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"She had a little too much air in her drysuit and started to float up, feet first. She got tangled in kelp on the way up, and ended up on the surface with her feet in the air. There was some current that carried her toward the Ferry." Dear God! And this woman wants to go diving again? I...

First, thanks to the OP for posting this. Because it made me realise something I have taken for granted for years. I always dive with the same dive op, whether in the Bahamas or the Caribbean. And there are times when I've sat out the second dive due to rough conditions or sea sickness (I'm...

A strange question folks: My PT-030 housing flooded on a dive trip last fall :( and I took it to the repair shop. They returned it and I don't know if it's them or me, but the white plastic thing on the front of the camera that "blocks" the flash is missing. I'm pretty sure I have to have...

Jesus, Rapidiver! That link should have been posted with a warning: right there on the homepage, there's a graphic photo of someone with swimmer's ear. Ugh! And I'm still eating my breakfast...:(

Thanks Eric, for that lovely post! I only hope I will get a similar one if I "go" while diving. Sue sounds like a great lady - anybody that can explain computer stuff to non-techies like me is a joy. BTW, I had a friend in high school who died in a similar way while skiiing - when the...

I thought I might go a little off-topic to suggest that you take a look at the sticky thread at the top of this "Basic Scuba Discussions" sub-forum. I, myself, didn't know anything about the lawsuit until I happened to check on the A&I thread that is actually the subject of the lawsuit (I've...

THREE people involved? This is awful. Please keep us updated. Thanks, Trish

For anyone who trolls the "Accidents and Incidents" forum, it's DandyDon -he's the man! :D The posts in there can get very intense (especially when there's been a death) and Don adds a voice of reason to the speculation (yes, it happens) and the debate. He always modestly offers his opinion...

Dumbest thing I ever saw was a "newbie" diver (he had been diving many years ago and clearly hadn't gotten recertified) on a dive boat with his newly certified daughter. She was all set up with fairly new rental gear and he had his kit. My buddy said to him, "Wow! I've never seen a depth...

Great post, Capt Frank - I'd dive with you any day! Related to this: here in France, you have to get an annual medical certificate from a specialised dive doctor. I had to see mine last week for something else and as always, we started talking about diving (the doc is a diver, too). He asked...

Did any of you get a good look at the photo in the article? What a nasty place! I wouldn't go swimming in there in broad daylight, let alone "free diving" or whatever this poor kid was doing at 9 pm on a Saturday night! I agree with NetDoc. I wouldn't be surprised if the autopsy report...

Um Don, you've posted similar comments before and up to now, I've very much agreed with you. But reading through that other thread about that poor fellow in San Diego, I think we all have to realise that no matter WHERE you dive, there may be bad operators. For me, unless I know a dive op well...

Thanks Fuzzmuttom for making me feel better. My original dive training was in 1990 with the YMCA in San Diego and for our shore dive, we were at La Jolla. I will never forget crawling out afterwards and laying there like a beached whale, gasping for breath. Some little kids nearby started...

I am disturbed by the statement "She had about 18 dives and had a camera with her." :shakehead: Folks, I didn't start diving with a camera until I had at least 50 dives. I can honestly tell you that while having a camera is great, it is a distraction. At 18 dives, you're still getting your...

Re the "reverse block" - I was on a boat this summer where it happened and the poor woman was sobbing with pain. While we waited for the dive doctor to come up from his dive to help her, another diver who had suffered it once before (and who happened to also be a doctor) gave her Affrin (sp?)...

I wanted to give some thanks: 1. First, to DandyDon for bringing this up - it's been bothering me for a while now, too. Nice call! 2. Kudos to those of you on the recent death in the Galapagos thread, where the friend asked everyone to stop posting because it was upsetting: you folks were...

:rofl3: Thal, I am also curious as to who hired these investigators. It could be the family of Mrs. Wood. But it could also easily be the dive op because they want to figure out what happened so that they can try to prevent it happening again AND because in case Mrs. Wood's family does...

Don't mean to be pedantic, but could the Mod please change the title of this thread? You've gone to a lot of effort to keep this thread objective, but the title is still pretty inflammatory. Thanks! Trish

If you have read (and been able to remember - fair enough!) all the posts here and on the other thread, you would remember that Gabe Watson was a controlling S.O.B. with his wife (remember the engagement ring he kept in the box on top of the TV for six months, telling her if she touched it, he...

Thanks to all of you for this interesting info. It made me check my policy and I suddenly realised that I was registered for DAN at my parents' address in Atlanta. And the problem is that if I had to be repatriated, DAN would naturally send me there, when actually, I need to be repatriated back...