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I got the distinct feeling that the family (husband and three sons) did not really want to know he details of what happened. The homilies mentioned a "freak accident", and concentrated on the positive aspects of her trip, in particular an encounter with Manta Rays that she had wanted to see for...

OK, I guess that the discussion of this thread has more or less died down. Having been personally involved, I have a few more pieces of information and thoughts to share. 1. Several people asked if the SMB line that had been used for the descent was still in place. I am not sure if it was, but...

Yes, during the first dive, which was in a shallow and protected spot, we were all told to do a buoyancy check. Staff on the boat were standing by to take or give weights to those who needed it. I found that in a 3 mm suit I was slightly underweighted, but just fine (maybe 1 kg overweight) in my...

No, everyone on the boat was using metric (no Americans in sight).

Actually, we did a dive on the Thistlegorm that I thought was more challenging, because there was a ripping current and a constant risk of being swept away, even though the depth wasn't an issue. IIRC D. did not do this dive, though, as I remember K. being with different buddies (and being a...

Thanks for the analysis, which I think is right on the nose. Yes, there were two working DMs in the water. One was acting as a private guide to a pair of divers, while the other was with a different group (there were 13 guests in the water). As a rule the DMs were very attuned to what was going...

Her tank was empty when she was recovered, as you surmised.

Planned depth was 35m. Max depth for Nitrox 28 with a ppO2 of 1.4 is 40m.

The fixed lines have been ripped out by fishermen. There are pieces left hanging above the wreck. Each operator has different policies. There was a thorough briefing and four of the 17 guests on board decided to call the dive. I actually recommended to my two "buddies" (actually more like...

She lost her computer three days earlier and had been using the borrowed one since then.

I was neither her DM nor her buddy. In fact, I learned about her weighting issues after the accident.

Yes, she seemed to be a well-adjusted individual, serving on the city council of her village, with a husband and kids, social with her fellow divers, etc. She had been diving with K. as a buddy during her previous dives. I had heard (hearsay) that she did not fully trust him, as he was a bit of...

She was overweighted on all of her dives. This was the eighth of the trip.

I am pretty sure it was a 3 mm full suit, but it could have been a 5 mm. Water temp was 28C. I was diving with a rash guard and swimming trunks...

Regarding the computer, she lost her own during one of the first dives while getting back onto the RIB. She was concerned about not being able to correctly interpret the screen on the borrowed computer. For some reason she was worried about not being able to keep her buoyancy neutral during the...

Yes there are. I would like to point out that having emptied their tanks to 90 and 70 bar 17 min into the dive, it was apparent that D. and K. were hyperventilating. Our team still had >120 bar at that time, and got to the surface with 60 bar each after 15 min of ascent.

No, she was a "tropical" diver.

Date: Sep 24, 2020, about 7 am Location: Rosalie Moller wreck, north of Hurghada, Egypt The 100 m long Rosalie Moller wrecks rests upright on a bottom of 50-55m. A typical dive visits the deck and superstructures, and some of the coal holds, at depths of 30-35 m. Visibility is rather poor for...

I had an online look at the Kraken and I am not convinced. It seems to be out of stock most of the time, not clear how to get service, and there is only one HP port (I do NOT want to chose between either an analog gauge or a wireless transmitter, I want both). Seems even less mainstream than a...

The CCR diving link is from an old forum (posts from 2012-2013). Tec Diving Curacao is Alain Tiggelaar's outfit, with whom I did the "discover" thing. He is the only one teaching Tec and CCR on the island. Otherwise you have to go to Bonaire, which is a 20 min flight away.