood, and gloves. About 15 minutes and 32 feet into our dive, the belt broke, literally tore apart were the pouch was sewed to the belt. I grabbed the belt and got my dive buddy's attention. My feet floated towards the top placing me into a headstand while I checked my air pressure and depth (confirmed 32 feet and 2600 psi). My dive buddy and I tried to put the belt back on, but at this stage, we didn't know it had torn at this time, and decided to surface. I held onto the belt, got my head in the correct position and slowly ascended to the surface with my dive buddy. I tried to put the belt back on, but with no luck and this is when we noticed the belt was torn and we snorkeled back to shore.
Since then, I bought a new heavy duty traditional weight belt and new weights, since on the surface, the belt broke again and sank, but is there anything we should have done differently?
Thanks,
Joe
Since then, I bought a new heavy duty traditional weight belt and new weights, since on the surface, the belt broke again and sank, but is there anything we should have done differently?
Thanks,
Joe